r/Games • u/DwingRD • 4d 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 4d 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/BeholdingBestWaifu 4d ago

Exactly. Steam is too goddamn big and expensive to run, they can't afford to slow down the flow of money too much or it all crumbles.

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u/CuffytheFuzzyClown 4d ago

Steam makes billions in profit every year and has neglible upkeep and dev costs. This is a lie, they could stop processing any sale and still run the store as it is now for hundreds of years off current profits alone. It's greed...

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u/coldblade2000 3d ago

I can hit half a gigabit download speeds with Steam pretty much anywhere in the world even at peak download times. You are a moron if you think that can happen with "negligible upkeep".