In a strange turn of events, Valve finally banned a game from their Steam platform. I could be facetious and pretend that this could be the start of something meaningful, that Valve could finally be closing the floodgates and bringing quality control to the platform, but we’re four days too late for an April Fool’s joke. Instead, I will report on banning Succubus: Hellish Orgy VR from their Steam platform.
Some of you may remember Madmind Studio’s first title, Agony (reviewed by Francesco) and may remember the follow-up, Succubus. Succubus was a – is sexy the right word when evil toothy vagina monsters are around? Let’s go with sexy. Succubus was a sexy game with you taking on the titular role of the Succubus, where you fight and fornicate your way through hell.
This original release was a little censored (Madmind blurred out the fun stuff) and didn’t contain as much fornication as you would initially imagine. Still, the developers remedied this through the Succubus – Unrated free DLC. What did this DLC add to the game, which Valve explicitly supported by not taking action?
– healing mini-games, such as abortions and various genitals mutilation
– interactive sex minigames
– additional sex scenes in the form of cutscenes
– additional sex scenes depicting demons and humans, visible in game’s levels
– no censorship on the character’s breasts and genitals
– additional “hellish orgy” orgy scene
Succubus: Hellish Orgy VR was the full release of the unrated game for your pleasure(?) in VR. I’m unsure if it’s taking the abortions and genital mutilation into virtual reality instead of on a flat screen that made Valve squeamish. I wonder if they have not looked at the list of pornographic games they’ve allowed on Steam lately. Or, even worse, the random dross. Still, squeamish they have become. The simple statement from Madmind Studio reads as follows:
Steam has decided to ban the game without giving us the ability to make changes/patches/censorship
Madmind isn’t making any stand against Valve because of this, which is smart because Agony VR is set to release today, with a sequel currently on Kickstarter. Succubus: Hellish Orgy VR still aims to release on other VR platforms. I can only think that Valve seems a little disjointed in its approach. We already know there’s no such thing as quality control on Steam, so why even pretend that they care?
This was the story of a game on Steam getting a VR version banned. Next on our list is Carnal Instinct. In other news, I also previewed one of those adult games a while back, Subverse.
Warning: Most of these links are very NSFW and certainly not for the eyes of anybody who isn’t already finished with this world (or just not for children).
