Based solely off the trailer I can see how a big American storefront would err on the side of caution here. There is very little to gain from carrying a game decidedly built with controversy in mind, but a lot to loose.

With the publicity around it and sales still possible through alternative stores maybe things will turn out alright for the developer in the end. “Banned” media is always in demand, after all.

Unless it unexpectedly sells gangbusters, the dev says they’re likely to shut down as not having the massive steam audience to sell to won’t net them enough to continue. And people are stupidly loyal to valve for some reason.

It very well could be true, but the dev also seemed full of shit in the first interview I saw, pretending that he had no clue why it was banned.

I mean, he released the communication he’s received. It’s not super clear. And the things he thinks it was isn’t even in the current version of the game

The response said “no CSAM”.

If they had to scratch their heads trying to figure out what parts of the game needed to change to not include allusions to that, then they have bigger problems than not releasing on Steam.

They did change the one scene where that could have even conceivably applied. It wasn’t actually that to begin with, either.

The scene where a little girl asks to ride a naked man, and then rides a naked man? You don’t see why that might be problematic?

Why is reading so hard for so many on this platform?