alt Hacker NewsThe article calls out “certain adult games” which is vague. It is interesting to note that most of the delisted games were themed specifically around incest.
https://bsky.app/profile/steamdb.info/post/3lu32vdlsmg27
Wondering if this will be a slippery slope towards pulling more anodyne stuff.
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Specifically incest, rape, and child abuse-themed games.
Collective Shout, the group behind this petition, has previously gone after more mainstream games, like Detroit Becomes Human, for spurious reasons. I have no doubt they'll use this win and mealy-mouthed language to push for more censorship.
Nekopara and Sabbat of the Witch are safe... for now.
Hopefully they don't know about the little-sister route in Making Lovers.
Visa and Mastercard generally don't like anything with incest, rape, and/or underage participants.
Payment processors should be regulated like utilities. Permissionless and agnostic to anything you do.
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> The article calls out “certain adult games” which is vague.
A Quick Look at the list has me wishing I hadn’t thought to look at the list.
I suspect the vague “certain adult games” was chosen because it makes it sound more controversial. If the headline was “Valve removed incest-themed games under pressure” there would be a lesser reaction.