Games which do not have a valid age rating system will not be shown on Steam starting November 15.
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I think you misunderstand their point. PostIdent would only be useful AFTER someone took the time to rate the game. Steam does not require any official content/maturity rating in their store, just some subjective content descriptors. To do so would pass an additional cost onto developers. The US-based ESRB process, for example, can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars to rate a title.

Further to your point, I try to limit the number of times I provide my personal ID online. It’s one thing when you show your ID at a bar and the bartender gives it back to you after a glance. It’s another when I’m sending a photocopy over the internet and trusting a remote, distant party to use the data once and discard it. Even worse if they save it for future use and risk leaking it later.

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They might not have age ratings to games. Though, some games require you to put your birthday in to access. But, you can just lie, most of time Steam doesn’t save the date.

German ID (ePerso) can transmit your age anonymously.

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