{"id":1507145,"date":"2026-02-23T06:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/A7LKVSUDFzkEpMEZaAuDSZ"},"modified":"2026-02-23T06:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:25:54","slug":"its-pretty-sad-and-pathetic-that-a-game-with-difficult-content-cant-get-on-the-larger-marketplaces-despite-creeping-censorship-on-steam-and-epic-these-devs-are-fighting-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-pretty-sad-and-pathetic-that-a-game-with-difficult-content-cant-get-on-the-larger-marketplaces-despite-creeping-censorship-on-steam-and-epic-these-devs-are-fighting-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It\u2019s pretty sad and pathetic that a game with difficult content can\u2019t get on the larger marketplaces:&#8217; Despite creeping censorship on Steam and Epic, these devs are fighting to make a transgressive stop-motion horror game"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/art-and-science-and-procreation-thats-about-all-life-is-good-for-two-former-freeware-developers-are-still-trying-to-keep-it-weird-in-an-era-when-companies-sell-games-to-people-in-5-second-clips\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indie duo Talha &#038; Jack Co<\/a> are working on a disturbing, transgressive horror game in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/637042083\/abide\" target=\"_blank\">Abide<\/a>, and they are keenly aware of the risks involved with such a project in today&#8217;s climate. &#8220;Horror seems to be under pressure from censorship, some subtle and some blatant,&#8221; The duo wrote on Abide&#8217;s Kickstarter page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sites are delisting mature rated games and recently a horror game was taken off some of the biggest marketplaces.&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/epic-bans-indie-horror-game-horses-just-one-day-before-launch-due-to-inappropriate-content-despite-having-approved-that-content-weeks-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\">The game in question was Horses<\/a>, a thematically challenging, gruesome game taken off both Steam and Epic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RhuzXSuEf3w\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When I spoke to Talha Kaya and Jack King-Spooner about Abide, I wanted to hear more of their thoughts on the state of gaming censorship as they work on a game that could prove particularly vulnerable to the delisting actions we&#8217;ve been seeing from major storefronts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I bought, played, and liked Horses. I think it\u2019s a good game,&#8221; said Kaya. &#8220;I also met with the developer and the publisher at an event during development and didn\u2019t sense any ill-intent in their making of the game. They struck me as people who just want to make something a bit different.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand some of the themes and imagery were too much for some people. But I think it\u2019s clear no portion of the game is pornographic in nature. I believe it deserved shelf space on the most popular digital stores. It\u2019s okay to not like it, or even find it problematic, that shouldn\u2019t stop it from being available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>King-Spooner similarly enjoyed the game and thought it should be more widely available, but even argued that its developers could have gone <em>further<\/em> with the game&#8217;s disturbing scenes. &#8220;I liked Horses but it pulled a lot of punches in my unhinged opinion: Genitals censored, cut away for the genital mutilation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>King-Spooner lamented that &#8220;it&#8217;s pretty sad and pathetic that a game with difficult content can\u2019t get on the larger marketplaces,&#8221; attributing it to people believing &#8220;you should disengage your brain when playing a game&#8221; or even &#8220;the hang up of games being a modern kid\u2019s toy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was a nice change of pace to hear serious talk of Horses beyond what it means for gaming industry censorship, something PCG contributor Maddi Chilton advocated for in her <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/theres-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-stumble\/\" target=\"_blank\">critical appraisal from late last year<\/a>. In contrast with King-Spooner, though, Maddi felt Horses&#8217; greatest failing was one of pacing: It didn&#8217;t allow for enough tension, silence, or even boredom between its most harrowing scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Talha &#038; Jack Co&#8217;s Abide is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/637042083\/abide\" target=\"_blank\">currently fundraising on Kickstarter<\/a> with less than a week left to make its initial funding goal. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/horror\/one-of-the-most-underrated-indie-duos-out-there-is-making-its-3rd-game-in-as-many-years-an-extreme-stop-motion-horror-project-that-promises-to-be-grossly-fun-but-also-stomach-churningly-appalling\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve already been hooked<\/a> by its gruesome evolution on the duo&#8217;s claymation presentation, as well as their intriguing pivot from surreal fables to psychological horror.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"f37e6d57-56b1-49e5-95d0-9e2fd1b8f961\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/its-pretty-sad-and-pathetic-that-a-game-with-difficult-content-cant-get-on-the-larger-marketplaces-despite-creeping-censorship-on-steam-and-epic-these-devs-are-fighting-to-make.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"f37e6d57-56b1-49e5-95d0-9e2fd1b8f961\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/its-pretty-sad-and-pathetic-that-a-game-with-difficult-content-cant-get-on-the-larger-marketplaces-despite-creeping-censorship-on-steam-and-epic-these-devs-are-fighting-to-make-a-transgressive-stop-motion-horror-game\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie duo Talha &#038; Jack Co are working on a disturbing, transgressive horror game in Abide, and they are keenly aware of the risks involved with such a project in today&#8217;s climate. &#8220;Horror seems to be under pressure from censorship, some subtle and some blatant,&#8221; The duo wrote on Abide&#8217;s Kickstarter page. &#8220;Sites are delisting mature rated games and recently a horror game was taken off some of the biggest marketplaces.&#8221; The game in question was Horses, a thematically challenging, gruesome game taken off both Steam and Epic. When I spoke to Talha Kaya and Jack King-Spooner about Abide, I wanted to hear more of their thoughts on the state of gaming censorship as they work on a game that could prove particularly vulnerable to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/its-pretty-sad-and-pathetic-that-a-game-with-difficult-content-cant-get-on-the-larger-marketplaces-despite-creeping-censorship-on-steam-and-epic-these-devs-are-fighting-to-make\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1507146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1507145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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