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They removed this game from search results! What the fuck?! Fuck itch.io

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This is exactly what I was afraid of when the NSFW games purge started. I knew it wouldn't be limited to just smutty content and knew it would move to general adult content in games.

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Censore creations/ideas will be always a bad way except for illegals projects (by the law) or scams. It will be a bad ad for itchio.

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Censoring art and the internet is the worst thing they could do.

And it's starting to happen...

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But mouthwashing isn't NSFW, at most those upcoming console ports would be rated M for mature. Not adults only.

Edit: I recently found out why mouthwashing wasn't indexed, now I'm confused as to why the devs would go out of their way to make an itch page, only for it to just link to the steam page?

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Exactly. They were never going to stop at NSFW content, it was going to extend to any games about difficult topics.

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So apparently it was deindexed because it only linked the steam page. Which has me confused as to why they made an itch page to begin with.

Ooooh, okay that makes sense. Just suspicious timing is all, I guess.

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It's not like Itch.io has a choice, they are a much smaller company than Valve (notice how they are the ones that have been forced to take it down while Steam stays up). And at the end of the day, it's a battle with the actual payment processors, literally their entire income is at risk if they don't comply. turn your energy towards Visa and Mastercard, contact lawmakers, and support movements against this policing. Can't guarantee it will work, but it is gonna be a hell of a lot more productive than sitting here bitching at Itch.io, who are victims just like the devs (albeit to a lesser degree) if we are being completely honest. 

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This game hasn’t been indexed since October 2024 since it doesn’t meet our indexing criteria: https://itch.io/docs/creators/getting-indexed#why-isnt-my-project-showing-up

They are using a “Download” button as a link to Steam. The developer took down any playable files from this page in 2024.

it broke rules around how to present download buttons.