Why Steam only recommend me hentai games?

[Gamer de esquerda]

Or those stupid games that are terrible but are popular because they have a lot of fanservice

I put "ignore" always when I see one of those on my list to see if Steam's algorithm stops recommending me those, but they keep appearing on the list, almost exclusively

I don't mind japanese games, mind you, I actually like them (the good ones), but these stupid fanservice/hentai porn games I really have no interest and I can't see why Steam keeps recommending them. Anyone knows any way to trick the algorithm into stop recommending those?

I've disabling some tags like "Adult content", but when I saw examples of games that would stop to appear on the list and I saw The Witcher 3. Damn, I don't want games like TW3 disappearing from my recommended list.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

[Gamer de esquerda]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

:qr:

As I said, I tried changing those, to no avail.

[Kargor]

I don't know what Steam is recommending to you, but I often get the impression that people like to call things "pornographic"/"hentai" the second it has females and some skin in them.

Let me give you an image from a game that has an ESRB "Teen" rating -- which, as far as I can tell, means that it's not considered to be "porn" even in the US. ESRB gives it the following descriptors: "Fantasy Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Suggestive Themes".

Sometimes I think there must be specialized artists to make such images to keep the intended rating, but without outright slapping "censored" banners over it. Although other bath scenes in the game are much simpler, by just having everyone wearing towels.

I'm no rating expert, and offhand I can't remember a scene that might have caused the "suggestive themes" descriptor. So, let me move to a different game from the same franchise. This time around, they didn't even get "partial nudity" -- although one could almost assume that Uni or the goddess outfits could qualify for that. ESRB doesn't think so, though. However, they get this scene -- which I suppose causes things like "suggestive themes", even though -- you guessed it -- nothing actually happens.

Now, I wouldn't mind having a much more elaborate filtering system on Steam, so everyone can adjust things to their personal liking. However, such is not the case, and many games simply don't have "adult content" or "porn/hentai" from a rating standpoint -- which, objectively, is a much more suitable guideline for this filtering option than some random dude's personal preference.

[Gamer de esquerda]

Originally posted by Kargor:

I don't know what Steam is recommending to you, but I often get the impression that people like to call things "pornographic"/"hentai" the second it has females and some skin in them.

Steam recommended me about 10 times a game called "hentai puzzle". Not only it is hentai, it is just stupid to mount simple puzzles just because they have hentai images.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Ignore those titles.

[Phoenix]

It's just a theory, but it might be that their algorithm also takes into account your friends' favourite genres. Do you have Steam friends that are specifically into genre? I have the same issue and can connect it only to one of my friends' wild preferences XD.

[Tito Shivan]

You don't need to ask yourself this question. Steam specifically mentions why it's recommending you a certain game. Just look for the reasons in your recommendations to guess why you're being shown those games.

But guessing from your recent post history it might have to do with recent gameplay in games with shared tags (like 'anime'). Like maybe Trails in the Sky.

[Paratech2008]

I'd love to nuke the recommended hentai puzzles myself but there are similar games I like.

Cheap puzzles to see nearly naked anime girls with asset flip sequelitis don't appeal to me.

[Gamer de esquerda]

Originally posted by Eisberg:

Originally posted by ANTIFASCISTA:

As I said, I tried changing those, to no avail.

put down "anime" as an ignored preference and you will not see the hentai games anymore as recommendation.

But then I won't see any anime games, and I don't want that.

[Gamer de esquerda]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

You don't need to ask yourself this question. Steam specifically mentions why it's recommending you a certain game. Just look for the reasons in your recommendations to guess why you're being shown those games.

But guessing from your recent post history it might have to do with recent gameplay in games with shared tags (like 'anime'). Like maybe Trails in the Sky.

The "why it is recommended" is really too generic. Most of the times is like "because you have other single player games". It doesn't make sense why most of the games it recommends because of the "single player" tag are hentai games, LOL.

This has been going since the last sale, so even before I started playing Trails in the Sky. It appeared when I was playing The Talos Principle. Maybe that explains why they insisted on the hentai "puzzles".

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Do this.
https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

If you don't want to see adult stuff, make sure those boxes are uncheck.
Add the tags you want to filter out.
Last one is if you see the games you hate with a passion that makes you get so mad, just seeing it, then just visit the game store page, click the ignore button.

This does not apply to New & Trending, Popular Upcoming, Top Selling, and following them, or groups that following them.

[Secanho]

Mostra pro Bozo que ele vai mandar a Damares contratar militares para destruir a Steam, que vende hentais ideológicos para criancinhas do bem.

(Comigo tava assim, então eu ignorei essas configurações de preferencia e entrei diretamente na pagina da loja de cada um e mandava ignorar. Enche o saco só no momento, pq depois morre o assunto).

[Acher]

its really sad

[Gamer de esquerda]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Do this.
https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences

If you don't want to see adult stuff, make sure those boxes are uncheck.
Add the tags you want to filter out.
Last one is if you see the games you hate with a passion that makes you get so mad, just seeing it, then just visit the game store page, click the ignore button.

This does not apply to New & Trending, Popular Upcoming, Top Selling, and following them, or groups that following them.

It's not that I don't want games with adult stuff, but I don't want games in which adult stuff or fanservice are THE FOCUS of the game.
The Witcher 3 has a lot of adult stuff and I love it.

The problem is that it uses the same tags as hentai games "Nudity, sexual content", etc.

And I have more than 100 games on ignored, I don't think it is working, LOL

[Gamer de esquerda]

Originally posted by Secanho:

Mostra pro Bozo que ele vai mandar a Damares contratar militares para destruir a Steam, que vende hentais ideológicos para criancinhas do bem.

Se o Bozo tentar mexer na Steam perde 90% do eleitorado