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Steam Age Check Locks Out 65% of Adult Australians [2026] (tech-insider.org)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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"Steam started blocking Australian users from viewing or buying 18+ rated games on September 9, 2026, unless they attach a valid credit card to their account. Valve’s rollout affects hundreds of mature-rated titles, including Cyberpunk 2077 and Doom Eternal, and it doesn’t matter whether the account is brand new or fifteen years old with a library full of paid-for adult games. Without a credit card on file, those store pages, search results, and even home-page recommendations simply disappear."

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[+] -6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Haven't tried that, because I don't actually plan on re-installing, but it looks like it would work.

Either way, steam is dead to me now, so workarounds or not, they will see no more of my money

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    You are blaming the wrong party, blame the government for forcing Valve to do this, Valve isn't doing this because they want to.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago

    I kinda disagree. Steam is being lazy in this.

    Social media and other providers know if they ignore the problem enough people will get mad at the gov.

    I don’t disagree that the gov/regulators have approached this half baked however the onus should be on the provider to put together a solution. They ain’t.

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