Santa Ragione
@santaragione.com
The Righeira of Video Games. https://www.santaragione.com
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
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I had to write about Horses for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/horses-indie...
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I had to write about Horses for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/horses-indie...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Here's my video about @santaragione.com's HORSES, and why it being banned from Steam sucks even if you aren't interested in *this particular game*. Video games as a whole deserve better!
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
Yes, Steam banning indie game "HORSES" matters.
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's my video about @santaragione.com's HORSES, and why it being banned from Steam sucks even if you aren't interested in *this particular game*. Video games as a whole deserve better!
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
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Updated this story with a statement from Santa Ragione with their side of what went on today with Humble, but they're confirming Humble told them that "nothing in the game warrants removal from their store."
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Updated this story with a statement from Santa Ragione with their side of what went on today with Humble, but they're confirming Humble told them that "nothing in the game warrants removal from their store."
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I finally played Horses. It’s a tight cinematic horror game with a unique, uncompromising vision.
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I finally played Horses. It’s a tight cinematic horror game with a unique, uncompromising vision.
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
It’s admittedly uncomfortable to play, but more due to the lack of agency than the graphic depictions of abuse (it’s actually milder and goofier than your typical A24 arthouse horror).
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mediterranea inferno rips, it's so good
My hope with all the furore around Horses is that people are encouraged to check out Santa Ragione's other games, especially Saturnalia and Mediterranea Inferno.
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
mediterranea inferno rips, it's so good
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My hope with all the furore around Horses is that people are encouraged to check out Santa Ragione's other games, especially Saturnalia and Mediterranea Inferno.
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My hope with all the furore around Horses is that people are encouraged to check out Santa Ragione's other games, especially Saturnalia and Mediterranea Inferno.
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Horses explores how bodies are constrained, operated and degraded by media technologies that range from early silent movies all the way to the grotesque and choppy sorcery of videogames. https://bit.ly/48zBsGi
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Horses explores how bodies are constrained, operated and degraded by media technologies that range from early silent movies all the way to the grotesque and choppy sorcery of videogames. https://bit.ly/48zBsGi
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
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HORSES [PC-77] www.metacritic.com/game/horses/
"Santa Ragione delivers a subversive, sometimes shocking, often funny first-person narrative horror that, while perhaps a little insubstantial, remains an engagingly unconventional exploration of some timely themes." - Matt Wales, Eurogamer
"Santa Ragione delivers a subversive, sometimes shocking, often funny first-person narrative horror that, while perhaps a little insubstantial, remains an engagingly unconventional exploration of some timely themes." - Matt Wales, Eurogamer
December 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
HORSES [PC-77] www.metacritic.com/game/horses/
"Santa Ragione delivers a subversive, sometimes shocking, often funny first-person narrative horror that, while perhaps a little insubstantial, remains an engagingly unconventional exploration of some timely themes." - Matt Wales, Eurogamer
"Santa Ragione delivers a subversive, sometimes shocking, often funny first-person narrative horror that, while perhaps a little insubstantial, remains an engagingly unconventional exploration of some timely themes." - Matt Wales, Eurogamer
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Just started and completed Horses by @santaragione.com and I know that everyone is (rightfully) talking about the weird Puritanism surrounding its release, but I’d also like to throw in there that the game is Extremely Good and worth playing.
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just started and completed Horses by @santaragione.com and I know that everyone is (rightfully) talking about the weird Puritanism surrounding its release, but I’d also like to throw in there that the game is Extremely Good and worth playing.
!!!
Humble has relisted Horses.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
!!!
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Humble has relisted Horses.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Humble has relisted Horses.
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It’s my birthday.
Please honor me by buying yourself a $5 copy of a unique, interesting game made for adults, whose release is exposing several of the biggest, most depressing issues in videogames.
Please honor me by buying yourself a $5 copy of a unique, interesting game made for adults, whose release is exposing several of the biggest, most depressing issues in videogames.
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s my birthday.
Please honor me by buying yourself a $5 copy of a unique, interesting game made for adults, whose release is exposing several of the biggest, most depressing issues in videogames.
