Overview
- Epic said Horses violated its Inappropriate Content and Hateful or Abusive Content policies, which cover sexual content labeling and prohibitions on promoting abuse including animal abuse.
- Epic reported an Adults Only result from its IARC questionnaire and noted that AO-rated products are not allowed on the store except for certain blockchain or NFT cases.
- Santa Ragione said Epic had previously approved builds and reversed course roughly 24 hours before release, then reviewed and upheld the developer's appeal.
- Valve earlier reviewed a build and told the studio it would not ship Horses on Steam after concluding it did not meet Steam onboarding guidelines.
- Horses is available on GOG, Itch, and Humble, as Santa Ragione reports about $100,000 invested and says the studio now faces likely shutdown without broader access.