
Sexy games have been around for as long I can remember: I played Strip Poker on my Apple IIe way back in the '80s. But Steam's hands-off curation policy, the arrival of indie-friendly marketplaces like Itch.io, and the rise of monetization platforms like Patreon have led to a proliferation of adult games that means it's not unusual to see them sitting next to big-budget mainstream games on virtual shelves these days.
And like their contemporaries making non-adult games, the developers behind this burgeoning category are asking for feedback and input from the community to find out what players want to see in their games—their questions are just a little different.