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All Delisted Steam Games

275 points by Bondi_Blue 9mo ago

Y_Y 9mo ago
See also Stop Skeletons From Fighting's Delisted series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ak-oNNRK_vBhwW22i0h73ARxnOc4JtC https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ak-oNNRK_vBhwW22i0h73AR...
AnotherGoodName 9mo ago
It's funny that 3 different Space Hulk games are here. I actually thought Space Hulk (2013) was amazing but it's hard for a developer to keep up the yearly license payments on any Warhammer franchise. So it's not available for purchase anymore. It got ~75% on reviews on release but i like the board game and it was true to the board game so i personally loved it. Link on the steam store (the site should have these) https://store.steampowered.com/app/242570/Space_Hulk/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/242570/Space_Hulk/ Fwiw if you have one of these games they are still in your Steam library. I still get to play the above game. I just can't easily play with others anymore nor can i suggest they purchase that game. I'm a little surprised it still runs fine given no updates but yay for backwards compatibility. In general a theme for lists like these are licensing. If a developer has to pay a franchise licensing fee it's going to stop being worthwhile at some point. Take note if you're a developer. It's hard to get visibility without being tied to a franchise (Eg. Larian had to do it with Baldurs Gate 3) but it'll cut into profits massively. Even Larian are never doing it again.
- NooneAtAll3 9mo ago
  I've had negative opinion on company behind Warhammer ever since Emperor TTS debacle everything I've heard since only confirms that that universe would be better dead and never be talked about
  - reactordev 9mo ago
    Henry Cavill would have words with you. There are some extremely die-hard fans in the U.K. just like there are die hard fans of Star Wars here in the US.
    - jandrese 9mo ago
      Lots of people love the Warhammer universe. Far fewer people love Games Workshop as a company.
      - reactordev 9mo ago
        Just like there’s lots of people that love Star Wars and far fewer that love Disney?
        jandrese 9mo ago
        Or even George Lucas.
  - the_af 9mo ago
    What was the debacle? I doubt the 40K universe will die any time soon, it has many fans and they are hardcore about it. And it's becoming more and more mainstream (relatively).
    - hibikir 9mo ago
      The "If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device" youtube series, which was in some ways one of the best pieces of Warhammer content made in years, had to be stopped because GW gave the author a cease-and-desist. I think that their approach to fan uses of their IP is far too tight, and that they'd actually be making more money if they had, say, just licensed it. A bit like how they actually harmed their own hobby videos quite a bit with their reactions to their on-air talent leaving to go independent. Nowadays GW is the last place you'd go for painting videos, and the popular content they still have is old, and created by those people that left. But given the way the law works, they are within their right to manage things badly. Just this year, I hear a very large percentage of the people that were in their external creators network decided to give up the early access, because the restrictions had become way too tight, even for simple things like people painting their miniatures.
      - the_af 9mo ago
        Ah, thanks for the info. Yeah, GW shenanigans. Like you said, people like the universe they created, not the company and its draconian practices.
  - Sabinus 9mo ago
    I've been noticing a bit of 'totally not Warhammer but grimdark and space marines' settings being used more these days. Void War game on Steam is a notable one.
- bee_rider 9mo ago
  Possibly this is a hot-take, but: Divinity Original Sin 2 was better than Baldurs Gate 3. The combat is so much better (DnD combat in a video game is always too swingy, the system relies on having a sentient DM who can make a story happen even after you critical fail). The things people like about BG3 (the story and characters) could have been done just as well Larian’s system. DnD probably hindered the actual quality of the game. But, the DnD IP really got them a massive audience. I’m glad they got a hit, they deserve it. Looking forward to see what they do with their own system and a massive budget.
gegtik 9mo ago
DiRT games hit hard
jandrese 9mo ago
Mostly seems to be games where the licensing deal expired or the company folded. I was expecting to see a few more from the adult category that got delisted because someone noticed TOS violating material and reported it. There was a recent video about Horses, which admittedly was a pre-release, but was technically available for download and is now gone. It is not on this list.
- duskwuff 9mo ago
  Yeah, brand licensing seems to be by far the most common reason for games to be delisted. A couple of other common ones seem to be: 1) Server shutdowns for multiplayer or live service games 2) Breakdowns of developer/publisher relations 3) A remastered version of the game was released
- TechSquidTV 9mo ago
  Idk how common it is anymore, but one game (which seems to be missing from this list) I know was removed from Steam after the early access launch from a Kickstarter campaign. The developers essentially quickly ghosted the game after the EA, considering the Kickstarter complete and taking their money. It was seen as a pretty big scandal in the early days when we had some standards.
- anal_reactor 9mo ago
  I remember when I was a kid I found a game where the goal was to sexually harass girls. It was in the times where sex crime in games was "a strange Japanese thing" rather than "a deadly sin". I distinctly remember a level where I was supposed to harass a girl in the subway but the only action I knew how to perform was clicking on the titty so I massaged the fuck out of that titty. It was funny. I'm not even attracted to women. It was just enticing to play "the forbidden game".
- tstrimple 9mo ago
  I've never purchased an adult game on steam, but I leave them on because it's quite funny sometimes to stumble across them in my discovery queue. Lots of them have excellent reviews. Not as in they always leave glowing reviews. But they leave gooner reviews that make me chuckle. From the games I've seen advertised, I'm not sure what sort of sexual content would get a game delisted from Steam. Some are "artsy" projects, but many are straight up porn simulators.
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agentifysh 9mo ago
