Steam adult content may be restricted Steamorks adds new content regulations

2025-07-16 23:45:36|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Valve has added an example in the "Content that should not be published on Steam" section in its developer-oriented guide document, Steamworks Documentation.In the future, the contents of the rules and standards that may violate the Steam payment processors and related credit card companies/banks may also become the target of rectification, which has been clearly recorded.

The "Content that should not be published on Steam" section of the Steamworks Documentation has added item 15:

Complete ordinances should not be posted on Steam:

This means that content that may violate the rules and standards set by Steam payment processors and related credit card companies/banks, and Internet service providers will be listed as new content that should not be published.This article specifically points out that certain types of adult content may become objects.

Regarding adult games on Steam, a recent example is the game "No Mercy" released on March 22 this year that caused controversy.According to official description, the game focuses on involuntary sexual behavior in the context of violence (i.e. rape) and seems to involve content such as incest.After the game was released, multiple groups and media including Australia-based women's human rights group Collective Shout and British media LBC spoke out for a call for a stop to sell.Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle also commented through LBC, asking Valve to stop selling the game.

Against this background, "No Mercy" has stopped selling in the UK, Canada and Australia before April 10.Subsequently, the developer will stop selling at his own discretion."We have no intention of confronting the world, especially, we don't want to cause any trouble to Steam and Valve," the developer said in an explanation of the reason for the discontinuation.

By the way, Collective Shout has since reported that there are many other works on the theme of rape and incest on Steam and itch.io.On July 11, the organization issued an open letter to PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, JCB, and other payment processing companies, demanding that payment processing services be stopped for the two platforms.

However, it is not clear whether the activities of these organizations are the direct reason for the addition of new entries “what should not be posted on Steam”.However, in the future, how "content that may violate the rules and standards set by Steam payment processors and related credit card companies/banks and Internet service providers" will be judged and handled has attracted much attention.Whether the published works will be affected is also worth paying attention to.

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