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Upcoming vampire RPG Nighthawks has been removed from Steam search and delisted in certain countries as Valve classifies it Adults Only: 'It's very bad news for us'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/upcoming-vampire-rpg-nighthawks-has-been-removed-from-steam-search-and-delisted-in-certain-countries-as-valve-classifies-it-adults-only-its-very-bad-news-for-us/
Nighthawks, the long-in-development vampire RPG due to be released later this month, is the latest game to run afoul of Steam's increasingly stringent rules regarding adult content. According to publisher Wadjet Eye Games, the game has been labelled 'Adults Only'—causing it to be removed from Steam search and outright delisted in certain countries like Germany—despite claims from both developer and publisher that the RPG's depictions of sex and nudity are very mild.
"We are aware that Steam has classified Nighthawks as an adult game and has excluded it from searches," Wadjet Eye boss Dave Gilbert wrote on Bluesky. "We are working on it. Valve is under the impression that this game is way sexier than it actually is." Gilbert further commented that "Valve is basically treating Nighthawks like a porn game!" in responding to a reply to his initial post.

Damn, that's a huge bummer!

I was on the Kickstarter campaign and I can tell that if they classify that as Adult, they can classify pretty much ever gritty game like Cyberpunk or Warhammer games as "Adult Only", too, because the graphical content is pretty similar.

Hopefully, they'll be able to appeal that decision and make Steam realize the mistake. Maybe Valve's using an AI algorithm to classify the games, like social media uses to check the posts,  and the appeal will bring in a human that will see the mistake.

But it's Valve, so, who knows.