I know they are better than average, but the issue is that by doing this sort of "half and half" thing, VNs and other Asian games that would otherwise have their own dedicated stronghold are fragmented as a result of Steam pretty much being the place for non 18+ Japanese games.
Like, I'm talking about striking down 17+ games instead of 18+ ones. With 18+ games, you can go on Fakku or Mangagamer or just source from DMM/Nutaku. Non adult but lewd ones? You're out of luck. Itch.io is the closest thing and not enough.
I never really liked centralization as a whole. I favor the old "Installer from a website" method with its own protection system since that way, the publisher had exclusive control. Even for fan projects, you would often be prompted to go to a site, not just "go on Steam and if it's not there then it's probably not available. Period."
I feel Epic is considerably more adamant to make a point here: put them somewhere else and let that be the site for that sort of stuff. When you have a behemoth like Steam, it's a lot harder to argue that.
There's a reason I use PlayNite as a GM.
