Steam wrongly reverts adults-only label on indie vampire RPG; wishlists reportedly doubled
In brief
- Steam reportedly reversed a mistaken adults-only label on an indie vampire RPG, and wishlists were said to have nearly doubled.
According to the same headline, the game may have benefited overall. It says Steam wishlists “basically doubled overnight,” but that increase is not backed by data in the material provided. As a result, the claim remains a headline-level assertion rather than an independently verified statistic.
What happened
The available information points to a Reddit post linking to a PC Gamer article about a classification mistake on Steam. The headline says Steam reversed a porn game rating that had been mistakenly applied to an indie vampire RPG. External context also references a PC Gamer post on X with nearly identical wording, confirming that this was a news item from that outlet, but not the full contents of the article.
The source bundle does not include the full article text and does not mention any official response from Steam. That means it remains unclear which game was involved and how Steam explained the error internally. The external context does name Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games. The snippet attached to the PC Gamer link quotes him as saying this was “absolutely not a guerrilla marketing stunt,” adding: “I'm not that dumb and I'm not that smart!” That is the only concrete statement attributed to a person in the provided context.
The shared headline also says the situation, despite being stressful for the developer, was “a net positive overall.” It adds that Steam wishlists “basically doubled overnight.” The fact report treats that wording as a claim from the headline and notes that no supporting data was provided. So the wishlist increase is mentioned, but not proven.
Timeline
2026-09-16 05:45:44 — A Reddit post by /u/RenatsMC linking to the PC Gamer story is published.
2026-09-16 — PC Gamer publishes or shares a headline about reversing a mistakenly assigned porn game rating on an indie vampire RPG.
Unknown date — Steam reportedly reverses a mistakenly assigned adults-only/porn game label.
Unknown date — External context quotes Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games denying that it was a guerrilla marketing stunt.
Unknown date — The headline claims the game’s Steam wishlists then nearly doubled.
Background
The available context fits into a broader pattern of reports about mistaken adult classifications on Steam. The internal GAME-scanner link mentions a similar case involving Nighthawks, showing that this issue has also affected other releases. The linked internal title explicitly refers to a Steam adults-only label problem shortly before release on 22 September 2026, underlining that this is a recurring topic for multiple games.
The external context also includes two separate references to the same PC Gamer headline: a DuckDuckGo redirect to the article and a PC Gamer X post with the same core wording. Both references only support that the news story exists and that the outlet described the situation as a mistaken rating followed by a correction. They do not provide additional technical detail about how the classification went wrong, whether Steam publicly acknowledged the error, or what internal process led to the reversal.
The developer name in the provided context is likewise limited to the PC Gamer snippet. There, Dave Gilbert of Wadjet Eye Games is mentioned, and the snippet says the situation was stressful but ultimately had a “happy ending.” That matches the headline’s suggestion that the outcome was positive overall, although it remains unclear whether that assessment came from the developer, the author, or the social post.
The fact report explicitly leaves open which game this was, whether Steam officially confirmed the mistake, and what evidence supports the claim that wishlists “doubled overnight.” Without the full article text or a primary statement, the report should be read as a summary of a news headline rather than a fully verified dossier.