interesting i bought bloodrayne a long time ago if i delete it i lose the game right?
- AnotherGoodName 9mo ago
  No these games still install and run via steam just fine.
- throwatdem12311 9mo ago
  The are delisted for purchase but still available to download from Steam’s CDN for the Steam client. I own 3 delisted Transformers games but was able to reinstall them recently. Tangentially related but even though the Nintendo 3DS e-shop has been shutdown for years you can still download your purchased games through your download history. I was very happy just last week I was able to redownload Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for my 3DS despite the store being down. It gives me at least a little bit of confidence that having some games as part of a digital library on the Switch and Switch 2 will be easily available for the foreseeable future.
- grumbel 9mo ago
  No, the games just disappear from the shop and can no longer be bought via Steam. When you are already own them, you keep them. Third party seller might sometimes also still sell remaining Steam Key inventory and thus offer a way to activate a delisted game on Steam. One area where content can disappear is music licenses, those often don't result in a complete delisting of the game, but just the music getting patched out of the game. In those cases, the music would be gone for everybody, as Steam game updates are mandatory and you can't downgrade the game to a previous version either. Unofficial mods will sometimes address this issue and add the music back in.
  - duskwuff 9mo ago
    > Steam game updates are mandatory and you can't downgrade the game to a previous version either. You can usually download old versions from the CDN using tools like steamcmd. Developers can remove the old depots, but usually don't.
kgwxd 9mo ago
I bought my 2 yo a copy of Rocket League when they announced it would only be available through Epic (no Linux support) once it went F2P, just in case he was going to get into it. Best game in the world, but I'm not subjecting myself, or my kid, to Windows and the Epic store just to get at it. I'm quite surprised Epic hasn't done something to kill off the Steam version yet, but I expect the recent bot problem is going to give them the "justification" they need to put EAC in it. Even if it "works" on Linux after that, I'll be in constant fear that my account, with hundreds of dollars into the game, will get banned without recourse.
- b40d-48b2-979e 9mo ago
  subjecting myself, or my kid, to Windows and the Epic store just to get at it. Subjecting is a weird word choice here considering most of us rely on using Windows in some fashion in our education or work. Which OS or store you use is not your identity and EGS takes a significantly smaller cut from developers, so I prefer to buy there when I can as I don't care for social features from Steam aside from the workshop on some games.
- fao_ 9mo ago
  > Best game in the world, but I'm not subjecting myself, or my kid, to Windows and the Epic store just to get at it. Quite right! I really don't blame you, given the direction that Windows has taken in the last decade, and especially the last few years. The LLM integration is bad enough (Kids and LLMs should not mix, IMHO), but he adverts in the start menu could be anything. I've had some very explicit 18+ adverts on a social media platform twice this week, despite not engaging with that kind of thing at all, and the best I could do was report them. > I'm quite surprised Epic hasn't done something to kill off the Steam version yet, but I expect the recent bot problem is going to give them the "justification" they need to put EAC in it. Even if it "works" on Linux after that, I'll be in constant fear that my account, with hundreds of dollars into the game, will get banned without recourse. For what it's worth, Easy Anti-Cheat is supported and doesn't ban you for using Linux.
user3939382 9mo ago
We should just setup a review portal at the Dept of State, Visa, MasterCard, maybe moms against drunk driving, a few others, and devs can sanity check their game idea before submitting to steam
markx2 9mo ago
If you want to follow and get notice : https://steamcommunity.com/groups/RemGC https://steamcommunity.com/groups/RemGC "This is a place for those who have a moderately large collection of removed games (games no longer available for purchase on steam) to gather. For most, this group will just be about the name, showing off that you own what others no longer can. For others, it can be a resource to find what you once believed could no longer be found."
jokoon 9mo ago
death stranding is in there I remember that many games I had in my wishlist became "blank" or removed, and I was unable to know what games were those
- haunter 9mo ago
  It was superseded by the Director’s Cut edition. So you can buy DS but not the original launch edition That’s actually a case with a lot of games on the list that got a remake, director’s cut, upgraded edition etc.
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  - jandrese 9mo ago
    This site has a tag for games that get relisted, but it really needs one for games that got remastered as well. It's a bit misleading to say a game is gone when you can still buy the GOTY version. Really, it would be nice if every listing had a 1 or 2 word tag that summarized the reason for the de-listing. Publisher Closed Servers Shut Down Remastered License Expired TOS Violation That sort of thing.
    - debugnik 9mo ago
      It's only misleading to say so if the edition that replaces it is not strictly worse in at least one axis: Botched remasters, full remakes, unrenewed licenses, ports from a worse version of the game instead of the original... Now, if there's actually a better release of the same game, then sure it should be at least tagged clearly.
- skotobaza 9mo ago
  >I was unable to know what games were those You can check by copying the url of the blank game and pasting it into SteamDB's search field.
0xC0ncord 9mo ago
About one of my favorite racing games of all time: "The game could have been removed for a number of reasons, including the closure of developer Bizarre Creations in early 2011, but the most likely cause was expired licensing of the real-world cars featured in the game."[1] To me this is one of the most egregious examples of how licensing massively hurts consumers. The game is fully playable offline (and online with a patch) but cannot legally be sold because of an arbitrary restriction limiting the use of likeness of virtual cars in the game. [1] https://delistedgames.com/blur/ https://delistedgames.com/blur/
- dom96 9mo ago
