Currently, only GOG and Itch are still selling this game.

EDIT: It seems the game has returned to Humble Bundle.

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[–] -3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

I regret my short hand of “slippery slope” but it’s not a coincidence that less than 6 months ago payment processors used their influence to get a game pulled from steam and now all of a sudden steam is self censoring based on content.

Whatever the non-fallacious version of “there’s an escalating pattern here” is what’s happening.

Go ahead and read up https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/why-steam-banned-adult-games

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Except this particular ban happened in 2023, way before the paypros got in the scene.

    https://www.gamesindustry.biz/santa-ragione-co-founder-pietro-righi-riva-on-horses-steam-and-possible-closure-of-the-studio

    Along with the official release date of the game (December 2), the statement revealed that Horses was indefinitely banned on Steam in June 2023 – days before it was set to premiere on IGN's Summer of Gaming event.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Do the other stores hosting the game have the same payment processors?

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  • [–] -5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Let’s finish our conversation about steam before we set up a goal post move.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You claimed Steam banned this because of the payment processors. The same payment processors being used by stores that didn't ban this. Seems a relevant point to the discussion we are having.

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  • [–] -3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I’M not claiming steam pulled it due to pressure from payment processors, VALVE reported it. You’d know that if you read the article I posted.

    If you want to participate in the discussion you have to do the reading.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    The article from July explains why Steam banned this game last month, despite Itch (which stopped selling certain games due to the payment processors) is selling it?

    Who is this article writer that can see 4 months into the future?!

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