Industry groups and gamers are criticizing censorship affecting NSFW games on platforms like Steam and Itch.io. Australian group Collective Shout pressures payment processors, resulting in the de-indexing of adult content. Developers are concerned about the delistings and their implications on their games. Communities on Bluesky are compiling lists of censored creators, predominantly LGBTQ+ or kink-friendly. The International Game Developers Association warns that such censorship disproportionately impacts queer, trans, or people of color developers and threatens their income and reputation.
The right to make mature games with legal adult content is a creative right, just like the right to tell stories about war, death, or love.
Globally and politically, we are at a crossroads for developer rights, creative freedom, and platform accountability.
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