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7/24/2025, 9:11:10 AM
steam take down porn games, because it is adult content and adults are no longer allowed
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/steam-takes-down-tons-of-porn-games-cracks-down-on-certain-kinds-of-adult-only-content
July 18: Valve made a statement regarding this issue to GamingOnLinux:
"We were recently notified that certain games on Steam may violate the rules and standards set forth by our payment processors and their related card networks and banks. As a result, we are retiring those games from being sold on the Steam Store, because loss of payment methods would prevent customers from being able to purchase other titles and game content on Steam. We are directly notifying developers of these games, and issuing app credits should they have another game they’d like to distribute on Steam in the future."
"It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship, and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs," said another user on BlueSky, asserting that this could become a slippery slope that will disproportionately affect LGBTQ+ creators in particular. "Queer content gets flagged as 'explicit' even when it’s PG. A trans dev making a personal story? 'Too controversial.' A surreal queer VN [Visual Novel]? 'Sexualized.' Financial deplatforming in action."
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/steam-takes-down-tons-of-porn-games-cracks-down-on-certain-kinds-of-adult-only-content
July 18: Valve made a statement regarding this issue to GamingOnLinux:
"We were recently notified that certain games on Steam may violate the rules and standards set forth by our payment processors and their related card networks and banks. As a result, we are retiring those games from being sold on the Steam Store, because loss of payment methods would prevent customers from being able to purchase other titles and game content on Steam. We are directly notifying developers of these games, and issuing app credits should they have another game they’d like to distribute on Steam in the future."
"It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship, and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs," said another user on BlueSky, asserting that this could become a slippery slope that will disproportionately affect LGBTQ+ creators in particular. "Queer content gets flagged as 'explicit' even when it’s PG. A trans dev making a personal story? 'Too controversial.' A surreal queer VN [Visual Novel]? 'Sexualized.' Financial deplatforming in action."
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