Chaos Head Noah does, notably, feature some very mature content that does touch on these subjects contextually. It does have red flag topics, like child sexualization, which has led to several visual novel and anime games being banned or censored in the past. Valve is, historically, very lenient regarding what kind of content is released on Steam.

The entire situation came as a major surprise, not just to Spike Chunsoft but to fans of visual novels and Steam in general. 'and made some changes to avoid situations like this in the future.' It's awfully ambiguous about the situation and leans more toward partner relations than content review, but the end result is still that Chaos Head Noah will be available on Steam as previously planned. Valve's statement to Spike Chunsoft was also shared, in which it confirmed that the content review team 're-examined' Chaos Head Noah and 'decided to reverse course.' Further, Valve says that it 'examined the process that led to the previous decision'. Spike Chunsoft went so far as saying that it believes Valve's decision was due to fans' 'unwavering support' of the Science Adventure Series and those anxious to play the game. MAGES' Chaos Head Noah will be released on Steam as originally planned on October 7 with no changes. That changed on Thursday when Spike Chunsoft announced that Valve has had a change of heart. RELATED: Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Coming from Danganronpa Creator The plan was to find a different way to release Chaos Head Noah in its intended form. Spike Chunsoft said it would not make the requested changes, meaning Chaos Head Noah would not be released on Steam. Spike Chunsoft explained that Valve told the publisher that there were certain issues with the game that needed to be changed before it would be allowed on the PC gaming platform. This past week Spike Chunsoft announced to its fans that Chaos Head Noah would not be released on Steam as had been previously announced. The reasons for Chaos Head Noah's effective ban on Steam, however, remain a mystery. Spike Chunsoft confirmed the news on social media, even providing a statement from Valve in which the company acknowledged its mistake and is ensuring similar mistakes won't happen in the future. Valve has reversed course regarding an effective ban of Spike Chunsoft and MAGES' visual novel Chaos Head Noah, and the game is once again planned to release on Steam.

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