Vampire RPG escapes Steam's 'Adult Only' jail just in time for launch: "At the risk of disappointing some players, Nighthawks is not porn"

Developers of the vampiric RPG have successfully removed the game's 'Adult Only' rating on Steam - a label that would have otherwise hidden the game from most players.

The short version

• The latest victim of Valve's vague updated guidelines , Nighthawks was accidentally slapped with an 'Adult Only' rating mere days before the text-based role-playing game was due to come out on the platform.
• The tag would've exiled Nighthawks to the shadow realm, stopping it from appearing in Steam searches and removing it from view entirely in certain countries.
• "Well, it was stressful to go through and we were basically swimming in cortisol the past few days, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a net positive," the statement continued.

What happened

"When I posted my frustrations on social media, I did not expect it to go viral. We got some press coverage out of it and wishlists essentially doubled overnight.

Why it matters

I wish I could say I planned this as a guerrilla marketing stunt, but I'm not that dumb and I’m not that smart!

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