{"id":88577,"date":"2025-07-24T12:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/88577\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:10:09","slug":"itch-io-follows-steam-in-removing-adult-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/88577\/","title":{"rendered":"Itch.io follows Steam in removing adult games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The indie-focused open gaming marketplace Itch.io has abruptly deindexed adult content from its browse and search pages, warning that some games will be permanently removed from the platform. In <a href=\"https:\/\/itch.io\/updates\/update-on-nsfw-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a blog post on Thursday<\/a>, Itch.io creator Leaf Corcoran said that the update was due to concerns that the website\u2019s payment processors had \u201cabout the nature of certain content\u201d hosted on the platform, following similar scrutiny against Steam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cOur ability to process payments is critical for every creator on our platform,\u201d said Corcoran. \u201cTo ensure that we can continue to operate and provide a marketplace for all developers, we must prioritize our relationship with our payment partners and take immediate steps towards compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">While Itch.io hosts a variety of gaming content, adult and pornographic titles are often among the top-sellers on the platform. Content creators who host their work on Itch.io were given no warning ahead of the decision. \u201cWe know this is not ideal, and we apologize for the abruptness of this change,\u201d said Corcoran. It\u2019s unclear if customers are currently <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:knybgc4siigl22kc5t4new4w\/post\/3luoizccnzx2y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">able to access<\/a> games and visual novels that they had paid for prior to the update. We\u2019ve reached out to Itch.io for clarification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Itch.io has yet to provide full guidance for creators that outlines the content that will be permitted on the platform following this change, but notes that creators will be required to confirm that their NSFW content abides by any rules set by their account\u2019s payment processors. That is, of course, providing that this doesn\u2019t cause a Tumblr-esque mass exodus of users who may now be looking for an alternative service to host, sell, and buy NSFW games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cWe are currently conducting a comprehensive audit of content to ensure we can meet the requirements of our payment processors,\u201d said Corcoran. \u201cPages will remain deindexed as we complete our review. Once this review is complete, we will introduce new compliance measures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The indie-focused open gaming marketplace Itch.io has abruptly deindexed adult content from its browse and search pages, warning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[392,171,393,22314,50,242,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-88577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-culture","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gaming","11":"tag-internet-culture","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tech","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114908144287159877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}