Overview

• Steam removed Vile: Exhumed from its store in late July after updating adult-content rules to align with payment processor standards.
• Developer Cara Cadaver maintains that the FMV title contains no uncensored nudity, depictions of sex acts or pornography despite its delisting.
• On August 5, Cara Cadaver and publisher DreadXP relaunched the game as free donationware under a CC BY-NC-ND license via a dedicated website.
• Fifty percent of all donations will support Red Door Family Shelter in Toronto, assisting women and families escaping violence.
• The independent release serves as a protest against platform censorship and a stand for artistic freedom and marginalized voices.