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An unsettling indie game about horses keeps getting banned from stores (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by t3rmit3@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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Horses, a first-person narrative horror game, was banned from the Epic Games Store just hours before it was set to launch on December 2nd. Then, a day after launch, the Humble store (temporarily) banned it as well. The decision shocked the developers at Santa Ragione, makers of the critically respected Saturnalia, as these storefronts were the homes they’d found for their game two years before it was preemptively banned from Steam.

Valve and Epic say Horses violates their sexual content policies. Humble hasn’t yet said why it banned the game.

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, so its not just Steam banning the game. So shitting on Steam is not fair then: https://www.eurogamer.net/its-extremely-frustrating-and-also-fcked-up-one-of-the-worlds-best-indie-studios-is-facing-shock-closure-following-confounding-steam-ban

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Steam is the one with monopoly power, and the Horses developer has said that publishers didn't event wasn't to publish the game if it cannot be on Steam. This argument isn't applicable to Epic, let alone Humble, which ended up reinstating the game within the day.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 0 points 1 week ago

Someone needs to bring a trust-busting suit against Valve.