Overview

• Valve updated its mid-July policy on adult-only content, prompting Steam and later Itch.io to remove Vile: Exhumed from their storefronts
• On August 5, Cara Cadaver and publisher DreadXP relaunched the psychological horror title as free donationware under a Creative Commons license
• DreadXP will donate its full share of proceeds and Cadaver will contribute 50% of her earnings to Toronto’s Red Door Family Shelter
• Cadaver maintains the game features no uncensored nudity or explicit sex and argues the ban unfairly censors marginalized voices
• The release serves as a protest against payment processor-driven content rules and highlights alternative distribution models for indie creators