The change is part of a broader response to developers' increasing focus on free playable promotions.
Moving them to a prominent position in the new tab on the front page significantly increases their visibility.
However, many users complained that these free promos could easily be mistaken for full games.
Steam’s new policyaddressesthis issue by giving demos their own distinct pages, eliminating the need for prologues.
Additionally, new rules for store page descriptionsprohibitlinking to external websites or other Steam games.
Valve has also banned the use of images that imitate the Steam user interface.
Under the new regulations, demo pages will automatically include links to the full game.
