Valve have revealed a round of changes to the tags which can be applied to games on the Steam store. The ones designed to give you a brief idea of the genres or themes you’re in for if you opt to give any specific game a go, as well as grouping together similar works. 17 new tags have been added as a result of this rather substantial revamp, while 28 have been consigned to the scrapheap, and merging or updating several others.
It’s interesting to see Valve making changes to the tagging system on Steam. The new descriptors like Sexual Content and Gore seem like a more straightforward approach for users. It’ll be intriguing to see how this impacts the gaming community and the way games are categorized.
to “Sexual Content” and “Gore” definitely provide clearer expectations for players. It’ll be interesting to see how this impacts game visibility and sales, especially for indie developers who often rely on these tags to reach their target audience.