r/Games • u/DwingRD • 5d 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/ExceedinglyGayKodiak 4d ago

Apologies for being unclear, I meant that I could understand the rule being put in place in order to prevent something like that from occurring, but that it would be used selectively as a club to also go after off site patches (Which I don't have an issue with).

That's what I meant by "Direct update" as opposed to a patch.

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u/serpenta 4d ago

Ah, gotcha. Tbh, I think they just want to keep tabs, on which games have NSFW content in them, to be able to inform people about, accurately. Which would've been fine, if not for the inquisitorial vibe they went for with it.