Would Steam accept a VN game with AI NSFW images of women since they are not real?

[Davide]

I'm working on a Visual Novel with "realistic" NSFW images generated with AI. The pictures are generated locally using flux dev and are quite realistic, to the point that some people might consider them to be actual raw photos.

Would Steam accept those kind of images in a VN game on their platform since no real woman is actually depicted?

[Lithurge]

Only Valve could answer your question, the wording is vague enough to not make it clear if the objection is because they are real or whether looking real is enough.

You want to sign up to the developer section of Steam and ask there.

[dorkenstein]

Steam should ban all porn

[Ogami]

Doubt it. Adult games with real people are not allowed on Steam, even if its AI generated it still looks like "real" people.

[Anonymous Helper]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Ogami:

Doubt it. Adult games with real looking persons is not allowed, even if its artificial it still looks "real".

There's plenty of porn games on Steam that use realistic 3D models, some so high quality you'd have hard time distinguishing them from photos of real people.

BTW, lot of adverts you see today are 100% AI generated, and feature no real people even if they look they do.

[Chika Ogiue]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von PyrrGunk:

Steam should ban all porn

Steam should ban all photo-realistic gore fest shooters. They won't for the same reason they won't ban porn: they sell. If you don't want to see porn games, you shouldn't have opted in to see them.

[Davide]

Thank you all for replying. As suggested, I'll contact Valve directly to get a clear answer.

[Subsonic]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Davide:

I'm working on a Visual Novel with "realistic" NSFW images generated with AI. The pictures are generated locally using flux dev and are quite realistic, to the point that some people might consider them to be actual raw photos.

Would Steam accept those kind of images in a VN game on their platform since no real woman is actually depicted?

Don't see why not, steam is pretty much a porn seller as it is, and game graphics will only get better until realistic real time graphics are reached.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von PyrrGunk:

Steam should ban all porn

Yeah that's not going to happen, steam is a scumbag platform, its more likely to start selling typical smut and porn (somewhere down the line), huge gaming market, huge user base, ever new generation of young people looking to explore.

If you think about it, steam is kind of a sweet shop for pedo predators, instead of being a awesome game distributor.

[Seraphita]

God the amount of lies in a post... "Steam is a porn seller.". Tell me what % of games in steam is porn, I'll wait. Pretty sure it's less than 10% and I'm being generous. To be a "X seller", the value of X must be superior to other ones. Fact: Steam sells games.

[Subsonic]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Seraphita:

God the amount of lies in a post... "Steam is a porn seller.". Tell me what % of games in steam is porn, I'll wait. Pretty sure it's less than 10% and I'm being generous. To be a "X seller", the value of X must be superior to other ones. Fact: Steam sells games.

1 or 1 bilion, is the same in context. If you sell porn and smut, that's what it is, doesn't matter what format it is.

Fact : Steam sells porn.
Fact : Steam is the only store I can think of that sells porn and products for children in the same space.

Don't you think that's weird ?

[Seraphita]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Pierre_The_Scumbag:

1 or 1 bilion, is the same in context. If you sell porn and smut, that's what it is, doesn't matter what format it is.

Fact : Steam sells porn.
Fact : Steam is the only store I can think of that sells porn and products for children in the same space.

Don't you think that's weird ?

Blockbuster... Ever heard of this movie/game renting store from like 20+ years ago that rented movies and games for everyone and included an adult section too...?

Steam is a game store, not a porn store. The context matter because steam isn't selling movies but games. Steam is a GAME store. Other online stores do it as well...

[Zarineth]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Pierre_The_Scumbag:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Seraphita:

God the amount of lies in a post... "Steam is a porn seller.". Tell me what % of games in steam is porn, I'll wait. Pretty sure it's less than 10% and I'm being generous. To be a "X seller", the value of X must be superior to other ones. Fact: Steam sells games.

1 or 1 bilion, is the same in context. If you sell porn and smut, that's what it is, doesn't matter what format it is.

Fact : Steam sells porn.
Fact : Steam is the only store I can think of that sells porn and products for children in the same space.

Don't you think that's weird ?

You never heard of GoG? They are also selling NSFW games.

[Aluvard]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Pierre_The_Scumbag:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Seraphita:

God the amount of lies in a post... "Steam is a porn seller.". Tell me what % of games in steam is porn, I'll wait. Pretty sure it's less than 10% and I'm being generous. To be a "X seller", the value of X must be superior to other ones. Fact: Steam sells games.

1 or 1 bilion, is the same in context. If you sell porn and smut, that's what it is, doesn't matter what format it is.

Fact : Steam sells porn.
Fact : Steam is the only store I can think of that sells porn and products for children in the same space.

Don't you think that's weird ?

Newsstands, especially bigger ones. As long as it was on separate shelf, no one really cared that it is visible.

[Wolfpig]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Pierre_The_Scumbag:

Fact : Steam is the only store I can think of that sells porn and products for children in the same space.

You could go to amazon and type porn in their search...it only shows something about 80.000 results....around 1000 for prime video.

[Start_Running]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Davide:

I'm working on a Visual Novel with "realistic" NSFW images generated with AI. The pictures are generated locally using flux dev and are quite realistic, to the point that some people might consider them to be actual raw photos.

Would Steam accept those kind of images in a VN game on their platform since no real woman is actually depicted?

That depends.

[Subsonic]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Seraphita:

Blockbuster... Tell me you're young without telling me. The first word is evidence. They did the same exact thing yet who complained? And no, context is different...

Steam is a game store, not a porn store. They only have so many porn games. A movie renting store of the 2000 rented children movies and games. AND also porn...

Yeah your right, in bricks an mortar, they also had :

Someone checking Identification.
Adult content out of reach of minors.
Additional Security systems.

AND HERE'S THE KICKER.

Steam is a seller of pornographic material, this means it doesn't matter what other things it sells, because the important information to most people/families, is, "is somewhere safe for my family".