  oh yeah, I'm a fan of this game too. To my surprise, even though it's delisted I can still install it. That's certainly better than the alternative.
  - reddalo 9mo ago
    I think you can install games that you bought (when they were available), even if they're delisted.
  - dark-star 9mo ago
    yeah, that's the whole point, thye still let you install the games you bought because not doing so would open a huge can of worms and re-start the whole "are you really buying games on steam or just renting them?" discussion, which they are very keen on avoiding
- reddalo 9mo ago
  +1 for Blur, great game, it's like Super Mario Kart for grown-ups. Too bad the only way to get it is by pirating it. But in these situations, doesn't piracy become morally acceptable?
  - embedding-shape 9mo ago
    It becomes a moral imperative to pirate it and continue seeding it for others to also acquire, as a mean to help preserving something you cared about, apparently more than the owners of the IP/rights themselves care.
vunderba 9mo ago
I initially assumed this was related to the delisting of NSFW related games on Steam due to payment processor pressure as a result of the Australian group Collective Shout. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Shout#2025_Steam_and_Itch.io_game_removals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Shout#2025_Steam_an...
throwatdem12311 9mo ago
Transformers: War For Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, and (especially) Devastation. Three games I will cherish in my Steam Library (and my physical PS3 copy of War for Cybertron). Anything Transformers based since these have been mediocre at best.
ivolimmen 9mo ago
I loved Blacklight Retribution. It's been so long delisted that my most unique achievements from it disappeared from my profile. One was 0.01% of all players.
- Zambyte 9mo ago
  It's surprising that it doesn't seem like the X-ray mechanic (which is the main thing I remember from that game) was really picked up by any other game. There were way fewer cheating accusations than in other games, because what would normally be a "cheat" was a core game mechanic, and IMO that made it really enjoyable. It's a shame that game died.
- variadix 9mo ago
  There is a fan project that has revived the servers. It’s hard to get full matches but can still be played at least. It’s called BLRevive, there’s a Discord for it. IMO the only bad thing is it’s based on the post-PS4 update where the devs console-fied the game.
TechSquidTV 9mo ago
It's missing The Stomping Land
smcl 9mo ago
Jesus I thought it'd be obscure games but I randomly scrolled down and saw Duke Nukem games, a bunch of the F1 series, Jet Set Radio, Lumines, Mafia III, MultiVersus (don't care about this I just remember _so many_ people being paid to stream this, there was a lot of money behind it) and Wolfenstein (2009). I had no idea this was so prevalent
- kgeist 9mo ago
  >Mafia III was delisted from Steam on May 19th, 2020 when it was replaced with Mafia III: Definitive Edition >Lumines was delisted from Steam on June 22nd, 2018. The delisting coincides with the release of Lumines Remastered just a few days later So there's a tactic of delisting a game to promote a remastered version.
  - smcl 9mo ago
    Fair enough
  - tpoacher 9mo ago
    still sucks though imagine removing the original lionking for the same reason
  - LorenPechtel 9mo ago
    When a game gets remastered it's still around, so what if the original version is delisted?
Rzor 9mo ago
Transformers: Fall/War of Cybertron went away and never came back. I'm still waiting...
shantara 9mo ago
Prey (2006) https://delistedgames.com/prey/ https://delistedgames.com/prey/ Great game, with some innovative level design involving portals and gravity manipulation. Delisted back in 2009 and impossible to acquire legally to this day on PC.
- Apes 9mo ago
  I've got this game in my steam library, and I wondered why no one ever talks about it. I never realized it was delisted and made impossible to buy so long ago.
  - ganoushoreilly 9mo ago
    The original story was definitely unique and a fun play on 360.
    - hombre_fatal 9mo ago
      Until I looked it up, I almost thought my memory of it was the Bernstein effect especially since there’s a 2017 game by the same name and much more popular.
      - debugnik 9mo ago
        The sequel to Prey (2006) was stuck in development hell for really long until they finally scrapped it, so the publisher placed the trademark on a completely different but similarly themed game instead.
- jordand 9mo ago
  There's a set of licensed music in the game that's likely another reason too sadly. Pretty unique game for the time and I'd redeemed it on Steam from the cd key in a used physical copy I bought dirt cheap.
- rjh29 9mo ago
  The intro and first level is one hell of a ride. Had no idea it was delisted but that explains why nobody's talking about it...
Shorel 9mo ago
Great resource. I have a fair number of them purchased. -- Back to the Future: The Game -- Blur -- Crysis -- Dark Souls -- Dirt 2 -- Dirt 3 -- Dirt Showdown -- F1 2010 - 2015 -- F1 Race Stars -- Grand Theft Auto 1, 2, 3, San Andreas, Vice City -- Grid (2019) -- Metro 2033 -- Prey (2006) -- Project CARS -- ToCA Race Driver 3 -- Transformers: War for Cybertron -- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron In most cases the games were delisted because of expiring licenses for cars, tracks, music, or studios being purchased by another studio. It's a bit sad as I consider Crysis and GTA to be an important part of gaming history.
- benoau 9mo ago
  It's all gaming history and a sadly-overlooked part of "Stop Killing Games". The worst part is the licenses that do exist are non-transferrable, so by the end of this century there will be zero licenses left for these games. They'll just be expunged until they become public domain perhaps in the middle of the next century - if any copies survive. And what's sad about that is we know for a fact games can survive and be enjoyed for decades, because we have seen this occur for the entire lineage of game-playing machines.
- TitaRusell 9mo ago
  Same reason why Ace combat will never get a remake. If you use real brands in your videogame you as a developer need to know that it's on a death clock.
  - dghlsakjg 9mo ago
    Or just sign a licensing deal that doesn’t expire?
    - Uvix 9mo ago
      No licensor is going to do that.
      - WillPostForFood 9mo ago
RobRivera 9mo ago
I just want Poker Night, and Poker Night 2 :(
- bombcar 9mo ago
  Of those are at the Inventory; they’re good.
FloorEgg 9mo ago
I was surprised to see that StarForge wasn't on this list, and after looking into it I think it's because after it was delisted someone else published another game named StarForge. I wonder how common that is.
