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Mar 1 @ 7:05am
Content Ratings Requirement in Germany
You can use our built-in ratings system for your game on Steam

View full event information here:
https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791433666425/announcements/detail/4183351393029705363
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ManuTOO Mar 1 @ 7:21am 
I filled out this survey for all my games, but https://partner.steamgames.com/healthcheck/missingrequiredratings tells me I didn't do it for any game.

When I select a game, it says :
État du questionnaire
Actif
ID
XXXXXX
Commencé
28 févr. 2023 @ 20 h 19
Dernière mise à jour
28 févr. 2023 @ 20 h 21
Last edited by ManuTOO; Mar 1 @ 7:25am
Superku Mar 1 @ 7:23am 
I have filled out the questionnaire for my game 688130, yet it appears in the list:
https://partner.steamgames.com/healthcheck/missingrequiredratings
Last edited by Superku; Mar 1 @ 7:24am
Matt Mar 1 @ 7:29am 
As others above have posted, some of my games are listed as missing ratings even though I have filled out the Steam Content Survey for them.

Originally *all* my games were listed (even the ones with USK certifcates).

I managed to clear out the ones that had certifcates by doing the following:
1. click into the certificates page.
2. click Save without making any changes.
3. go back to the Content Survey page.
4. click Publish changes.
all my games still show that they need ratings despite me updating them
COWCAT Mar 1 @ 7:54am 
Same here. This is a bug, obviously.
Yarlen Mar 1 @ 8:03am 
Honestly at this point, just implement IARC. Having to revisit this stuff piecemeal is a royal PITA (especially for super old games).
Same problem, games still show up after updating them.
NB264 Mar 1 @ 9:18am 
Same here, did this when it was first mentioned, all games showing in the list. Click them, already has Brasil + Germany rating. Save, says I'm ok now. Game still shows in the list.
imanzuel Mar 1 @ 9:20am 
Or in other words, in a very short time a lot of games will disappear from the German Steam Store because the developers don't care to have the game classified or because it turns out that the games have some content that is offensive in Germany. I hate our government so much...
GE-0 Mar 1 @ 9:22am 
It seems the list currently shows games which lack EITHER one of USK rating and Content Survey, instead of OR. In other words only the apps which have BOTH USK rating and filled Content Survey are not listed.

Would this be fixed?
Last edited by GE-0; Mar 1 @ 9:23am
Ogro Mar 1 @ 10:01am 
Can't you finally implement an ID verification system so that adult German customers can buy all games that have not been rated by the USK or even indexed by the BPJM?
Alden Mar 1 @ 10:15am 
Sorry about that - looks like we missed indexing some key information to make that page work properly. It's running that process now, so that page should reflect reality in the next 20 minutes or so.
Battl3ph1l Mar 1 @ 10:28am 
And yet I'm guessing Valve as a billion dollar company still refuses the simple task of implementing some sort of age verification system which would help devs and customers alike. That would be to easy I assume, instead we will lose access to a lot of games. Just great.
ManuTOO Mar 1 @ 10:30am 
@Alden,
yes, it's fixed now !
striker Mar 1 @ 10:53am 
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This is a prime occasion to introduce an account-level user age verification for Germany. Proven adults may buy unrated and even indexed (listed for non-public display or advertisement) games in Germany. There are even SSO solutions out there. Heck, Valve could even make Steam the go-to platform for online age verification with their own SSO.

Adults could still be enabled to browse the complete store, even when only a small fraction of devs fill out their questoinaiire in time for the German Steam store front to be completely decimated. Devs would only need to fill out the questionnaire, if they specifically wanted to market games for ages under 18.

Our group (forUncut!) years ago sent Gabe a detailed documentation - adult users widely were ready to pay any one time fee (iirc up to 10€) to be age verified.

I'm happy to elaborate further, if any representative of Valve wants to reach out.
Last edited by striker; Mar 1 @ 12:48pm
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