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Itch and Steam delisting NSFW games
🕑 Added 2025-07-28 03:10:50 +0000 UTCBy now, most of you have likely heard that both itch.io and Steam have been forced to take down thousands of NSFW titles due to pressure from credit card payment providers. Lust Doll Plus was one of those titles.
There's quite a few topics out there already, explaining why this level of mass censorship is cause for major concern. Essentially, any works that doesn't align with religious conservative values is at risk of essentially being cancelled or removed, such as pornography, LGBTQ works, anything deviant or weird, inclusive works, etc.
It's VERY important to take action now and ensure this gets stopped where it is now. Not doing so could mean losing not just NSFW games, but also manga, anime, comics, art, shows, movies, the list goes on.
Here are some resources for more information:
https://bsky.app/profile/ithayla.bsky.social/post/3lusgctzmbk2y
https://stopcollectiveshout.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1man6dd/a_differing_viewpoint_on_how_to_handle_collective/
Here's some things that can be done to combat this:
Call Visa Corporation's customer service, at (800) 847-2911. Ask to speak to an American. Tell that American, politely, that you aren't comfortable with Visa trying to control what you're allowed to purchase, and that you're responding by asking your vendors to support other credit cards, and by not using their cards where possible until they stop. Remind them that this isn't the first time they've tried to do this, and that several times laws have been passed to rein them in from trying to control the nation.
Numbers:
Mastercard (US): +1-914 249-2000 Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111 Visa (US + Can): +1 (650) 432-3200 Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440 PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (Aus): 1800-120-113
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372 Mastercard (CA): 1-800-307-7309 Mastercard (UK): 0800-96-4767
Call your bank and complain that you aren't comfortable with a third party controlling what you purchase, and that you're considering taking your credit card traffic (their #1 source of income) away from them. Remind them that you can buy Law and Order: Special Victims Unit without difficulty, which makes the presumption wholesale invalid from day one.
Sign those petitions. Collective Action is 40,000 people in a different country. One of those petitions is a week old and already at 170,000 people. If a petition that says "kindly fuck off" hits a million people, Visa will realize that they're very much financially on the wrong side of this, and change their mind.
Comments
Indivi
Definitely not a good sign
Kuraitsuno
PayPal block Steam USA!? English video: https://youtu.be/oCaE7weADsA
Indivi
Ah, that makes sense. Follow where the money is.
Kuraitsuno
I'm a believer religious and a far-right too. Here in Spain, we have those far-right sectarians like that, and they all have one thing in common (Colective Shout is the same...): they're all government sycophants and leeches. They all receive a subsidy from the same government. This censorship will last 2 months. All for kids, for security, for Spain or Spain belongs to the Spanish! (They don’t do anything, they just report and get paid to harass the left)
Indivi
That's a good sign
RobCop
The good news... itch.io has re-indexed these NSFW games and is looking for alternative payment processors now.
Brayden Green
Yeah and what’s the number goal for the petition is it already completed or are we almost there or half way there
wreckon to be forced with
collective shout's 40,000 members being met with 185,000 people signing the petition to shut them up is so funny to me. literally 450% more people than collective shout's ENTIRE FUCKING GROUP
