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But developers say the range of affected works goes well beyond games with explicit sex scenes. Also caught in the sweep are ...
Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has "deindexed" adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing ...
Digital storefront Itch.io is reindexing its free adult games, and is talking to its partnered payment processors about plans ...
Users of itch.io were shocked to discover this morning that the platform has “deindexed” games that have been deemed NSFW. Basically, certain games are now hidden from people attempting to ...
They are taking our video games away. Steam and itch.io have been forced to make changes. But there are a few ways you can ...
On its creator FAQ page, itch.io adds that "it’s almost impossible to come up with an exhaustive list of unacceptable products to sell, so often we have to take content reviews one at a time." ...
— itch.io (@itchio) July 24, 2025 Itch.io goes on to say that while the current outcome is highly damaging, it had to act quickly, and some pages will not return even if it sorts out the matter: ...
Itch.io is deindexing all of its adult content pages due to controversy surrounding a game called No Mercy. Collective Shout released an open letter to payment processors like PayPal, Mastercard, and ...
Itch.io Joins Steam In Recent Push To Ban Adult Games Many games tagged as adult or NSFW have been pulled from the store without notice. By Moises Taveras on July 24, 2025 at 11:43AM PDT ...
Gaming marketplace Itch.io has announced plans to “deindex” all Not Safe For Work (NSFW) content following pressure from payment processors, who in turn were pressured by an anti-porn lobby group. The ...