Within just a few years, copious indie developers brought their titles to the platform. Other developers, such as Christine Love, also received Valve’s assurance which led to her move to release Ladykiller in a Bind uncut on Steam after initially releasing exclusively on the Humble Store.įrom 2014 onward, the presence of visual novels on Steam increased tremendously. MangaGamer took especially careful measures, going so far as to show the sex scene artwork from Kindred Spirits on the Roof before getting the okay from Valve to publish it in full on Steam. Eventually, both Sekai Project and MangaGamer had direct talks with staff at the company to ensure that what they were publishing to the storefront was acceptable. Things were getting perhaps too wild on the platform, but Valve didn’t seem to mind. It meant they could release an all-ages title on Steam and offer a free or paid off-site patch to turn it into the adult version. More companies joined the patch bandwagon because it finally allowed them access to the Steam marketplace.
HuniePop in particular introduced gamers to the concept of an “uncensor patch” which would turn the game from an iffy but “all-ages” version to offering nude artwork. These games put their sexuality at the forefront and tested Valve’s guidelines - whatever those guidelines actually were. Things took a turn for the interesting when the likes of Sakura Spirit and HuniePop arrived on the platform. With the aid of Steam Greenlight, more visual novels and dating sims slowly trickled out. That all changed with the release of indie titles such as Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos and Analogue: A Hate Story. Steam doesn't, even when those games violate the rules they pull games like these for.Once upon a time, visual novels were not allowed on Steam. Mind you, they had the courage to pull a big selling game. They had a "moral" objection to content in the game and pulled it from the shelves.
If they truly believed that nudity or sex was wrong and stuck by it, i could almost respect their decision, but they don't, their so called morals only stand as long as there's not loads of money to be made.Īnd to those supporting steam on this decision.ĭo you also support target stores in australia pulling GTA V. They claim to be some sort of moral authority here, yet they say stuff it when a big game comes along. What makes it especially ludicrous, is, sex with pretty realistic looking characters getting naked and screwing in the Witcher series, or the Far Cry series is fine, but then they get all prudish over some cartoon nudity? Not just the "sax bad violence good" thing some Americans seem to have.īut the sex in a small indie title, bad, sex in a big triple a title, perfectly fine. What really gets me is the double standard.
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