A controversial Italian horror game has been banned from Steam over explicit content, prompting a wider discussion about censorship on Valve’s storefront.

There have been many cases of video games being banned in certain countries over explicit content, like when Manhunt 2 was temporarily banned in the UK, but there have been less (at least, well known) examples of titles being barred from digital storefronts.

That is exactly what’s happened with Horses, an indie horror game from Italian developer Santa Ragione. The studio, known for horror titles such as Mediterranea Inferno and Saturnalia, announced its next game will launch on December 2 via a new trailer, but only on Epic Games Store, Humble Store, GOG, and Itch.io.

As pointed out in the trailer, Horses has been banned from Steam –

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