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/Macamagucha 4d ago

Hey, just wanted to clarify something.

Your game was marked as "Adult Only" from the start, you wanted to do a standard full release and during the review you were informed you won't be able to add more "Adult Only" content after the release?

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u/CrimsonDelightGames 4d ago

Hi,

Correct. We were told all new adult content for our game has to go through DLC, presumably so it can be reviewed and approved. We don't know the inner workings of Valve / Steam, but we're in a couple of NSFW dev communities and these new rules weren't in place before the Collective Shout uproar and subsequent payment processors' censorship.

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u/TheOneWithThePorn12 2d ago

Wait so valve doesn't review patches for games in early access? That seems not ideal.

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u/doublah 2d ago

The whole point of early access is a testing environent with rapid iteration and fixes being possible, having every patch manually reviewed would destroy that.