House Party, an adventure game made by indie developer Eek!
Games, was released on Steam recently and saw huge success with YouTubers and streamers.
The game is a click and point adventure and is somewhat similar to classic adventure games
from the 90s, such as Monkey Island and, in particular, Leisure Suit Larry.
The premise involves you going to a house party and collecting items, solving puzzles
and talking to guests, and a big theme within the game is trying to get into bed with the
people at the party.
Now, due to these acts originally being graphically depicted and leaving little to the imagination,
the game was quickly pulled from Steam, despite its large popularity.
Steam doesn't really have clear guidelines on what is and isn't allowed in games in regard
to this and whilst explicit content is allowed for some titles, it isn't for others and the
reasoning behind these decisions can sometimes be unclear.
The devs were told, however, that Steam had received a large number of complaints about
the title and that this was the reason for its removal.
The devs have stated: "House Party was temporarily removed as a
result of a number of complaints that were sent to Steam about the game.
The game has been a target for a certain group of people since the day it launched, and said
people were posting very aggressive, distasteful and hateful comments directed toward the game
and its community of players.
I suspect the complaints about the game that Steam received were originating from the same
groups.
Steam agreed to let the game back on the site after some modifications (which we are working
on now).
They have generously offered me the opportunity to modify the game for re-admission to their
service."
The devs have now censored game, however, and it's once more available for purchase
on Steam.
Also, there is a patch available on the developer's website which will remove the censorship.
The way the censorship was handled can be seen here.
As you can see, during any adult acts, a big black censor bar will pop up reading "Censored
Terrible Things Are Happening".
Interestingly, this censorship was already in the game, but it had to be enabled via
the options menu.
Now though, it is set to on permanently, unless you download the censorship patch over on
the dev's website.
The devs have explained the situation further over on their website and apparently Steam
are not to blame too much for the situation.
To quote: "I know a lot of people are coming down hard
on Steam for this, but it was expressed to me during the course of my exchange to them
that they are also held to rules and regulations of their own, and they are just trying to
do the best they can.
They were very happy to be able to restore the game on their platform.
Probably not as happy as me, but close."
It's not quite clear what is being referenced here by "rules and regulations of their own",
but, as always, Censored Gaming will continue to keep a close eye on all things Steam related
and let you know if any new information becomes known.
Until next time, thank you for watching.
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