
Steam’s Latest Crackdown On Sex Games Highlights An Alarming New Trend
Robin Bea
created: July 22, 2025, noon | updated: July 28, 2025, 5:49 p.m.
Beginning in mid-July, Steam has been delisting waves of adult games, removing them from sale on its storefront entirely.
ValveAs Valens points out in her reporting, one group in particular claims responsibility for Steam’s recent porn game takedown.
Valve has not answered Inverse’s questions about whether Collective Shout or any other organization played a part in the new rule or the delisting of adult games.
Steam hasn’t announced a blanket porn ban, but any adult game (and potentially any game with LGBTQ content) could be under threat.
Members of groups calling for adult game bans have also released explicitly homophobic and transphobic statements in the past.
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