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Valve appears to be cracking down on sexual content in some Steam games
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-appears-to-be-cracking-down-on-sexual-content-in-some-steam-games/
Valve appears to be cracking down on sexual content in Steam games, with three separate developers claiming that they've been told their games will be taken off the platform if they don't remove some of their most explicit content.
All of the games have anime-style visuals and are overtly sexual in nature, but their genres vary. Lupiesoft, developer of a visual novel called Mutiny!!, said it had been contacted by Valve about "reports of pornographic content" in its game. The developer says that it makes "sexy games" containing nudity, but that "nothing in Mutiny!! violates [Valve's] guidelines", and that the game's publisher MangaGamer had previously met with Valve to clarify what was and wasn't allowed.

>>Valve, Valve, Valve... what are you doing?

Valve seems to be rethinking this

--- #WAIFUHOLOCAUST UPDATE ---
I have just received word from Valve apologizing for the confusion, saying to DISREGARD their previous e-mail about the violation, that they are in the process of re-reviewing the game and will follow up soon.

— HunieDev (@HuniePotDev) May 19, 2018

I should be clear this doesn't mean we're out of the woods. It just means we have an interesting development. Whatever the case, the communication and clarification from Valve is very, very much appreciated.

— HunieDev (@HuniePotDev) May 19, 2018

 

Mutiny was heavily discounted for fear that it will be removed from Steam.

Good to know.

I read that the problem is that the rules aren't clear but open to interpretation, leading to confusion. In any case, it's something that worth keeping an eye on, just in case.