Why is STEAM censoring games?

[D. Flame]

This game now requires being logged into even see it:



I understand putting porn games behind a filter, but why is Steam starting to do the same crap that Sony pulled?

I owned even Playstation home console from 1 to 4, including the hardware backwards compatible PS3. I owned the PS Vita as well. And rather than buy a PS5, I upgraded my PC, bought a Switch, and bought a Steam Deck for me and one for my friend, all because Sony pulled crap like this and killed the Senran Kagura series. Why is Steam now starting down the same road?

And just to clarify, that game I linked contains no nudity.

[D. Flame]

And just for the record, Western games like:
Cyberpunk 2077
Baldur's Gate 3

Have actual nudity and even sex in them do not require you to sign in to see their pages.

[Neo]

I never use the website to buy games anyway, always the actual steam app on my pc. So I'm always signed in. Not an issue for me.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by Neo:

I never use the website to buy games anyway, always the actual steam app on my pc. So I'm always signed in. Not an issue for me.

I feel like you are missing the point.

Japanese game was hidden for "Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content," but it contains no nudity nor sex. CP77 and BG3 both feature nudity and sex, and neither one of them has been censored because they are western games. This is the same way Sony started down the route they have went.

[Realigo Actual]

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[Neo]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by Neo:

I never use the website to buy games anyway, always the actual steam app on my pc. So I'm always signed in. Not an issue for me.

I feel like you are missing the point.

Japanese game was hidden for "Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content," but it contains no nudity nor sex. CP77 and BG3 both feature nudity and sex, and neither one of them has been censored because they are western games. This is the same way Sony started down the route they have went.

No I didn't miss your point, just saying it doesn't really affect me.

But the people who made the game did give this message

The developers describe the content like this:

"This content include violence, blood, gore expression."

So perhaps it's censored for that reason really and the banner steam used for the sexual stuff is just them being lazy and not putting the correct reason why it's hidden. So in other words it's hidden for a good reason, steam just put the wrong warning banner there.

[Lithurge]

It's marked as adult (which I believe is done by the devs/publishers) which is why it has the following message at the top of the store page.

This game is marked as containing 'Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content.' You are seeing this game because you have agreed to continue to this page.

If there's no explicit sexual content (i.e. no more than you see in the likes of Cyberpunk 2077) then they need to remove that tag for it not to be hidden behind a login.

[The nameless Gamer]

Not necessarily Steam who's doing the censoring. It's often the publisher from Japan. Baldr Sky, for example, was censored by Project Sekai, nobody from the west requested them to. If their main target audience outside of Japan are the USA, then the publishers/developers alter the designs or cut scenes out themselves.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

And just for the record, Western games like:
Cyberpunk 2077
Baldur's Gate 3

Have actual nudity and even sex in them

Key word here is frequent.

This game is marked as containing 'Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content.' You are seeing this game because you have agreed to continue to this page.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Not necessarily Steam who's doing the censoring. It's often the publisher from Japan. Baldr Sky, for example, was censored by Project Sekai, nobody from the west requested them to. If their main target audience outside of Japan are the USA, then the publishers/developers alter the designs or cut scenes out themselves.

The game itself isn't censored. It is simply being hidden on Steam, and that was not always the case. This appears to be more recent.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Originally posted by D. Flame:

And just for the record, Western games like:
Cyberpunk 2077
Baldur's Gate 3

Have actual nudity and even sex in them

Key word here is frequent.

This game is marked as containing 'Frequent Nudity or Sexual Content.' You are seeing this game because you have agreed to continue to this page.

You can run around completely naked for the entire game if you want.

This game:


For examples starts you naked and it allows for full frontal nudity, and you can stay nude the entire game if you want.

Meanwhile. the worst you will find in the the game from the OP are bikinis.

The only real difference is that one of the games was made in Japan in an anime style, and the other was made in the west.

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Not necessarily Steam who's doing the censoring. It's often the publisher from Japan. Baldr Sky, for example, was censored by Project Sekai, nobody from the west requested them to. If their main target audience outside of Japan are the USA, then the publishers/developers alter the designs or cut scenes out themselves.

The game itself isn't censored. It is simply being hidden on Steam, and that was not always the case. This appears to be more recent.

Ah, I see. The categorization was changed 2 months ago, according to SteamDB. I don't know who's applying categories, but I assume it's the developer or publisher themselves. Maybe you can get the answer why it happened on the dedicated hubs, Steam or elsewhere. I've never seen categories change before though, it's set as soon as the store page is up. I think the developers themselves changed the category. Whether it was their own decision or they were compelled to, that I am not aware of. Try the game's forum(s).

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

I think the developers themselves changed the category.

Prove it.

[The nameless Gamer]

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

I think the developers themselves changed the category.

Prove it.

I said I THINK, not that I KNOW. It's an assumption based on how the developer DID Games treat their titles. They put "Bonds" and "Didnapper II" into the AO category despite not having nudity in their games at all.
Also, notice how developers/publishers treat AO content differently.
"Kagura Games" releases have patches on their own site, not even on Steam.
"Project Sekai" either offers paid patches on their sites or no patches whatsoever.
A large variety of developers includes the patch on the Steam page.
And then there are games which come in full package.

All games are going through a screening process by Valve before release, to be checked for functionality and proper categorization content-wise. So if the category applied doesn't match the content, Valve rejects the game before release.

Maybe someone knows something I don't though.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Steam didn't censor the game, also I know that game, and very likely dev misclick the setting, if you go to the store preference, you see you have five settings for games label, such as gore, and all that. The last two explain very clearly meant for 18+, and I assume dev was just checking boxes that say sexual content label, without reading whole thing.

But if the dev think differently, and wanted to be label as such, then there not much we can do about it, beside trying to convince them.


Just contact the devs. If you believe Steam done this why not ask them directly? Or become a dev, and see for yourself how setting up store page works if don't want to take other people words.

[D. Flame]

Originally posted by The nameless Commander:

Originally posted by D. Flame:

Prove it.

I said I THINK

So you made it up. Got it.