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Jordan Gerblick

Banned Steam game Horses sells 18,000 units in 2 weeks and earns $65,000 – enough to break even but not enough to keep its studio from disbanding: "Fragmentation is a lasting consequence"

Horses logo behind Steam symbol with a red line through it .

Horses, the controversial indie horror game banned on Steam and other platforms, has officially broken even, but just as developer Santa Ragione predicted, it hasn't earned enough of a profit to fund another game.

Steam's banning of Horses, which Santa Ragione has repeatedly claimed wasn't transparent and was based on an outdated build of the game, initially seemed to give the game a visibility boost, and indeed, studio cofounder and Horses producer Pietro Righi Riva has said public outcry and support "made a huge, huge difference," all the while admitting it still likely wouldn't be enough to save the studio. Now, we have some hard numbers and confirmation from Santa Ragione that, while it's settled its debts with investors, Horses is likely still to be the final release from the studio as we know it today.

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