Credit card companies put pressure on Valve to clean up Steam adult content

2025-07-23 23:08:58|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Recently, VS has quietly removed a number of adult games on the Steam platform on a large scale, which has attracted widespread attention.According to a statement released by Valve to multiple media outlets, the move was mainly due to pressure from payers' "rules and standards".

Payment channel intervention, Steam is forced to adjust policies

A few days ago, it was reported that Steam was taking a "cleaning action" against certain adult games, mainly involving games that violate payment processor rules.Valve then released more detailed instructions to media including GamingOnLinux, Rock Paper Shotgun and PC Gamer.

"We have recently received notifications that certain games on Steam may violate the rules and standards set by our payment processors and their associated credit card networks and banks. As a result, we are removing these games from the Steam store. Because users will not be able to purchase other games and content on Steam once they lose their payment channels."

Valve admitted that the removal of the action was not out of independent choice, but was a passive response restricted by payment channels.In other words, if Steam does not cooperate, it may face the risk of credit card networks such as Visa and Mastercard cutting off payment services.Even Steam, the world's largest PC gaming platform, is difficult to directly confront the payment giant.

More than 100 games have been removed from the shelves, with the theme focused on adult content

According to SteamDB data, in just two days, more than 100 games have been marked as "retired", a large number of which involves restricted adult content.The removal operation continues, and some works are even removed within minutes of the time the news is released.

Although Valve has not disclosed the specific list, some players have noticed that many of the games removed this time include highly controversial topics, such as "LL" and other topics.Although some similar adult games are still retained on Steam, it is likely that such sensitive topics are the main reason for dissatisfaction among payment processors.

The incident once again exposed the vulnerability of digital content purchases.Both game developers and players seem to have to face a reality: In the field of digital payments, the standards for censorship of payment channels may be more dominant than the rules of the platform itself.

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