'Valve isn't interested in a nuanced conversation' says indie dev suffering from Steam censorship
Indie developer Robert Yang has detailed his struggles with Steam's content moderation policies, which have led to his games being hidden from most users due to their 'gay' nature and sexual content. Yang criticizes Valve for not engaging in nuanced conversations about content, contrasting it with the more permissive approach to sexual content in mainstream titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3. This situation highlights the ongoing impact of censorship on indie creators, even after broader crackdowns on adult content have subsided.
- Entities
- Game: Radiator Forever
- Platform: Itch.io
- Game: Cyberpunk 2077
- Game: Stick Shift
- Company: Valve
- Game: Succulent
- Topic: Censorship
- Game: Radiator 2
- Person: Robert Yang
- Topic: Indie Games
- Platform: PC
- Platform: Steam
- Game: Hurt Me Plenty
- Game: Baldur's Gate 3
- Topic: Adult Content
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