the game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle

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The game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle - Lemmy.zip

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

content that appears, in our judgment, to depict sexual conduct involving a minor

I’m assuming they don’t mean a suggestive camera pan, but actually something problematic on screen, in which case, I totally support the ban. Devs were given the opportunity to change it, and they said no. Ban away imho. The fact that this is considered controversial is pretty disturbing to me.

It was a child doing pony play, riding a naked adult man-horse. The dev claimed it was not sexual.

This was removed later but it’s the build you send for review that gets reviewed. Other stores got a later version, hence why it passed on those.

I haven’t heard about the details, what’s your source on that?

As far as I recall, the developer said he didn’t know the actual reason for the ban.

Some previous article which contained valve’s response, and a description of the scene. I didn’t find it immediately, but I’ll check again.