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Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

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728 points freedomben | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.477s | source
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throwaway071625 ◴[18 Jul 25 17:11 UTC] No.44607246[source]▶
The article calls out “certain adult games” which is vague. It is interesting to note that most of the delisted games were themed specifically around incest.

https://bsky.app/profile/steamdb.info/post/3lu32vdlsmg27

Wondering if this will be a slippery slope towards pulling more anodyne stuff.

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eddythompson80 ◴[18 Jul 25 23:27 UTC] No.44610963[source]▶
Specifically incest, rape, and child abuse-themed games.
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1. monkeyelite ◴[19 Jul 25 03:32 UTC] No.44612353[source]▶
Games/hentai about these topics are not illegal, even if they are in bad taste.

And I’m willing to bet some content removed does not fall in these categories

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2. Jolter ◴[19 Jul 25 10:42 UTC] No.44614319[source]▶
That’s exactly the point: getting Valve to remove illegal content would not have caused any headlines. These themes go against common moral standards and so Visa et al don’t want to be seen selling them.

You can find the list of removed titles if you go looking for it. Feel free to point out which ones you think are collateral damage. I’m not looking at that list with my eyeballs though. I need them for later.