Physical Edition of Banned Steam Game 'VILE: Exhumed' Revealed

One Year Later, Banned Steam Horror Game Is Getting a Physical Release

Vile: Exhumed, a narrative horror game where players uncover dark secrets inside a computer, was one of the first high-profile casualties of Valve's payment processor battle. The FMV game, which explores parasocial relationships, addresses topics such as sexual assault; it was not actually an adult game about sex. Nonetheless, the game was pulled from Steam soon after release.

Physical Edition of Banned Steam Game 'VILE: Exhumed' Revealed

If you remember a year ago, DreadXP and developer Final Girl Games ran afoul of Steam with their narrative horror title VILE: Exhumed, which was banned from the platform and eventually released for free. Now, the game will have another chance to be received and celebrated for its own merits, thanks to a new limited physical edition. Priced at $9.99 USD (plus tax and shipping) and offered as a way to ensure that the game is forever accessible to …

Banned 2025 Horror Game Makes A Comeback as a Physical Product

Censorship in video games is a pretty serious topic, and when things flared up a year ago, Vile: Exhumed was caught in the crossfire and banned from Steam for featuring “NSFW content.” The developer, wanting their story told anyway, released the game as freeware thereafter. While the game features gore and other pretty intense themes, it was wrongfully banned for “sexual content with depictions of real people.” Once a game is banned from Steam, …