Overview
- Valve reviewed Horses in 2023, provided feedback, and ultimately refused to ship it on Steam, according to the company’s statement.
- Epic Games Store removed the game within a day of launch approval, citing violations of its Inappropriate Content and Hateful or Abusive Content policies.
- Horses was briefly delisted from the Humble Store before being reinstated, and it continues to sell on GOG and itch.io.
- Publicity from the bans pushed Horses into bestseller territory on GOG, with recent rankings placing it near the top of the store’s charts.
- Santa Ragione says the studio recouped only part of its roughly $100,000 outlay and warns that opaque moderation may drive self-censorship among indie developers.