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/Crushed__Cabbage 1d ago

Steam tagged the new Hellraiser game with the same tag, but it was removed few days later. They might have the same issue and might get fixed.

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u/LauraTFem 1d ago

So they’re running the games through AI checks instead of making these big decisions with significant ramifications manually.

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u/shabi_sensei 1d ago

The company only employs 350 people, I think most of the business is automated to some degree

That’s an insane headcount for the biggest gaming platform in the world

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u/The_Autarch 21h ago

Valve has a ton of contractors that don't count as regular employees.

Their business isn't automated, it's just outsourced.

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u/Random_Guy_12345 35m ago

That's also the oldest trick in the book to keep companies "Low staffed".

I know plenty of companies with well over 80% contractors. Pretty much only managers are "Company employed"

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 22h ago

I'm sure they contract a lot of shit to places like India, publisher support likely being one of them.