The video game platform Steam has agreed to remove from its online store in the country all content banned in Russia, Russian media Interfax reported on October 15.

Steam is owned by the American video game company Valve.

The move follows a growing crackdown on social media and other online platforms in Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In September, Russia banned popular messaging service Discord, becoming the latest social media app to be blocked in the country.

Steam, which has an online catalog of more than 100,000 games and is used by around 130 million users worldwide, including almost 10 million in Russia, agreed to comply with the legislation, Interfax told l Federal censorship agency Roskomnadzor. It blocked 11 websites and removed 260 “prohibited materials” from its platform.

Roskomnadzor did not specify what materials it had removed.

After Roskomnadzor decided to block the Signal messaging application in August 2024 Due to alleged “violations of Russian law,” rumors have emerged about a plan to block WhatsApp as well.

Meanwhile, YouTube began experiencing massive outages following reports that the Russian government was planning to completely block the site in September.

Telegram, WhatsApp and other sites suffer outages in Russia

Although Russian authorities have linked these issues to a cyberattack, the news follows a series of cases where the Russian government restricted the messaging app Signal and reportedly targeted YouTube.