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Steam will no longer sell games that do not have an age rating in Germany due to regulations
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this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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I wonder how it works for more alternative platforms like itch.io.
No way you're having any official ratings on 99% of their catalogue. Most of it is experimental stuff, and having basically no barrier to publish is the point.
Unless the German regulations allow self-assigned ratings? It says they allow Steam's own age ratings, how are those applied?
I tried to read that article. You'll notice that the end of my message refers to the Steam rating system, which is mentioned towards the end (or at least I think it was the end) of that article. Problem is, this site is utter fucking shite, and most of it was obscured with scrolling tracking ads as I always trying to read. So yes, I missed the part about it just being a form to fill.
As for "official", yes, I know PEGI/ESRB/Whatever are industry-controlled. But for better of for worse, they're still used as reference, and they're third party (though clearly not that independent). It's still different from declaring yourself what your game contains.
You should look at using an ad blocker. I had no problems with the site
Yeah, well I tend to give sites I don't know the benefit of the doubt, which is why I don't ad-block by default. Now I know this one doesn't deserve to exist at all.
That's of course also a valid way to look at it