{"id":54707,"date":"2025-12-09T12:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T03:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54707"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T03:53:41","slug":"japanese-blackjack-based-rpgs-steam-version-banned-in-germany-china-and-saudi-arabia-for-bikini-armor-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-blackjack-based-rpgs-steam-version-banned-in-germany-china-and-saudi-arabia-for-bikini-armor-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese blackjack-based RPG\u2019s Steam version banned in Germany, China and Saudi Arabia for \u201cbikini armor crimes\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Publisher Rideon Japan recently announced that the Steam port of <strong>Brave x Junction<\/strong> has been banned in Germany, China and Saudi Arabia. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2025\/12\/08\/160317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>, the ban came due to Valve refusing to remove the \u201cfrequent nudity and sexual content\u201d tag from the game\u2019s store page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brave x Junction is a fantasy RPG in which you defeat monsters through one-on-one turn-based card battles with blackjack inspired mechanics. The game was rated for ages 15 and up by CERO, as it doesn\u2019t depict any explicit content. However, it does feature characters in revealing costumes and some suggestive defeat illustrations, which could be the reason why the game ended up flagged for \u201cfrequent nudity and sexual content\u201d on Steam, resulting in it getting banned in China, Germany and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rideon Japan reportedly contacted Valve regarding the issue, claiming that the tag does not appropriately describe the game\u2019s actual content, and asking for an additional review. However, after the additional review, Valve judged that there was no issue with the initial judgement, leaving the tag unchanged. As explained by the publishers, this means that the game will stay permanently banned in the three regions, without any possibility of a future release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010Steam\u7248\u306e\u30c9\u30a4\u30c4\/\u4e2d\u56fd\/\u30b5\u30a6\u30b8\u30a2\u30e9\u30d3\u30a2\u3067\u306e\u914d\u4fe1\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3011<br><br>\u300eBrave \u00d7\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4XTTbYNUQe\">pic.twitter.com\/4XTTbYNUQe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30e9\u30a4\u30c9\u30aa\u30f3\u5e83\u5831 (@RideonT2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RideonT2\/status\/1997886310871355756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On a lighter note, alongside the announcement, the publisher also shared a satirical image of their \u201cfighter\u201d character behind bars, being arrested for \u201cbikini armor crimes,\u201d crying out \u201cBut this game is so wholesome~!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since its release in October 2025, Brave x Junction has been facing issues regarding its suggestive content and \u201cprovocative\u201d character designs. In November, it was announced that the game\u2019s Switch release<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-blackjack-based-rpg-denied-switch-release-in-the-west-after-launching-without-issue-on-steam-and-ps5-characters-flagged-as-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> would be cancelled for the EU and <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-blackjack-based-rpg-denied-switch-release-in-the-west-after-launching-without-issue-on-steam-and-ps5-characters-flagged-as-children\/\">NA regions<\/a> due to the game being flagged as containing \u201clegally problematic sexual content involving children.\u201d At the time, the game had been released on the PlayStation store, Steam and Japanese Switch store without any issue, though it seems that it wasn\u2019t immune to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/steam-rules-updated-to-prohibit-content-that-violates-rules-set-forth-by-payment-processors-and-banks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Valve\u2019s increasingly stricter content regulations<\/a>. While a barrage of issues mainly concerning Western releases must be disappointing for overseas fans, hopefully, the game won\u2019t end up suffering any further restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brave \u00d7 Junction is available in English on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3364830\/Brave_x_Junction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and PS5\/PS4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publisher Rideon Japan recently announced that the Steam port of Brave x Junction was banned in Germany, China and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":54709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-54707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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