There is already a discussion about this here:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/discussions/forum/0/592912124322252556/

Steam should make a very own forum for "games taken down" to avoid avery other one getting cluttered up.

Same reason large chunks of visual novels get banned, valves moderation is bizarre and seems to despite japanese sensibilities.

Saying "there's nothing erotic about it" is dishonest.

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

Saying "there's nothing erotic about it" is dishonest.

^ This. I don't know why Nintendo decided to allow it, but I looked the game up, and it is SUS.

引用自 xAlphaStarOmegax：

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

Saying "there's nothing erotic about it" is dishonest.

^ This. I don't know why Nintendo decided to allow it, but I looked the game up, and it is SUS.

Primary target audience being Japan's players most likely. The teacher-student romance trope, weird and unprofessional as it is, is still a popular one over there. And it seems like people are making mountains out of molehills, the game doesn't even have suggestive content.

Its removal from Steam is neither new nor unexpected though. Valve has been delisting games with characters too young for US standards before and after 2018 (the year it implemented the "almost anything goes" policy).

引用自 Boblin the Goblin：

Saying "there's nothing erotic about it" is dishonest.

Implying it's child pornography is grossly misleading and dangerous.

As for why Nintendo of Japan allowed it, because they know it's got nothing adult contained within it. As does the ratings board that rated it -- a board that is far more restrictive on sexual content than even the ESRB is. Meanwhile, we know that western arms are losing the plot fast. What with Nintendo of America banning the Neptunia Re;birth games; the first of which was rated suitable for 12 year olds!

引用自 The nameless Gamer：

The teacher-student romance trope, weird and unprofessional as it is, is still a popular one over there.

Except in the LoveR series (and its predecessors) you play as a second year high school student. In other words, a 16 year old.

引用自 Chika Ogiue：

引用自 The nameless Gamer：

The teacher-student romance trope, weird and unprofessional as it is, is still a popular one over there.

Except in the LoveR series (and its predecessors) you play as a second year high school student. In other words, a 16 year old.

Basically, student romancing fellow students. Mountains out of molehills confirmed.

引用自 The nameless Gamer：

Basically, student romancing fellow students. Mountains out of molehills confirmed.

Very much so.

引用自 The nameless Gamer：

引用自 xAlphaStarOmegax：

^ This. I don't know why Nintendo decided to allow it, but I looked the game up, and it is SUS.

Primary target audience being Japan's players most likely. The teacher-student romance trope, weird and unprofessional as it is, is still a popular one over there. And it seems like people are making mountains out of molehills, the game doesn't even have suggestive content.

Its removal from Steam is neither new nor unexpected though. Valve has been delisting games with characters too young for US standards before and after 2018 (the year it implemented the "almost anything goes" policy).

To be fair, it actually does have suggestive content. I looked it up, and it has underage anime girls dressed scantily clad, showing parts of their outer and inner cleavage, stomach, and thighs. I don't know why a male grown adult would want to play a game that promotes that. I just don't, for the life of me, get it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Anyway... there is always the Nintendo Switch for those who want to play it.

引用自 xAlphaStarOmegax：

To be fair, it actually does have suggestive content.

Suggestive is not pornographic.

引用自 Chika Ogiue：

引用自 xAlphaStarOmegax：

To be fair, it actually does have suggestive content.

Suggestive is not pornographic.

This game has a middle schooler and fifth grader as heroines with heavy fan service-y photography and risque clothing parts.

Doesn't have to be pornographic to not want to touch it. I mean the Switch version might very well end up censored. I mean as someone who has kids in that age range i can't disagree with the decision to not host a game that sexualizes middle-schoolers even if it breaks no rules.

They are free to see if EPIC or GoG want to release it instead.

引用自 Chika Ogiue：

引用自 xAlphaStarOmegax：

To be fair, it actually does have suggestive content.

Suggestive is not pornographic.

Sometimes it can mean that; other times it doesn't. Either way, I believe Valve made a good decision on this one. It is their store, and they have the right to say, "Nah, we don't want a video game all about sexualizing children in our store." Games, movies, media, and what have you do not have to be outright rated M, R, or whatever to be promoting things they shouldn't. If the devs wanted it to be a simple dating sim about middle/high schoolers, they could have just done that without making the underage girls dress up in suggestive maid, playboy bunny, and succubus lingerie/bikini outfits.

引用自 Brian9824：

引用自 Chika Ogiue：

Suggestive is not pornographic.

This game has a middle schooler and fifth grader as heroines with heavy fan service-y photography and risque clothing parts.

Doesn't have to be pornographic to not want to touch it. I mean the Switch version might very well end up censored. I mean as someone who has kids in that age range i can't disagree with the decision to not host a game that sexualizes middle-schoolers even if it breaks no rules.

They are free to see if EPIC or GoG want to release it instead.

Exactly! It is weird and cringe to want to even play such a game. I don't understand why there is such an outcry from grown adult men. It honestly scares me. Society scares me.

引用自 xAlphaStarOmegax：

引用自 Brian9824：

Doesn't have to be pornographic to not want to touch it. I mean the Switch version might very well end up censored. I mean as someone who has kids in that age range i can't disagree with the decision to not host a game that sexualizes middle-schoolers even if it breaks no rules.

They are free to see if EPIC or GoG want to release it instead.

Exactly! It is weird and cringe to want to even play such a game. I don't understand why there is such an outcry from grown adult men. It honestly scares me. Society scares me.

Then don't play them? Other similar games on Steam didn't get removed, and Valve itself was more lax of similar games in the past...