Overview

• Valve removed dozens of pornographic titles flagged by processors such as PayPal, Visa and Mastercard for depicting incest and sexual violence.
• The revised English store guidelines allow Steam to delist games that breach payment provider rules without identifying which companies raised concerns.
• Affected developers will receive advance notice and compensation via store credits but lack a formal appeals process for removal decisions.
• Community members and creators warn that finance-driven moderation could extend to queer and other controversial content beyond extreme adult themes.
• Collective Shout has published an open letter urging major payment networks to stop processing transactions for sexual games on Steam and Itch.io.