Losing half a billion to make an 18+ game full of sticky rice, the developer was bitter when Steam firmly refused

“A little sensitive is fun, a little sensitive, then you will lose money” is the saying for the developers of Holodexxx – title games 18+ extremely heavy only for young people with “salty taste”. Characters in the game are modeled after famous adult movie actors, then allow players to interact in a virtual reality environment. According to the developers, this is a “moral, sexually positive” game, but all that doesn’t stop Valve from kicking Holodexxx out of its territory.​

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In a long blog posted recently, the Holodexxx development team shared the bitter experience of trying their best but still not being able to bring their own child to the Steam platform. In 2020 alone, there were 3 demos sent to Steam for review, but all were rejected outright because Valve does not accept pornography present on the platform. It is known that the development team spent more than 20,000 dollars (nearly 500 million dong) to make Holodexxx but in the end their efforts and money became meaningless.​

With most 18+ games, especially heavyweight genres like Holodexxx, it’s understandable to be rejected by Valve. Because of that, many developers have devised a way around the law, that they will only release the standard version of the game on Steam, DLC or patches with adult content will be sold outside. However, it seems that the Holodexxx development team is still stubbornly refusing to accept the truth because according to them, Steam has been allowing a lot of 18+ games to appear on their platform, why not with Holodexxx? In response, Steam declined to elaborate on the question.​

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Sharing in the blog, the developers said their only wish was that Steam could provide specific guidelines for identifying a content as “pornographic”, and comment in detail on the features. violation for the development team to amend and refund the cost of submitting for review with unsatisfactory games. “Our steady growth of players every month demonstrates the growing demand for the content we create. We assume that array adult games will continue to grow, so hopefully Valve will give us a specific explanation,” Mike Wilson – Holodexxx’s communications director told Kotaku.​

Mr. Wilson also once again affirmed that Holodexxx will not put players and game characters in illusory or unethical situations. Although the views of the development team received much support from the community, Valve remained silent after all. Currently, Holodexxx is only released on itch.io.

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