- somat 9mo ago
  What are the uniqueness requirements for titles, For the most part people are reasonable and don't want to stomp on each others names. however there are bad actors and this is usually where trademark law comes into play to help protect the name, but does steam impose additional uniqueness constraints on top of this? That might be a fun list, games with the same name.
bananaboy 9mo ago
This can’t be all of them. My business partner and I delisted our tiny (unsuccessful) indie game after we wound up our company and our game doesn’t show up here.
- embedding-shape 9mo ago
  Ultimately, all the datasets on Steam are scraped one way or another, since Steam themselves don't seem to publish it. I could be that they simply never came across your project before you delisted it, and of course after delisiting it I don't think they'll ever come across it.
  - bananaboy 9mo ago
    Hm yeah. We removed it a few years ago now so I assume they should have found it though. We followed these instructions and had to contact valve and give a justification https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/retire_app https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/retire_app I don’t remember the details of the form but maybe there were options and one amounts to being delisted and another amounts to just no longer being visible and available for sale.
    - embedding-shape 9mo ago
      "Deslisted" == "no longer being visible". If it's delisted it won't show up in search results, tag listings and more. So if you just had it online for a few weeks, that was the only moment the scrapers could find it. If they didn't catch it at that point, they'll never catch it.
      - bananaboy 9mo ago
        Ah yeah, I guess https://steam-tracker.com/ https://steam-tracker.com/ scrapes regularly as it shows up there (it's called Resynth)
- LorenDB 9mo ago
  The nice move in this scenario would have been to make the game free instead of delisting. Gamers can still enjoy it, and you don't have to worry about income once the company is closed.
cwmoore 9mo ago
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- Skyy93 9mo ago
  When you bought a game and it becomes unavailable, due to delisting, you care. It shows a general problem we have with online license's for movies, series and games. You buy the product and at some point later in time you loose access because something changed outside of your control. This is different from VHS/CD/DVD/BluRays where I can use the product even years after purchasing, despite a company loosing the license or simply not existing anymore.
  - natebc 9mo ago
    FWIW Delisting in this context is just removing it from the store for purchase. It doesn't remove it from your library, nor remove your ability to download it. Your concerns for digital licenses are totally valid but his specific topic isn't that.
    - deleted 9mo ago
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    - Skyy93 9mo ago
      Interesting, I did not know that and assumed something far worse from the "delisting". Thanks for the clearification.
- 0_gravitas 9mo ago
  Why even leave this comment?
  - cwmoore 9mo ago
    So you know there is an alternative.
bananaboy 9mo ago
Ahh, there seems to be a distinction between "delisted" and "purchase disabled". This is a list of all games which are no longer available on steam along with the reason: https://steam-tracker.com/ https://steam-tracker.com/
ekipan 9mo ago
I'm sad that Platine Dispositif pulled their games. Chelsea Has to Beat the Seven Devils to Death (known more widely in English as Bunny Must Die) was a lot of fun and one day I'd like to play some of their others, but they mostly seem to just release on Switch and Playstation stores in recent years. Their site[1] is getting pretty bitrotted, and their blog has an entry from a month ago[2] talking about their next game displayed in Digital Games Expo 2025. I don't immediately see any mention of Steam or intent to return anywhere. These are in Japanese of course. [1]: https://www.platinedispositif.net/ https://www.platinedispositif.net/ [2]: https://murasame.hatenablog.jp/entry/20251130/1764507793 https://murasame.hatenablog.jp/entry/20251130/1764507793
debugnik 9mo ago
Lost Planet 2 was delisted in 2021 because it can't be played without patching out Games for Windows Live. The delisting was supposed to be temporary until Capcom removed the dependency, like they did with other titles on the same engine, but so far they haven't bothered restoring this one.
amiga386 9mo ago
Seems to have delisted but not unlisted games (e.g. https://store.steampowered.com/app/302850/Team_Indie/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/302850/Team_Indie/ "At the request of the publisher, Team Indie is unlisted on the Steam store and will not appear in search.")
lurker_jMckQT99 9mo ago
What does "delisted" mean in this context? - are they preventing new purchases? - are they preventing the players who purchased the game prior to the delisting to play them at all? - both? something else?
- oceansky 9mo ago
  First one
pedrohlc 9mo ago
I love how they decided to sell a new Mortal Kombat arcade collection instead of removing GFWL and reinstating the older one. /s
some_random 9mo ago
The older Metro games are of note, while they're available as the Redux versions there are a surprising number of non-graphical differences between the original THQ published versions and the graphical updates.
wk_end 9mo ago
One of the more interesting ones is the Taiwanese game Devotion: https://delistedgames.com/devotion/ https://delistedgames.com/devotion/ Taken down because a background poster depicted "Xi Jinping Winnie-the-Pooh moron".
syncsynchalt 9mo ago
Oh, it includes the Abuse-like HL2 platformer that I played while waiting for HL2 to install, apparently named "Codename: Gordon". https://delistedgames.com/codename-gordon/ https://delistedgames.com/codename-gordon/ I'm glad I found this, as it includes a steam:/ URL that lets me re-install it if I'd like to play it again.
- OptionOfT 9mo ago
  The URL is actually owned by a Youtuber. https://www.nuclearvision.de/ https://www.nuclearvision.de/ (the link in the game) now redirects to his Youtube video.
  - syncsynchalt 9mo ago
    I meant the url `steam://install/92`
yq 9mo ago
"I specifically checked to see if 'Deus Ex: Human Revolution' was delisted. While the game was upgraded to the 'Director's Cut,' the original version (without the Director's Cut content) is no longer available."
Andrew987 9mo ago
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275 points by Bondi_Blue 9mo ago

