The Latest Breaking News from Santa Ragione

Horses dev says Epic Games Store made "provably incorrect" comments about the banned horror game: "They have effectively ghosted us"

After Epic's VP said the company "love that studio"

GamesRadar · Feb 7

CD Projekt co-founder says "curation is the privilege" of platforms like Steam, but selling banned horror game Horses on GOG was worth it since "we thought it was very cool"

You know what, it is cool

GamesRadar · Jan 21

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"

Santa Ragione wants "clearer rules, transparent processes, and meaningful accountability from near monopolistic distribution platforms and the systems they enforce"

GamesRadar · Dec 18, 2025

Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

Pulled by Steam and Epic Games Store, indie horror Horses shook up the industry before it was even released. Now it’s out, all the drama surrounding it seems superfluous

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Horses is back on the Humble Store: 'After a full review they determined that while the content is heavy, nothing in the game warrants removal'

It turns out that all the press about Horses being banned on Steam and Epic made the Humble folks nervous, and they freaked out a bit. And didn't tell anyone.

PC Gamer · Dec 3, 2025

Getting banned by Steam and Epic has made HORSES a best-seller — but this censorship bodes ill for creativity

HORSES is now a top seller on GOG and itch.io after it was controversially banned on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and now Humble.

Windows Central · Dec 3, 2025

Epic bans indie horror game Horses just one day before launch due to 'inappropriate content', despite having approved that content weeks ago

Horses is out today, but you won't find it on the two biggest PC gaming storefronts.

PC Gamer · Dec 2, 2025

Banned by Steam, $100,000 in the hole, and facing shutdown, graphic horror game dev now dropped by Epic Games Store "roughly 24 hours before launch"

This game can't catch a break

GamesRadar · Dec 2, 2025

GOG says it's 'proud to give Horses a home' after the horror game was rejected by Steam, but commenters won't let it forget the time it rejected another horror game

Horses won't be leaving GOG, but it isn't the first game to get this treatment from big storefronts.

PC Gamer · Nov 28, 2025

GOG shades Steam in support for horror game banned by Valve: "We've always believed that players should be able to choose the experiences that speak to them"

You can pre-order Santa Ragione's next game on the storefront

GamesRadar · Nov 28, 2025