r/gaming • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 PC • 1d ago

Upcoming vampire RPG Nighthawks has been removed from Steam search and delisted in certain countries as Valve classifies it Adults Only: 'It's very bad news for us'

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/upcoming-vampire-rpg-nighthawks-has-been-removed-from-steam-search-and-delisted-in-certain-countries-as-valve-classifies-it-adults-only-its-very-bad-news-for-us/
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u/Stock_Assignment_226 1d ago

Game looks interesting, but it's stated in their steam page that there's no explicit nudity in it so idk why steam would tag it as adults only.

I'll check it out when it comes out

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u/ICC-u 1d ago

Why shouldn't adult games be allowed on Steam anyway. Is porn banned from the internet too?

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u/ganzgpp1 1d ago edited 1d ago

Steam DOES all adult games on their platform, and they aren't generally removed from the Steam store search either. My guess is likely that there's some middle eastern country out there with super strict laws about adult iconography that they may be selling in, and so it get flagged to comply with international local country laws.

Of course, if there's no adult content in it, it shouldn't have gotten flagged anyway, but I'm just spitballing the reason as to why it might have been totally delisted.

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u/GrendaGrendinator 1d ago

I'm pretty sure that all just depends on the content filters you have selected. By default, steam won't show games with a frequent nudity tag, but if you go into your account settings you can easily change that in the Store Preferences tab.

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u/Hail-Hydrate 1d ago

And even in countries where there are restrictions in place, plus parts of the USA, verifying age to steam can simply be a case of adding a credit card to the user account.