Y_Y 9mo ago

See also Stop Skeletons From Fighting's Delisted series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ak-oNNRK_vBhwW22i0h73ARxnOc4JtC https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ak-oNNRK_vBhwW22i0h73AR...

AnotherGoodName 9mo ago

It's funny that 3 different Space Hulk games are here. I actually thought Space Hulk (2013) was amazing but it's hard for a developer to keep up the yearly license payments on any Warhammer franchise. So it's not available for purchase anymore. It got ~75% on reviews on release but i like the board game and it was true to the board game so i personally loved it. Link on the steam store (the site should have these) https://store.steampowered.com/app/242570/Space_Hulk/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/242570/Space_Hulk/ Fwiw if you have one of these games they are still in your Steam library. I still get to play the above game. I just can't easily play with others anymore nor can i suggest they purchase that game. I'm a little surprised it still runs fine given no updates but yay for backwards compatibility. In general a theme for lists like these are licensing. If a developer has to pay a franchise licensing fee it's going to stop being worthwhile at some point. Take note if you're a developer. It's hard to get visibility without being tied to a franchise (Eg. Larian had to do it with Baldurs Gate 3) but it'll cut into profits massively. Even Larian are never doing it again.

NooneAtAll3 9mo ago
I've had negative opinion on company behind Warhammer ever since Emperor TTS debacle everything I've heard since only confirms that that universe would be better dead and never be talked about
- reactordev 9mo ago
  Henry Cavill would have words with you. There are some extremely die-hard fans in the U.K. just like there are die hard fans of Star Wars here in the US.
  - jandrese 9mo ago
    Lots of people love the Warhammer universe. Far fewer people love Games Workshop as a company.
    - reactordev 9mo ago
      Just like there’s lots of people that love Star Wars and far fewer that love Disney?
      - jandrese 9mo ago
        Or even George Lucas.
- the_af 9mo ago
  What was the debacle? I doubt the 40K universe will die any time soon, it has many fans and they are hardcore about it. And it's becoming more and more mainstream (relatively).
  - hibikir 9mo ago
    The "If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device" youtube series, which was in some ways one of the best pieces of Warhammer content made in years, had to be stopped because GW gave the author a cease-and-desist. I think that their approach to fan uses of their IP is far too tight, and that they'd actually be making more money if they had, say, just licensed it. A bit like how they actually harmed their own hobby videos quite a bit with their reactions to their on-air talent leaving to go independent. Nowadays GW is the last place you'd go for painting videos, and the popular content they still have is old, and created by those people that left. But given the way the law works, they are within their right to manage things badly. Just this year, I hear a very large percentage of the people that were in their external creators network decided to give up the early access, because the restrictions had become way too tight, even for simple things like people painting their miniatures.
    - the_af 9mo ago
      Ah, thanks for the info. Yeah, GW shenanigans. Like you said, people like the universe they created, not the company and its draconian practices.
- Sabinus 9mo ago
  I've been noticing a bit of 'totally not Warhammer but grimdark and space marines' settings being used more these days. Void War game on Steam is a notable one.
bee_rider 9mo ago
Possibly this is a hot-take, but: Divinity Original Sin 2 was better than Baldurs Gate 3. The combat is so much better (DnD combat in a video game is always too swingy, the system relies on having a sentient DM who can make a story happen even after you critical fail). The things people like about BG3 (the story and characters) could have been done just as well Larian’s system. DnD probably hindered the actual quality of the game. But, the DnD IP really got them a massive audience. I’m glad they got a hit, they deserve it. Looking forward to see what they do with their own system and a massive budget.

