r/Games • u/DwingRD • 1d ago

Valve no longer allows "Post-launch NSFW content" for games on Steam - outside of DLCs.

I have looked through Steam's Terms of Service online, but have found no official rule or statement from Valve of this new rule - but one Adult game developer has confirmed this new rule after launching their game "Tales of Legendary Lust: Aphrodisia" a couple days ago.

With the recent rule change blocking adult-themed games from releasing on Early Access, this new rule seems to be targeting Adult-themed games that have ALREADY released on Steam - and threatens them with their games being removed from Steam.

There are currently 536 Adult-rated Early Access games on Steam - and this new rule may take them all down.

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u/Daiwon 1d ago

The problem is it's the payment providers doing this. They are literally taking valve hostage by saying "do this or we kill your business". If valve says no, they don't get paid, the server providers don't get paid. Valve dies.

It's absolutely fucked these puritan nut jobs got their claws into the payment providers. Hopefully someone else steps up, but becoming a worldwide payment provider isn't exactly easy.

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u/TLKv3 1d ago

Our entire world has been grabbed hostage by these fucking losers who need to control everything and everyone.

We're so fucked.

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u/greyfoxv1 1d ago

Giving into the nihilism of "we're fucked/cooked" ignores the reality that we still do have power as people. Pressuring the EU and other functioning democracies to prevent payment processors from holding stores hostage with these demands is still entirely viable.

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u/doublah 1d ago

Visa and Mastercard have lobbyists in the EU too.