"Horses, a disturbing indie horror game, was set to launch yesterday on several digital storefronts, but in the past week, many of those retailers have refused to list it, including Steam, the Epic Games Store, and most recently, the Humble Store. It's a move that has sparked controversy online, with many decrying it as unjust censorship of the game's adult themes."
""The daughter wants to ride one of the horses (in the game the 'horses' are humans wearing a horse mask) and gets to pick which one," Riva told IGN. "What followed was an interactive dialogue sequence where the player is leading, by a lead as if they were a horse, a naked adult woman with a young girl on her shoulders. The scene is not sexual in any way, but it is possible that the juxtaposition is what triggered the flag.""
"Horses was rejected by Steam when it was submitted for review in 2023. Riva claims Steam never gave him a specific moment to explain the rejection, but the rejection message included a line that read, 'Regardless of a developer's intentions with their product, we will not distribute content that appears, in our judgment, to depict sexual conduct involving a minor.' Assuming the issue was with the daughter character, they raised her age."
Multiple major digital storefronts refused to list an indie horror game called Horses, removing its planned launch from platforms such as Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Humble Store. The game places players on a farm inhabited by enslaved, nude humans wearing horse masks. A notable scene shows a daughter wanting to ride one of the 'horses' and a sequence where a naked adult woman carries a girl on her shoulders, creating a troubling visual juxtaposition. Steam cited policy against content that appears to depict sexual conduct involving a minor. The developer changed the daughter's character to a twenty-something woman to address the concern.
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