gegtik 9mo ago

DiRT games hit hard

jandrese 9mo ago

Mostly seems to be games where the licensing deal expired or the company folded. I was expecting to see a few more from the adult category that got delisted because someone noticed TOS violating material and reported it. There was a recent video about Horses, which admittedly was a pre-release, but was technically available for download and is now gone. It is not on this list.

duskwuff 9mo ago
Yeah, brand licensing seems to be by far the most common reason for games to be delisted. A couple of other common ones seem to be: 1) Server shutdowns for multiplayer or live service games 2) Breakdowns of developer/publisher relations 3) A remastered version of the game was released
TechSquidTV 9mo ago
Idk how common it is anymore, but one game (which seems to be missing from this list) I know was removed from Steam after the early access launch from a Kickstarter campaign. The developers essentially quickly ghosted the game after the EA, considering the Kickstarter complete and taking their money. It was seen as a pretty big scandal in the early days when we had some standards.
anal_reactor 9mo ago
I remember when I was a kid I found a game where the goal was to sexually harass girls. It was in the times where sex crime in games was "a strange Japanese thing" rather than "a deadly sin". I distinctly remember a level where I was supposed to harass a girl in the subway but the only action I knew how to perform was clicking on the titty so I massaged the fuck out of that titty. It was funny. I'm not even attracted to women. It was just enticing to play "the forbidden game".
tstrimple 9mo ago
I've never purchased an adult game on steam, but I leave them on because it's quite funny sometimes to stumble across them in my discovery queue. Lots of them have excellent reviews. Not as in they always leave glowing reviews. But they leave gooner reviews that make me chuckle. From the games I've seen advertised, I'm not sure what sort of sexual content would get a game delisted from Steam. Some are "artsy" projects, but many are straight up porn simulators.

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agentifysh 9mo ago

interesting i bought bloodrayne a long time ago if i delete it i lose the game right?

AnotherGoodName 9mo ago
No these games still install and run via steam just fine.
throwatdem12311 9mo ago
The are delisted for purchase but still available to download from Steam’s CDN for the Steam client. I own 3 delisted Transformers games but was able to reinstall them recently. Tangentially related but even though the Nintendo 3DS e-shop has been shutdown for years you can still download your purchased games through your download history. I was very happy just last week I was able to redownload Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate for my 3DS despite the store being down. It gives me at least a little bit of confidence that having some games as part of a digital library on the Switch and Switch 2 will be easily available for the foreseeable future.
grumbel 9mo ago
No, the games just disappear from the shop and can no longer be bought via Steam. When you are already own them, you keep them. Third party seller might sometimes also still sell remaining Steam Key inventory and thus offer a way to activate a delisted game on Steam. One area where content can disappear is music licenses, those often don't result in a complete delisting of the game, but just the music getting patched out of the game. In those cases, the music would be gone for everybody, as Steam game updates are mandatory and you can't downgrade the game to a previous version either. Unofficial mods will sometimes address this issue and add the music back in.
- duskwuff 9mo ago
  > Steam game updates are mandatory and you can't downgrade the game to a previous version either. You can usually download old versions from the CDN using tools like steamcmd. Developers can remove the old depots, but usually don't.

kgwxd 9mo ago

I bought my 2 yo a copy of Rocket League when they announced it would only be available through Epic (no Linux support) once it went F2P, just in case he was going to get into it. Best game in the world, but I'm not subjecting myself, or my kid, to Windows and the Epic store just to get at it. I'm quite surprised Epic hasn't done something to kill off the Steam version yet, but I expect the recent bot problem is going to give them the "justification" they need to put EAC in it. Even if it "works" on Linux after that, I'll be in constant fear that my account, with hundreds of dollars into the game, will get banned without recourse.

b40d-48b2-979e 9mo ago
subjecting myself, or my kid, to Windows and the Epic store just to get at it. Subjecting is a weird word choice here considering most of us rely on using Windows in some fashion in our education or work. Which OS or store you use is not your identity and EGS takes a significantly smaller cut from developers, so I prefer to buy there when I can as I don't care for social features from Steam aside from the workshop on some games.
fao_ 9mo ago
> Best game in the world, but I'm not subjecting myself, or my kid, to Windows and the Epic store just to get at it. Quite right! I really don't blame you, given the direction that Windows has taken in the last decade, and especially the last few years. The LLM integration is bad enough (Kids and LLMs should not mix, IMHO), but he adverts in the start menu could be anything. I've had some very explicit 18+ adverts on a social media platform twice this week, despite not engaging with that kind of thing at all, and the best I could do was report them. > I'm quite surprised Epic hasn't done something to kill off the Steam version yet, but I expect the recent bot problem is going to give them the "justification" they need to put EAC in it. Even if it "works" on Linux after that, I'll be in constant fear that my account, with hundreds of dollars into the game, will get banned without recourse. For what it's worth, Easy Anti-Cheat is supported and doesn't ban you for using Linux.

