"After indie narrative horror game Horses was banned from Steam two years ago, it put the studio, Santa Ragione, at risk of closure. Studio cofounder and Horses producer Pietro Righi Riva had to make a difficult phone call to the game's director, Italian filmmaker Andrea Lucco Borlera. "I was terrified for him," Riva said in an interview with The Verge. "This was his first game and he put so much work, so much passion, so many years, and it was supposed to be his big breakthrough.""
"But Horses has broken through even without Steam. Riva's detailed accounting of the game's multiple storefront bans caught the attention of journalists, developers, and curious gamers eager to see just what was so objectionable that the game couldn't be sold on Steam alongside the likes of Sex Standing or Sex with Hitler 2. That attention has made Horses the video game cause célèbre of the moment, catapulting it to bestseller status on GOG.com."
Horses, an indie narrative horror game, was banned from Steam two years ago and nearly forced developer Santa Ragione to close. Producer Pietro Righi Riva feared for director Andrea Lucco Borlera because Horses was his first game and represented years of work and passion. Riva published a detailed accounting of multiple storefront bans, which drew journalists, developers, and gamers curious about the bans and objections. The controversy turned Horses into a cause célèbre and propelled it to bestseller status on GOG.com. Despite sales success on GOG, Santa Ragione remains financially precarious and not yet secure.
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