Horses Is Back On The Humble Store: 'after A Full Review They...

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.

Update: And just like that, Horses is back on the Humble Store. It turns out the whole thing was a mix of cold feet and bad communications. "In short, their team saw the press coverage and temporarily delisted Horses to reevaluate it," Horses developer Pietro Righi Riva told PC Gamer. "After a full review they determined that while the content is heavy, nothing in the game warrants removal from their store." Riva said he's grateful to Humble for putting Horses back up for sale, "although I wish they had informed us that this process was ongoing," he added. He also expressed hope that Steam and Epic will ultimately reconsider their positions on the game as well, although that appears unlikely: The Epic Store listing that previously indicated Horses was "coming soon" has now been removed completely. It all seems very odd to me. Surely Humble reviewed Horses before approving it for sale on its storefront in the first place, and surely it would have done so (again) when it committed to selling the game after Steam and Epic had both refused to carry it. Even if the Humble team only gave Horses a quick once-over for its initial approval, the subsequent controversy was in full swing when Humble agreed to offer a DRM-free version of the game for sale. It makes no sense that post-launch press coverage (Horses was briefly available for purchase on the Humble Store before being taken down) would have any bearing on it. Then again, it also seemed strange that Epic filled out an IARC questionnaire for Horses after having approved the game for sale, a process that included Horses publisher Santa Ragione filling out its own IARC questionnaire several weeks prior. To me it looks very much like everyone got very nervous when Valve decided Horses wasn't suitable for its own storefront, and then utterly botched their reactions. Anyway, it's about as happy an ending as Horses can expect at this point: A top-seller on GOG and Itch.io, and now it's back on the Humble Store too.

Original story: The saga of Horses has taken another unexpected twist as the Humble Store, which just a couple days ago affirmed that it would carry the game as a DRM-free download despite its ban on Steam and Epic, has now apparently stopped selling it.

Steam was the first major storefront to refuse to carry Horses, a first-person psycholo

Source: PC Gamer