Rock Paper Shotgun

Horror game Horses sells 18,000 copies despite Steam's ban, but Santa Ragione are still closing down

For every case like HORSES that becomes visible, there are many more games that are quietly banned, delisted, or trapped in ...

Horses Review

Update: Shortly after release, it was revealed that the Epic Games Store also made the last minute decision not to sell Horses despite previous plans to do so - the initial build IGN was provided for ...

There's more to Horses than the Steam ban: The controversial horror game is a great example of how games can effectively borrow from film, and how they can also stu…

After playing Horses, I found it fascinating, but it didn't take its juxtaposition of mundane chores and extreme violence far ...
GamesIndustry.bizOpinion

Santa Ragione's provocative horror Horses sells 18,000 copies - but it may not be enough to save the studio

Santa Ragione's controversial horror game, Horses, has sold over 18,000 copies despite being deplatformed from Steam ...
Kotaku

A Creepy Horse Game Was Banned From Steam And No One’s Sure Why

Horses is an upcoming narrative-driven horror game you’ve probably never heard of set to launch next month on the Epic Games Store, Humble Store, GOG, and Itch.io. But you won’t be able to find the ...
IGN

Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too

Update 12/3/2025 1:14pm PT: Humble has relisted Horses. The company declined IGN's request for comment. Santa Ragione had this to say about today's delisting and relisting: In short, their team saw ...
PC Gamer

Valve responds as indie horror studio accuses Steam of 'censorship' for banning its game about nude human 'Horses' (Update)

Gaming Industry Days after launching their first indie game, everyone responsible for publishing it was laid off: 'We had a Slack channel with everyone in it, and then you see them leaving one by one' ...

Controversial horror indie Horses gets banned on Epic Games Store and Humble after Steam

Indie horror game Horses, from Santa Ragione studio, was pulled from Epic Games Store and Humble just before launch, after preemptive Steam ban ...

Producer behind banned horror game Horses says public outcry and support "made a huge, huge difference," but it's still "very likely" the end for the studio

"We might be able to pay back the people who have lent us the money and pay off the debt. But it's unlikely that will give us enough money to actually produce something new at this point" ...
IGN

Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure

UPDATE: Valve has responded with a statement sent to GamesIndustry.biz, confirming its decision not to release Horses on Steam is "final". "We reviewed the game back in 2023. At that time, the ...