Game is region blocked in Germany

[Yappadappadu]

What's up with that? You folks gotta fix that.

[Hiecchi]

Doesn't make any sense
There is no content like that
Most likely the publisher didn't made a rating for Germany (filling the survey), which is soon necessary on steam

[Jean]

i think the problem runs deeper. saw many other games who havent filled it out. but page is still available. its geoblocked too...

[Silly]

Was about to ask for any updates but then I realized the thread is only an hour old.

Please fix this region block, I am willing to spend money on your game!

[Hiecchi]

Originally posted by Jean:

i think the problem runs deeper. saw many other games who havent filled it out. but page is still available. its geoblocked too...

Every game without a official rating from the USK or the Steam Survey rating only for Germany is geo blocked.
This will happen to many older games too which is sad, but its so dumb not doing it for current games
Like I said, there is nothing in the game that would ban the game in Germany....I hope they will fix that but I doubt the devs are looking at the steam forum or even know that
At least I hope this is the case bc it can be fixed without any problems

[Silly]

From their discord:
PLAYISM_shuna:
"Hello, hope you don't mind me replying instead but I just checked this yesterday!
Unfortunately it's due to Germany's stricter age rating requirements. Very sorry to players in Germany 😔"

There was a little more back-and-forth but it ultimately read like it was due to the game's themes and not just the age rating process itself. Welp, off my wishlist it goes then

[Jean]

@silly
thanks for the information :D

As i suspected. the rating process is not related. that goes for many games...
one more game, where I must use my hidden super powers.

[Silly]

Originally posted by Jean:

@silly
thanks for the information :D

As i suspected. the rating process is not related. that goes for many games...
one more game, where I must use my hidden super powers.

You're welcome.
I got another detailed explanation that basically confirms the same thing.
Good for you brother, but I'll just play other games as my backlog is big enough already.

edit:
Gonna post it here for clarity:

playism_shuma — Today at 06:41
It's not because the game includes explicit content, as it does not, even though it has some fanservicey scenes. However, by German law, stores (like Steam) are required to have strict age verification of users. Even though Steam has a system that adds a rating to games themselves, they don't have a system to check the age of users.

Therefore, if a game is considered "adult" or simply has elements considered unsuitable for children by German standards, it cannot be sold on Steam at all due to these requirements.

Please be assured that we have already filled in the Steam survey truthfully based on the in-game content, but the results of the survey unfortunately determined that it could not be sold in Germany.

[A Blob]

They could try to get a USK rating instead to get around that, that would work. It would probably take a lot more time though.

[Jean]

@silly

thanks for heads up silly. this clarifies a little how the rating system works in the end. thank you <3

[Saetron]

Originally posted by A Blob:

They could try to get a USK rating instead to get around that, that would work. It would probably take a lot more time though.

An USK rating is expensive, would be 1200€ for a game. Not really feasible.
The big issue at the moment is that Steam always is only doing the bare minimum.

Also for the questionaire: Its mandatory to even get a store page. Every new game has it filled out.

[A Blob]

I feel like Playism could afford it.
But I wouldn't know if it's worth it or not.

[ColdGSnow]

For game small as this, there is no need for FSK/USK rating, which is only required for Games that are sold as hard copy, aka, discs etc. Games that are sold digital only, don't need that requirement, but they need to self proclaim an recommended age for the game, which can be done by the dev on steam, so the game gets at least an age verification which IS REQUIRED in germany to be listed and sold.
This issue was recently talked about through several gaming news outlets in/from germany, because there was a huge wave of games being in danger of revoked availability in the german steam store.

As long as the devs fill out the form, which is free btw, Valve will geoblock the games from being available through the german steam store.

[MC Habsburg]

Originally posted by ColdGSnow:

For game small as this, there is no need for FSK/USK rating, which is only required for Games that are sold as hard copy, aka, discs etc. Games that are sold digital only, don't need that requirement, but they need to self proclaim an recommended age for the game, which can be done by the dev on steam, so the game gets at least an age verification which IS REQUIRED in germany to be listed and sold.
This issue was recently talked about through several gaming news outlets in/from germany, because there was a huge wave of games being in danger of revoked availability in the german steam store.

As long as the devs fill out the form, which is free btw, Valve will geoblock the games from being available through the german steam store.

so basically they cant be bothered, a shame really

[Silly]

Originally posted by MC Habsburg:

Originally posted by ColdGSnow:

For game small as this, there is no need for FSK/USK rating, which is only required for Games that are sold as hard copy, aka, discs etc. Games that are sold digital only, don't need that requirement, but they need to self proclaim an recommended age for the game, which can be done by the dev on steam, so the game gets at least an age verification which IS REQUIRED in germany to be listed and sold.
This issue was recently talked about through several gaming news outlets in/from germany, because there was a huge wave of games being in danger of revoked availability in the german steam store.

As long as the devs fill out the form, which is free btw, Valve will geoblock the games from being available through the german steam store.

so basically they cant be bothered, a shame really

They said that they had filled out the survey but also mentioned that it was "unsuitable" for the German market for some unspecified reason. I have no idea which piece of in-game content they were talking about, though.

[MC Habsburg]

Originally posted by Silly:

Originally posted by MC Habsburg:

so basically they cant be bothered, a shame really

They said that they had filled out the survey but also mentioned that it was "unsuitable" for the German market for some unspecified reason. I have no idea which piece of in-game content they were talking about, though.

yeah nah that doesnt really make sense, yeah i hate these rules but theyre not THAT harsh