In response to the release of the new regulations?Some adult games in Steam have been removed from the shelves

2025-07-23 23:14:22|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

In the Steamworks documentation for developers, the "Content that should not be published on Steam" section has added sample terms.In the future, game content may violate the regulations of Steam payment processing institutions and related credit card companies, banks, etc., and may also become the target of platform rectification.Affected by this, the unofficial database SteamDB has confirmed that a large number of adult games have been removed from the Steam store.

We have previously reported on Steamworks documentation updates, and the 15th clause has been added to "Content that should not be published on Steam".The new clause states that content that may violate the regulations of Steam payment processing institutions and related credit card companies, banks, and Internet service providers should not be published on Steam.The terms specifically illustrate that certain types of adult content may become the subject of this clause.

This directly led to the sudden removal of up to 27 games.According to the game description that can be viewed on SteamDB, the works that have been removed include games with the theme of close relatives/incest, as well as games with elements such as "Bad by the enemy after defeat".In addition, games involving placing women in a “hypnotic” state seem to have been removed.Although these games were previously classified as "adult-only" category for advertising and purchases for adult users, they are likely to be removed from the shelves because the aforementioned new regulations were judged as "possibly violating the regulations of payment processing institutions, credit card companies, etc.".

List of some games removed:

It is worth noting that by looking at the metadata of some of the games removed from the shelves, you can find some of these annotations, which are considered categories when the sale was stopped due to the publisher's request.This may mean that Valve asked the publisher to modify the relevant content in advance, which eventually led to the game being removed from the shelves without modification.However, as of the time of publication, Valve has not specifically informed the revisions of this guide through its official social account or news announcements.The specific reason for the removal of the game is not known.Obviously, the new regulations have had an impact on released games.

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