The creator of the PC open-world game Future? No Thanks! says Valve has repeatedly flagged the title with an adult-only rating on par with outright porn games, while refusing to explain its reasoning. According to developer statements shared with Aftermath, the process highlights a monopoly on PC gaming that forces developers to comply with opaque approval rules.
The developer controversy brings renewed attention to how digital storefronts handle sexual content. Future? No Thanks! is a comparatively tame open-world experience centered on exploring an ecosocialist eutopia as an old man scheduled for euthanasia. Developer feedback gathered across multiple studios indicates that navigating Steam approval and rating processes for games featuring sexual content remains a difficult and opaque ordeal.