{"id":1119529,"date":"2026-01-31T13:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/QTP8jR8NQFExiDXQFAEPH5"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:54:30","slug":"valve-bans-games-that-rely-on-in-game-ads-from-steam-so-no-watch-this-to-continue-playing-stuff-will-be-making-its-way-to-our-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valve-bans-games-that-rely-on-in-game-ads-from-steam-so-no-watch-this-to-continue-playing-stuff-will-be-making-its-way-to-our-pcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve bans games that rely on in-game ads from Steam, so no &#8216;watch this to continue playing&#8217; stuff will be making its way to our PCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>First reported by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/2025\/02\/valve-ban-advertising-based-business-models-on-steam-no-forced-adverts-like-in-mobile-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gaming on Linux<\/a>, Valve has added a new <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/partner.steamgames.com\/doc\/marketing\/advertising\" target=\"_blank\">advertising page<\/a> to its Steamworks developer documentation. The page outlines what kinds of advertising and promotion it will allow on Steam, while explicitly banning in-game ads as a revenue model on the ubiquitous PC gaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>Product placement is still in, so long as &#8220;such portrayals are not disruptive and are appropriate within the context of the game.&#8221; Valve gives a racing game with real life sponsors on the cars as one example of what&#8217;s okay, and it sure sounds like my dream reboot of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0mhRqCfD_mY&#038;ab_channel=xTimelessGaming\" target=\"_blank\">Pepsiman<\/a> could still find a home on the store, thank god. Cross-promotions are allowed too, but Valve states &#8220;under no circumstances is it okay to charge developers to participate in a bundle or sell access to a store page or other page on Steam.&#8221; Last, paid advertising campaigns outside Steam that lead to a store page are also fair game.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s been banned is any form of in-game advertising that gates access to, or otherwise interferes with, gameplay. &#8220;Developers should not use paid advertising as a business model in their game, such as requiring players to watch or otherwise engage with advertising in order to play,&#8221; Valve writes on the page. Basically, it sounds like a blanket ban on any sort of &#8220;watch this ad to play the game&#8221; design, and it also extends to in-game ads being tied to rewards like power ups or in-game currency.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever encountered or heard of a single game engaging in this behavior on Steam, but given its prevalence on other platforms, particularly mobile games, it makes sense for Valve to lay this out as a more preventative measure. Valve is legendarily light touch when it comes to moderating Steam, but in addition to an &#8220;I&#8217;ll know it when I see it&#8221; approach to banning offensive content, Valve has explicitly <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/steam-bans-nfts-cryptocurrencies-blockchain\/\" target=\"_blank\">banned NFT and crypto-derived games<\/a>, and also requires games relying on generative AI to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/of-course-steam-said-yes-to-generative-ai-in-games-its-already-everywhere\/\" target=\"_blank\">disclose its use<\/a>. The company clearly has a sense of what it wants PC gaming to look like as far as its influential platform goes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"23ceab17-2b4f-4713-bd48-e6c74590fa0f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valve-bans-games-that-rely-on-in-game-ads-from-steam-so-no-watch-this-to-continue-playing-stuff-will-be-making-its-way-to-our-pcs.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"23ceab17-2b4f-4713-bd48-e6c74590fa0f\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/valve-bans-games-that-rely-on-in-game-ads-from-steam-so-no-watch-this-to-continue-playing-stuff-will-be-making-its-way-to-our-pcs\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First reported by Gaming on Linux, Valve has added a new advertising page to its Steamworks developer documentation. The page outlines what kinds of advertising and promotion it will allow on Steam, while explicitly banning in-game ads as a revenue model on the ubiquitous PC gaming platform. Product placement is still in, so long as &#8220;such portrayals are not disruptive and are appropriate within the context of the game.&#8221; Valve gives a racing game with real life sponsors on the cars as one example of what&#8217;s okay, and it sure sounds like my dream reboot of Pepsiman could still find a home on the store, thank god. Cross-promotions are allowed too, but Valve states &#8220;under no circumstances is it okay to charge developers to participate&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valve-bans-games-that-rely-on-in-game-ads-from-steam-so-no-watch-this-to-continue-playing-stuff-will-be-making-its-way-to-our-pcs\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1119530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1119529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Valve bans games that rely on in-game ads from Steam, so no &#039;watch this to continue playing&#039; stuff will be making its way to our PCs | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First reported by Gaming on Linux, Valve has added a new advertising page to its Steamworks developer documentation. 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