Steam Is Platforming Nazi Iconography In Its Point Shop

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Steam introduced the Point Shop in 2015 to sell video game-themed profile add-ons that you can get with points earned when buying games. Most of these are harmless, like a retro green-hued makeover, or Dark Souls' estus flask emoji, but with Steam platforming games like Nazi Furry and Sex with Hitler, that means gamers are able to purchase Nazi iconography through official channels to put on their profiles.

Furry Hitler sees you playing as an animal version of a genocidal dictator, the titular Adolf Hitler. In it, you relive "some of [his] best and worst decisions" while seducing animals in World War 2 uniforms. It's an incredibly problematic premise made worse by the fact that it comes with several Point Shop cosmetics, such as "Furry Girls 2", which includes animals in Nazi officer uniforms that you can proudly plaster on your mini profile. For context, that's the bite-sized version of a player's homepage that appears when you hover over their name.

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Sex with Hitler likewise has Point Shop cosmetics, one of which is called "WW2_Gang_Mini". This comes with an anime girl in, again, a Nazi officer's uniform. Neither includes Swastikas since they're either swapped for dicks or paws, but the iconography is striking and immediately recognisable since the emblem is on a rectangular sheet of red fabric over the character's arm on what is clearly a Nazi uniform.

You can even get animated profile pictures styled on the Nazis. However, as you can see in the image embedded above, the names of these icons try to avoid the descriptor of 'Nazi' or anything adjacent, instead opting to call its officer "Adorable Girl". We see this