Epic Games Store Refutes Claim It 'Ghosted' Horses Developer, and Insists It Gave 'Context Around the Policies They Violated'

The Feud Over Epic Banning Indie Game Horses Isn't Over

Epic claims it was communicative but Santa Ragione disagrees

Epic Games Store Refutes Claim It 'Ghosted' Horses Developer, and Insists It Gave 'Context Around the Policies They Violated'

Epic Games has hit back at claims it made "provably incorrect statements" about controversial horror game Horses, and instead insisted it was transparent with developer Santa Ragione about its inability to sell the game via the Epic Games Store as planned. Horses, the indie horror game banned from both Steam and the Epic Games Store ahead of its launch in December 2025, is an indie first-person horror game with live-action sequences set in a hor…

Horses: Epic Games Responds to Developers' Criticism!

TECH NEWS – After Santa Ragione posted a critical opinion about Epic Games on Bluesky, the company has now responded to the studio’s statement.   We wrote about what the Italian studio had to say yesterday, so we won’t go into that again. However, as we mentioned yesterday, Horses is intentionally quite shocking. The story takes place on a farm where the horses are actually naked humans who wear horse masks at all times and are treated like anim…

Epic Games Refutes Claims By Horses Developer About The Banned Game

Late last year, indie horror game Horses was banned by Epic Games Store just ahead of its debut. Because Horses had already been banned by Steam in 2023, this gave studio developer Santa Ragione a greatly reduced chance to break even. Santa Ragione has since called out Epic over the cancellation, and now Epic has responded to the former's claims.While speaking with Game File, Epic vice president Steve Allison said, "We love [Horses'] studio," bu…

Epic insists it gave Horses studio "context" following decision to ban controversial horror game

Epic Games has disputed it made "provably incorrect statements" to Horses developer Santa Ragione, insisting feedback was provided when it concluded the horror game breached the Epic Game Store's content guidelines and could not be listed for sale.

'They have effectively ghosted us:' publisher of delisted art game Horses lambasts Epic Games Store after executive claims 'we love that studio'

Quit horsing around.