user3939382 9mo ago

We should just setup a review portal at the Dept of State, Visa, MasterCard, maybe moms against drunk driving, a few others, and devs can sanity check their game idea before submitting to steam

markx2 9mo ago

If you want to follow and get notice : https://steamcommunity.com/groups/RemGC https://steamcommunity.com/groups/RemGC "This is a place for those who have a moderately large collection of removed games (games no longer available for purchase on steam) to gather. For most, this group will just be about the name, showing off that you own what others no longer can. For others, it can be a resource to find what you once believed could no longer be found."

jokoon 9mo ago

death stranding is in there I remember that many games I had in my wishlist became "blank" or removed, and I was unable to know what games were those

haunter 9mo ago
It was superseded by the Director’s Cut edition. So you can buy DS but not the original launch edition That’s actually a case with a lot of games on the list that got a remake, director’s cut, upgraded edition etc.
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- jandrese 9mo ago
  This site has a tag for games that get relisted, but it really needs one for games that got remastered as well. It's a bit misleading to say a game is gone when you can still buy the GOTY version. Really, it would be nice if every listing had a 1 or 2 word tag that summarized the reason for the de-listing. Publisher Closed Servers Shut Down Remastered License Expired TOS Violation That sort of thing.
  - debugnik 9mo ago
    It's only misleading to say so if the edition that replaces it is not strictly worse in at least one axis: Botched remasters, full remakes, unrenewed licenses, ports from a worse version of the game instead of the original... Now, if there's actually a better release of the same game, then sure it should be at least tagged clearly.
skotobaza 9mo ago
>I was unable to know what games were those You can check by copying the url of the blank game and pasting it into SteamDB's search field.

0xC0ncord 9mo ago

About one of my favorite racing games of all time: "The game could have been removed for a number of reasons, including the closure of developer Bizarre Creations in early 2011, but the most likely cause was expired licensing of the real-world cars featured in the game."[1] To me this is one of the most egregious examples of how licensing massively hurts consumers. The game is fully playable offline (and online with a patch) but cannot legally be sold because of an arbitrary restriction limiting the use of likeness of virtual cars in the game. [1] https://delistedgames.com/blur/ https://delistedgames.com/blur/

dom96 9mo ago
oh yeah, I'm a fan of this game too. To my surprise, even though it's delisted I can still install it. That's certainly better than the alternative.
- reddalo 9mo ago
  I think you can install games that you bought (when they were available), even if they're delisted.
- dark-star 9mo ago
  yeah, that's the whole point, thye still let you install the games you bought because not doing so would open a huge can of worms and re-start the whole "are you really buying games on steam or just renting them?" discussion, which they are very keen on avoiding
reddalo 9mo ago
+1 for Blur, great game, it's like Super Mario Kart for grown-ups. Too bad the only way to get it is by pirating it. But in these situations, doesn't piracy become morally acceptable?
- embedding-shape 9mo ago
  It becomes a moral imperative to pirate it and continue seeding it for others to also acquire, as a mean to help preserving something you cared about, apparently more than the owners of the IP/rights themselves care.

vunderba 9mo ago

I initially assumed this was related to the delisting of NSFW related games on Steam due to payment processor pressure as a result of the Australian group Collective Shout. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Shout#2025_Steam_and_Itch.io_game_removals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Shout#2025_Steam_an...

throwatdem12311 9mo ago

Transformers: War For Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, and (especially) Devastation. Three games I will cherish in my Steam Library (and my physical PS3 copy of War for Cybertron). Anything Transformers based since these have been mediocre at best.

ivolimmen 9mo ago

I loved Blacklight Retribution. It's been so long delisted that my most unique achievements from it disappeared from my profile. One was 0.01% of all players.

Zambyte 9mo ago
It's surprising that it doesn't seem like the X-ray mechanic (which is the main thing I remember from that game) was really picked up by any other game. There were way fewer cheating accusations than in other games, because what would normally be a "cheat" was a core game mechanic, and IMO that made it really enjoyable. It's a shame that game died.
variadix 9mo ago
There is a fan project that has revived the servers. It’s hard to get full matches but can still be played at least. It’s called BLRevive, there’s a Discord for it. IMO the only bad thing is it’s based on the post-PS4 update where the devs console-fied the game.

