Articles tagged with: steam

After the Purge: Why Steam and Itch.io Banned Adult Games (And Why It’s Not About Morals)

In mid-July 2025, Steam and Itch.io cracked down on NSFW games, but this was no self-motivated policy change. We break down how an anti-pornography group forced their hand by pressuring payment processors, and what this financial deplatforming means for indie developers, creative freedom...

So Steam Just Let Banks Decide Which Games You Can Play 🙃

Valve updated its Steam guidelines, giving payment processors like Visa and Mastercard the power to delist games with "certain kinds of adult-only content." We break down what this new era of "financial censorship" means for games and why everyone is freaking out.