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Steam Review Halts Molleindustria Release Over Brief Nudity

A prolonged Valve review forced the indie launch's delay, exposing limits in Steam's adult-content review process.

Overview

  • The developer Molleindustria postponed the planned July 22 release of Future? No Thanks! after announcing that Steam placed the game's final build under review for nudity.
  • Paolo Pedercini says Valve's moderation team has kept the build under review for more than three weeks, far longer than the typical multi-day timeframe in Steam's guidance.
  • Pedercini describes the flagged material as a short sequence with "dozens of untextured polygons depicting ass and boobs" that appear on screen for several seconds and are not immediately accessible in normal play.
  • Steam reportedly will not accept video clips for this assessment, so the developer submitted a special build with a 'watch the sex scene' button to let reviewers jump directly to the sequence.
  • The delay highlights wider developer concern about vague and uneven adult-content enforcement on Steam, a problem sharpened by past platform disputes and the pressure of limited reviewer resources that can derail indie release plans.