Banned Steam Game ‘HORSES’ Sells Enough to Break Even, But Studio Still Closing

December 19, 2025 Bloody Disgusting

The saga for Santa Ragione’s controversial horror title HORSES has reached a bittersweet end. Despite being banned from both Steam and the Epic Games Store, HORSES managed to sell over 18,000 copies after it launched two weeks ago. However, those sales were not enough for the studio to remain open.

In a press release, the team announced that those sales translated into “approximately $65,000 in net revenue”, which allowed the developer to repay the loans that it took out in order to finish developing HORSES, as well as paying the...