Synergy no longer available in Germany due to new rules, could you fix it?

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mayo 19 Nov @ 7:28am

Synergy no longer available in Germany due to new rules, could you fix it?

Could you make the mod available in Germany again? It's currently unavailable because it's now required for every game to have a rating on Steam to work here.

https://partner.steamgames.com/healthcheck/missingratingforgermany/ it's this page on Steamworks and then filling out a short content survey so it gets an automatic rating on Steam and we can access it again

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λNTICITIZEN_1 has Synergy

19 Nov @ 12:56pm

This is ridiculous. I thought Germany got better with the crazy video game rating requirements...

phase2 19 Nov @ 4:09pm

This time it's NOT about banned ingame content though.
Germany has a new law that makes Steam age ratings on store pages mandatory after November 15th - no matter what type of game or mod it is.

To fix this, devs/publishers only need to fill out Steam's age rating survey in the store backend (which apparently only takes 2-3 minutes) and the game will be relisted in Germany.

Last edited by phase2; 19 Nov @ 4:10pm

Geldwäschebär 19 Nov @ 6:31pm

Originally posted by λNTICITIZEN_1:
This is ridiculous. I thought Germany got better with the crazy video game rating requirements...

Unfortunately no, just like all games that only have a 'sex' tag are banned. In Germany, it is not checked, but everything is radically excluded

BreakinBenny has Synergy

19 Nov @ 10:42pm

Originally posted by Geldwäschebär:
Originally posted by λNTICITIZEN_1:
This is ridiculous. I thought Germany got better with the crazy video game rating requirements...

Unfortunately no, just like all games that only have a 'sex' tag are banned. In Germany, it is not checked, but everything is radically excluded

So it's like a lack of an age rating is the same as there being hateful imagery before Germany saw that videogames can be a form of art... Wolfenstein had such things, and IRL the symbol was used during a dictator's time there.

Last edited by BreakinBenny; 19 Nov @ 10:44pm

Eric

20 Nov @ 4:50am

What a silly law, its destroying creativity, the way it was meant to be played or experienced, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gaming warcrime

phase2 20 Nov @ 5:31am

Originally posted by Eric:
What a silly law, its destroying creativity, the way it was meant to be played or experienced, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gaming warcrime

Absolutely, and without the awesome SteamDB project it would've been way harder/almost impossible to even get a complete list of what was blocked. Some people made a Steam group to organize messaging all the devs/publishers about this stupid new requirement and to track relisting progress.
It's a big mess.

Last edited by phase2; 20 Nov @ 5:32am