Japanese developer Onimushi says Steam rejected the demo for its all-ages visual novel The Distant Circular World after flagging several scenes as sexually suggestive. One scene had already been changed after earlier feedback, replacing an image of the character showering after falling into a river with a completely black screen. Even then, the demo was rejected. Onimushi said, “Steam treated it as ‘too sexual’ and refused to review it,” adding that he was “left baffled” that “even a black screen isn’t okay.” He criticized the lack of clear standards, saying, “Nobody can tell where the line between what’s acceptable and what isn’t lies.” According to him, “The biggest problem is that the decision changes depending on which reviewer you get.”