Please honor me by buying yourself a $5 copy of a unique, interesting game made for adults, whose release is exposing several of the biggest, most depressing issues in videogames.
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Rolled credits.
HORSES is a good horror game. Heavily stylized, somewhat disturbing, playing heavily into lofi-jank. Definitely not worth an "Adult" rating.
IMO the ban on this is like when Midnight Cowboy got an X rating. A movie my (somewhat prudish) mom took me to see when I was 14, lol
HORSES is a good horror game. Heavily stylized, somewhat disturbing, playing heavily into lofi-jank. Definitely not worth an "Adult" rating.
IMO the ban on this is like when Midnight Cowboy got an X rating. A movie my (somewhat prudish) mom took me to see when I was 14, lol
Did my part.
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Rolled credits.
HORSES is a good horror game. Heavily stylized, somewhat disturbing, playing heavily into lofi-jank. Definitely not worth an "Adult" rating.
IMO the ban on this is like when Midnight Cowboy got an X rating. A movie my (somewhat prudish) mom took me to see when I was 14, lol
HORSES is a good horror game. Heavily stylized, somewhat disturbing, playing heavily into lofi-jank. Definitely not worth an "Adult" rating.
IMO the ban on this is like when Midnight Cowboy got an X rating. A movie my (somewhat prudish) mom took me to see when I was 14, lol
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A lot of people are talking about the controversy around the game Horses. If you are one of those people, you should buy the game, it's $5 and doesn't take long to beat.
www.gog.com/en/game/horses
THEN you can talk about it.
:D
www.gog.com/en/game/horses
THEN you can talk about it.
:D
HORSES
Fourteen days, a horse farm, and a few rules to follow...
Take a break from you
www.gog.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A lot of people are talking about the controversy around the game Horses. If you are one of those people, you should buy the game, it's $5 and doesn't take long to beat.
www.gog.com/en/game/horses
THEN you can talk about it.
:D
www.gog.com/en/game/horses
THEN you can talk about it.
:D
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I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
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In which i lay out what's going on with Horses up to and including the recent humble ban.
An unsettling indie game about horses keeps getting banned from stores
An unsettling indie game about horses keeps getting banned from stores
Short answer: Neither Steam nor EGS will say exactly why.
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In which i lay out what's going on with Horses up to and including the recent humble ban.
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one side thing to this piece that i'm thinking about the IARC rating system. is it normal for a platform to apply for the rating after a developer has already done so? it sounds like no. curious in general how this works, if anyone wants to chat. (dm me!)
aftermath.site/horses-steam...
aftermath.site/horses-steam...
Horror Game Horses Removed From Epic Games Store, Too
Santa Ragione said Horses is now banned from both Steam and Epic Games Store, but available on GOG.
aftermath.site
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
one side thing to this piece that i'm thinking about the IARC rating system. is it normal for a platform to apply for the rating after a developer has already done so? it sounds like no. curious in general how this works, if anyone wants to chat. (dm me!)
aftermath.site/horses-steam...
aftermath.site/horses-steam...
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So @mikerose.bsky.social & I decided to do a silly podcast comparing notes about indie games & their history & also about suddenly being middle-aged & tired
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So @mikerose.bsky.social & I decided to do a silly podcast comparing notes about indie games & their history & also about suddenly being middle-aged & tired
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
As anyone who knows both of us could have guessed, shenanigans ensued immediately
Introducing ⭐ Mike & Rami Are Still Here ⭐
mikeandrami.com
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I swear to god none of the people involved here have actually played this game because if they did they’d be embarrassed that this is what they’re afraid of.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I swear to god none of the people involved here have actually played this game because if they did they’d be embarrassed that this is what they’re afraid of.
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HORSES is currently the best-selling game on GOG 😱
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
HORSES is currently the best-selling game on GOG 😱
HORSES is currently the best-selling game on GOG 😱
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
HORSES is currently the best-selling game on GOG 😱
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Horses banned from Epic Games Store just 24 hours before launch
Horses banned from Epic Games Store just 24 hours before launch
The surreal indie horror title was previously barred from Steam by Valve, casting the future of developer Santa Ragione in doubt.
www.gamedeveloper.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Horses banned from Epic Games Store just 24 hours before launch