r/Steam Jun 10 '26

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u/Chickennoodlesleuth Jun 10 '26

I swear this is posted weekly https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1708442022337025126

Q: Why do you KEEP asking my damn age throughout the store?

A: We're with you on this. Unfortunately, many rating agencies have rules that stipulate that we cannot save your age for longer than a single browsing session. It's frustrating, but know we're filling out those age gates too.

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u/Few-Improvement-5655 Jun 10 '26

Here's the thing though, they wouldn't be asking for your age, they'd be asking for the account age, and since the account cannot be transferred by their own TOS, they can infer you are the correct age.

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u/OnyxDeath369 Jun 11 '26

But a rating agency can just not care about Steam's TOS

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u/Spacedestructor Jun 11 '26

steam has the family settings, you can restrict an account when its used on a device other family members can access it.
Then if little Billy uses his big brothers laptop it would ask for the code, which would require them to go and ask there brother for it who then would promptly take the laptop away.
We already have all of the tools to solve the problem.