Steam puts adult games on hold as it preps a new tool

Valve Software wants to let every game on Steam as long it isn’t illegal or trolling. That means adult-themed content is welcome on the platform. The company made that commitment to let everything on Steam in early June following backlash to its plan to remove sexual visual novels from Japan from its platform. The company backpedaled from that stance and embraced an open version of Steam, but it also promised new tools to help people ensure they don’t see certain kinds of games on their version of the store … and now Valve is withholding some games from Steam until it can get those new tools ready, according to at least one developer.

Shining Song Starnova developer Love In Space told fans on Twitter that Valve won’t add its game to the store until it can get the tools that would enable you and me to block Steam from ever showing us a game like that.