Comment page for Recent Removals Week 1 2025

[LuckyLastLaugh]

A bunch of games were removed/banned this past week. This thread post is meant for comments, replies, ect.

Repost:

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Fade Memory: Prologue | https://steamdb.info/app/2221990/
Reason for removal unknown
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2221990/Fade_Memory_Prologue/


Realm of Ink | https://steamdb.info/app/2597080/
"Banned because of publisher"
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2597080/discussions/0/597388807236546865/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2597080/


汉末求生 Survival in Three kingdoms | https://steamdb.info/app/1006800/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1006800/

Set Sail! Arena | https://steamdb.info/app/2830710/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2830710/discussions/0/594010977920421663/
May or may not return. Devs might post reasoning soon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830710/


Projekt: Passion | https://steamdb.info/app/2173800/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2173800/discussions/0/600766041376720287/
Mistake on Valve's end, will likely be back soon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2173800/Projekt_Passion__Season_1/


Sticky be idle (software) | https://steamdb.info/app/3251160/
Maybe removed by mistake, dev was active in forums a few hours ago.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3251160/Sticky_be_idle/


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Removed because of stolen assets:

Diner Simulator - Horror Story | https://steamdb.info/app/3393440/
Stole from demo Kiosk
https://steamcommunity.com/app/3393440/discussions/0/595136540368208286/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3393440/

Atmospheric Titan is removed. (Red Planet Rampart is still available)
Atmospheric Titan | https://steamdb.info/app/3122090/

Originally posted by mcnichoj:

... the studio Beijing Technology has two games just completely filled with assets stolen from Space Engineers.

Here are the two games:
Red Planet Rampart
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2711230/Red_Planet_Rampart/
Atmospheric Titan
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3122090/Atmospheric_Titan/
The developers of Space Engineers have already been contacted and are looking into what they can do about the theft from their game

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Removed because of trojans:

Art of Murder - Deadly Secrets | https://steamdb.info/app/836870/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/836870/discussions/0/3596571824768786670/
Removed due to trojan reports, nothing done about it for years. Still available on official and grey key sites, cheapest on GamersGate.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/836870/


Hot Tentacles Shooter | https://steamdb.info/app/1942080/
Likely removed due to trojan. No response from dev in discussions. (The dev's other games don't appear to be infected, so shouldn't be at risk.)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1942080/

Starlight of Aeons | https://steamdb.info/app/644200/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/644200/discussions/0/1499000547477788706/
Likely removed due to trojan. Dev has claimed it's a false-positive over the years.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/644200/

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The following games were removed as warned/announced:

No official steam key sources available.

The Piano That Staying Time | https://steamdb.info/app/2678520/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2678520/

Though the Heavens Fall | https://steamdb.info/app/2437270/
Indefinitely paused - possibly temporary removal.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2437270/view/521951078763202525
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2437270/

Sol Survivor | https://steamdb.info/app/45000/
(There are gifts around from the 4-pack)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/45000/

Retrovirus | https://steamdb.info/app/227800/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/227800/

qb | https://steamdb.info/app/601400/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/601400/qb/

Playing Pride & Prejudice 1: An Austen Armoire | https://steamdb.info/app/1469700/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1469700/

Undaunted: Normandy | https://steamdb.info/app/1853630/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1853630/

Crazy World VR | https://steamdb.info/app/2231700/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2231700/

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The following games were removed as warned/announced:

Still available on some official and grey key sites.

Nerf Legends | https://steamdb.info/app/1279910/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1279910/

G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout | https://steamdb.info/app/1432220/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432220/

[アウトコールド]

Cool idea of a thread. So we can at least talk about it now and ask questions.

[FlyingSaucer53]

for Art of Murder: Deadly Secrets - its strange how this one has a trojan alert but the other games had no trojan alert. probably gonna stay removed since it seems like the publisher/dev didn't care before

[UnmetPlayer]

"for simplicity's sake", ironic as this is going to be very annoying to maintain, loads of shit gets removed all the time, just link https://steam-tracker.com/changelog and discuss from that.

[LuckyLastLaugh]

For Realm of Ink, I hope the game comes back. It looks heavily inspired by Hades and doesn't have as much going on visually, but still looks interesting.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/2597080/screenshots/

Originally posted by FlyingSaucer53:

for Art of Murder: Deadly Secrets ... probably gonna stay removed since it seems like the publisher/dev didn't care before

Yeah I agree.

Originally posted by UnmetPlayer:

"for simplicity's sake", ironic as this is going to be very annoying to maintain, loads of shit gets removed all the time, just link https://steam-tracker.com/changelog and discuss from that.

"for simplicity's sake" was meant more so that it was easier to look at what games are being talked about from the original post, but I can see what you mean.

[Stefan8000]

Thanks.

[delisted gamer]

Any info on what type of malware or trojans actually come with some of these games? I have a ton of banned or delisted games and many of them are suspected to have positives, but any information out there about this seems extremely partial to completely incorrect

[👽 Wallbérg]

Originally posted by LuckyLastLaugh:

Art of Murder - Deadly Secrets | https://steamdb.info/app/836870/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/836870/discussions/0/3596571824768786670/
Removed due to trojan reports, nothing done about it for years

Looks like complete bullshit to me, there must be another reason

[LuckyLastLaugh]

Originally posted by 👽 Wallbérg:

Originally posted by LuckyLastLaugh:

Art of Murder - Deadly Secrets | https://steamdb.info/app/836870/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/836870/discussions/0/3596571824768786670/
Removed due to trojan reports, nothing done about it for years

Looks like complete bullshit to me, there must be another reason

You might be right, but it seems the most likely reason considering none of the other Art of Murder games were disabled recently and they don't seem to have reports and comments about trojans in the software.

[アウトコールド]

Originally posted by UnmetPlayer:

"for simplicity's sake", ironic as this is going to be very annoying to maintain, loads of shit gets removed all the time, just link https://steam-tracker.com/changelog and discuss from that.

wuuut..Did someone post that we were losing Adventure Time and Steven Universe?

[FlyingSaucer53]

Originally posted by アウトコールド:

Originally posted by UnmetPlayer:

"for simplicity's sake", ironic as this is going to be very annoying to maintain, loads of shit gets removed all the time, just link https://steam-tracker.com/changelog and discuss from that.

wuuut..Did someone post that we were losing Adventure Time and Steven Universe?

They were probably on tracker already for being at risk of removal but there was no final delisting announcement. Only a store description change on the day it got removed 💀

[shade00]

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/RemGC/discussions/9/4413046903958801810/
old thread adult swim , same owners as cartoon network

Originally posted by アウトコールド:

Originally posted by UnmetPlayer:

"for simplicity's sake", ironic as this is going to be very annoying to maintain, loads of shit gets removed all the time, just link https://steam-tracker.com/changelog and discuss from that.

wuuut..Did someone post that we were losing Adventure Time and Steven Universe?