@ehhh @Melon @RehnSturm256 i think it's because it's still kind of in a legally gray area, or at least it is perceived as such. it's also something that is just straight up illegal in a lot of places so rather than having to jump around different region locks and shit a lot of companies prefer to just axe it all.
i honestly really don't mind it too much, there are plenty of places loli and loli games/mods still exist.
tl;dr i don't give a fuck, steam is still better than 99% of companies and there are still some "loli" games on there anyway
@RehnSturm256 @ehhh @Melon there are plenty of games on steam that still have loli stuff or flat/smol girls in them. fuck i played one just a while ago, sweetest monster, which was a fucking insane trip of a VN by the way. SPOILER ALERT but there's some high school aged girl nudity and sex in that. and i also already mentioned princess maker (i think it's 2 that has nudity and some other lewd stuff in it). i'm sure there's more on there, i've seen them around, but i don't have too much of a desire to play a lot of them so i haven't really looked into it much. paying $10+ for a 2 hour game that is really just me clicking through a VN with little to not interactivity isn't really my jam.
also, let's not forget to mention koikatsu party, which takes place exclusively in a high school. you can make pretty smol girls and they have all the classes you can put them in but of course the description in steam says "all girls are 18+" so that's probably their way of getting around it (which i'm sure more games could do if they really wanted to).
steam isn't perfect, obviously it would be fantastic if they allowed loli just straight up no matter what, but you're acting like valve is just like any other buttfuck gaming company while they are still better than even the big japanese ones.
if you really want to play loli games, itch.io still allows them (as evidenced by unteralterbach which has parts that wouldn't even be allowed to be posted on gameliberty) and they're all up on vndb, and you can usually support the creators if you want to moreso than you would be getting them on steam anyway.
i'm not a valve simp or anything, but like come on, they are far from hateable and they aren't ones to really pick sides or do any sort of faux political activism, plus they're still a private company which i can appreciate. they're better than 99% of companies out there.
re: tl;dr i don't give a fuck, steam is still better than 99% of companies and there are still some "loli" games on there anyway
@Melon compared to every other mainstream platform they are the most based and they're also the only ones that never change their profile picture for gay pride or BLM or anything like that. as far as i'm concerned they are the most based mainstream company and that definitely counts for something, loli or not. there are games on there that still definitely have some loli content in them, too. i just think it's not supposed to be the main focus. i mean you have the princess maker games on there (at least one of which has nudity).