Horses, the unlucky horror game that apparently committed the grave sin of existing during a slow news week, has now been kicked off the Epic Games Store—after Epic had already given it the green light. Yes, the same Epic that previously looked at the game, nodded, and said “Sure, why not?” suddenly rediscovered a conscience the moment Steam slammed the panic button. Because nothing says “strong internal review process” quite like instantly changing your mind the second another storefront gets spooked.
Epic’s grand justification? What Santa Ragione diplomatically describes as “broad and demonstrably incorrect claims,” which is corporate-speak for “somebody read a hysterical Reddit comment thread and went full fire-drill.” So instead of checking the actual game they had already approved, Epic seems to have joined the industry’s favorite sport: knee-jerk reaction speedrunning.
Now the game is banned from both Steam and Epic, making Horses the first horror title to get hit by a chain reaction of platform pearl-clutching. It’s the kind of decision-making that really showcases the modern storefront ethos: don’t bother investigating, just follow the herd and hope nobody notices that the approval process is apparently handled by a mixture of vibes, panic, and whoever’s working the moderation inbox that day.
In the end, Horses didn’t need monsters or jump scares; the real horror was watching major platforms sprint away from their own earlier decisions like they’d just realized the game contained forbidden wizardry.
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