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Social VR platform Somnium Space announces upcoming return to Steam, with the Steam version expected to remove all cryptocurrency content

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Social VR platform Somnium Space, which was removed from Steam by Valve in 2021 over virtual currency transactions, plans to return to Steam next month and will also launch an Apple Vision Pro version in the future. According to its current plans, returning to Steam means Somnium Space must comply with Steam's blanket ban on cryptocurrency and NFTs, and its Steam page states that it aims to let all users aged 18 and over who complete the mandatory free age verification access the platform's core experience without purchase barriers, meaning the Steam version is expected to remove cryptocurrency and NFT content entirely.

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Social VR platform Somnium Space announces upcoming return to Steam, corresponding version expected to fully remove cryptocurrency content

IT之家 November 15 news: according to foreign media RoadtoVR, social VR platform Somnium Space was removed from Steam by Valve in 2021 due to involvement in virtual currency transactions. Now the platform plans to relaunch on Steam next month, and will also launch an Apple Vision Pro version in the future.

Somnium Space previously had close ties to cryptocurrency/NFT. In October 2019, the platform began auctioning virtual land; a year later, it launched the virtual currency CUBE. In 2021, Valve began cleaning up cryptocurrency- and NFT-related games on Steam, and Somnium Space was affected as a result, shifting to continuing operations by guiding players to use its own launcher.

From the current arrangements, Somnium Space's return to Steam means it must comply with Steam's comprehensive ban on cryptocurrency and NFT. Referring to its Steam page introduction, "Our goal is to enable all users who meet the platform's 18+ age requirement and complete the mandatory free age verification to access the core experience of Somnium Space. We do not intend to restrict the platform's core functions to paying users by setting up a purchase threshold," meaning the Steam version of the corresponding game is expected to completely remove cryptocurrency and NFT content.

Unlike VRChat, a VR social platform mainly centered on user-created free worlds, Somnium Space has positioned itself since its founding as a virtual world based on the real economy. The platform allows users to create paid private instances, with application scenarios including concerts, online classes, meetings, paid events, and social gatherings requiring content moderation.

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