Itch.io Removes NSFW Games Following Payment Processor Pressure

Okay, so get this. Itch.io, the indie game haven, just yanked all its adult NSFW stuff. It’s wild, right? Payment providers had them in a chokehold or something.

Leaf Corcoran, the brain behind Itch.io, spilled the beans in a blog post. It’s this group called Collective Shout—very loud, very “no-porn” vibes. They decided to poke Steam and Itch.io till someone blinked, jumping on their payment people with a whole list of “concerns.”

Now, Itch.io’s gotta play nice to keep the cash flowing, you feel me? They’re knee-deep in an audit, sorting through their stuff. Leaf said they gotta be chummy with the payment partners or else see ya later, payments. Sounds stressful.

“We gotta keep the moolah rolling for creators here,” Leaf said. Or something like that. It’s a tightrope walk, balancing creator vibes and keeping the operation afloat. All this went down fast—no heads-up to the folks making stuff, which kinda sucks. But hey, it was either that or a shutdown, I guess? They’re sorry it went down like this, all sudden-like.

Also, Steam’s in the same boat. They threw out some new rules too. But they’re, like, as clear as a foggy windshield. All this ‘cause of the same bunch — those payment processors getting all jittery from Collective Shout’s battle cry.

So yeah, it’s a bit of a mess. Who saw that coming?