I think you might be underselling how important things like the steam workshop and steam’s multiplayer support are.

Games like Starbound or Don’t Starve benefit a lot from the workshop.

While insert any party game gains a lot out of steam’s multiplayer support and friend list.

Also, while I don’t use Linux myself, Steam is one of the main reasons why Linux Gaming is a thing.

Tbf, incest is quite often the result of grooming, which brings us back to the consent issue.

Do you feel the same about top down 2d? (Factorio, Stardew Valley, etc.)?

If you think about it, sidescrollers are just top down with a weird gravity.