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Valve Pulls ‘Adult Only’ Games From Steam as It Tightens Rules to Appease Payment Partners

Valve Pulls ‘Adult Only’ Games From Steam as It Tightens Rules to Appease Payment Partners

Valve is tightening its guidelines around ‘adult only’ content to satisfy rules set by Steam’s payment processing partners, with dozens of sexually explicit games removed from the platform throughout the week. As spotted by GameSpark and shared by Automaton, SteamDB logs show a flurry of activity behind the scenes as Steam updated its ‘Rules and Guidelines’ policy, making it clear …

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Steam introduces vague new rules banning ‘certain kinds of adult content’ to appease credit card companies

Steam introduces vague new rules banning ‘certain kinds of adult content’ to appease credit card companies

UPDATE 18/7/25: In response to questions from Eurogamer regarding Steam’s new guidelines preventing “certain types of adult content” from being distributed on the platform, Valve has provided some general background on the events leading to the decision. “We were recently notified that certain games on Steam may violate the rules and standards set forth by our payment processors and …

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