Valve Tries Explaining Why This Game Was Banned From Steam Before It's Even Released
Blair Marnell
11/26/2025
Update: Valve has now commented on this unusual situation, saying it requested to play Horses in 2023 due to "content in the store page." That led to it sharing feedback and a subsequent decision to prevent the game from releasing on Steam.In a statement shared with Game Developer, Valve explained that the step to play the game was not unprecedented. "This happens sometimes if content on the store page causes concern that the game itself might not fall within our guidelines," a spokesperson said. "After our team played through the build and reviewed the content, we gave the developer feedback about why we couldn't ship the game on Steam, consistent with our onboarding rules and guidelines. A short while later the developer asked us to reconsider the review, and our internal content review team discussed that extensively and communicated to the developer our final decision that we were not going to ship the game on Steam."There's no further explanation regarding why this situation played out as it did, or whether the developer did make adjustments based on Valve's request. The original story follows.Continue Reading at GameSpot...
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