Hosted on MSN

itch.io hides ‘NSFW’ games following credit card company pressure

Digital indie video game storefront itch.io has obscured mature, “not safe for work” (NSFW) content from its “Browse” and “Search” pages, making it the latest in a growing line of video game ...
PC Gamer

Visa and Mastercard pressuring Itch.io and Valve does 'nothing to protect' women, and shock games will just be 'side-stepping the ban entirely', say affected indie devs

Gaming Industry Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout Game Development Itch.io is 'actively reaching out ...
Ars Technica

Once a relative haven for adult games, itch.io begins removing explicit titles

Indie game clearinghouse itch.io is the latest online gaming storefront to take action to remove or limit the availability of some adult content, bowing to pressure from payment processors spurred by ...
GIGAZINE

Gamers are flooding the credit card companies with complaints about Steam and Itch.io for pressuring them to restrict adult games

In July 2025, game distribution platforms Steam and Itch.io suddenly stopped distributing some adult games. It has been revealed that the cause of this was the credit card companies that provide ...
Eurogamer

Mastercard insists it has not "required restrictions of any" game on Steam or itch.io, but Valve claims otherwise

As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their platforms, Mastercard has moved to distance itself from the ensuing censorship ...