TechSquidTV 9mo ago

It's missing The Stomping Land

smcl 9mo ago

Jesus I thought it'd be obscure games but I randomly scrolled down and saw Duke Nukem games, a bunch of the F1 series, Jet Set Radio, Lumines, Mafia III, MultiVersus (don't care about this I just remember _so many_ people being paid to stream this, there was a lot of money behind it) and Wolfenstein (2009). I had no idea this was so prevalent

kgeist 9mo ago
>Mafia III was delisted from Steam on May 19th, 2020 when it was replaced with Mafia III: Definitive Edition >Lumines was delisted from Steam on June 22nd, 2018. The delisting coincides with the release of Lumines Remastered just a few days later So there's a tactic of delisting a game to promote a remastered version.
- smcl 9mo ago
  Fair enough
- tpoacher 9mo ago
  still sucks though imagine removing the original lionking for the same reason
- LorenPechtel 9mo ago
  When a game gets remastered it's still around, so what if the original version is delisted?

Rzor 9mo ago

Transformers: Fall/War of Cybertron went away and never came back. I'm still waiting...

shantara 9mo ago

Prey (2006) https://delistedgames.com/prey/ https://delistedgames.com/prey/ Great game, with some innovative level design involving portals and gravity manipulation. Delisted back in 2009 and impossible to acquire legally to this day on PC.

Apes 9mo ago
I've got this game in my steam library, and I wondered why no one ever talks about it. I never realized it was delisted and made impossible to buy so long ago.
- ganoushoreilly 9mo ago
  The original story was definitely unique and a fun play on 360.
  - hombre_fatal 9mo ago
    Until I looked it up, I almost thought my memory of it was the Bernstein effect especially since there’s a 2017 game by the same name and much more popular.
    - debugnik 9mo ago
      The sequel to Prey (2006) was stuck in development hell for really long until they finally scrapped it, so the publisher placed the trademark on a completely different but similarly themed game instead.
jordand 9mo ago
There's a set of licensed music in the game that's likely another reason too sadly. Pretty unique game for the time and I'd redeemed it on Steam from the cd key in a used physical copy I bought dirt cheap.
rjh29 9mo ago
The intro and first level is one hell of a ride. Had no idea it was delisted but that explains why nobody's talking about it...

Shorel 9mo ago

Great resource. I have a fair number of them purchased. -- Back to the Future: The Game -- Blur -- Crysis -- Dark Souls -- Dirt 2 -- Dirt 3 -- Dirt Showdown -- F1 2010 - 2015 -- F1 Race Stars -- Grand Theft Auto 1, 2, 3, San Andreas, Vice City -- Grid (2019) -- Metro 2033 -- Prey (2006) -- Project CARS -- ToCA Race Driver 3 -- Transformers: War for Cybertron -- Transformers: Fall of Cybertron In most cases the games were delisted because of expiring licenses for cars, tracks, music, or studios being purchased by another studio. It's a bit sad as I consider Crysis and GTA to be an important part of gaming history.

benoau 9mo ago
It's all gaming history and a sadly-overlooked part of "Stop Killing Games". The worst part is the licenses that do exist are non-transferrable, so by the end of this century there will be zero licenses left for these games. They'll just be expunged until they become public domain perhaps in the middle of the next century - if any copies survive. And what's sad about that is we know for a fact games can survive and be enjoyed for decades, because we have seen this occur for the entire lineage of game-playing machines.
TitaRusell 9mo ago
Same reason why Ace combat will never get a remake. If you use real brands in your videogame you as a developer need to know that it's on a death clock.
- dghlsakjg 9mo ago
  Or just sign a licensing deal that doesn’t expire?
  - Uvix 9mo ago
    No licensor is going to do that.
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RobRivera 9mo ago

I just want Poker Night, and Poker Night 2 :(

bombcar 9mo ago
Of those are at the Inventory; they’re good.

FloorEgg 9mo ago

I was surprised to see that StarForge wasn't on this list, and after looking into it I think it's because after it was delisted someone else published another game named StarForge. I wonder how common that is.

somat 9mo ago
What are the uniqueness requirements for titles, For the most part people are reasonable and don't want to stomp on each others names. however there are bad actors and this is usually where trademark law comes into play to help protect the name, but does steam impose additional uniqueness constraints on top of this? That might be a fun list, games with the same name.

bananaboy 9mo ago

This can’t be all of them. My business partner and I delisted our tiny (unsuccessful) indie game after we wound up our company and our game doesn’t show up here.

embedding-shape 9mo ago
Ultimately, all the datasets on Steam are scraped one way or another, since Steam themselves don't seem to publish it. I could be that they simply never came across your project before you delisted it, and of course after delisiting it I don't think they'll ever come across it.
- bananaboy 9mo ago
  Hm yeah. We removed it a few years ago now so I assume they should have found it though. We followed these instructions and had to contact valve and give a justification https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/retire_app https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/store/retire_app I don’t remember the details of the form but maybe there were options and one amounts to being delisted and another amounts to just no longer being visible and available for sale.
  - embedding-shape 9mo ago
    "Deslisted" == "no longer being visible". If it's delisted it won't show up in search results, tag listings and more. So if you just had it online for a few weeks, that was the only moment the scrapers could find it. If they didn't catch it at that point, they'll never catch it.
    - bananaboy 9mo ago
      Ah yeah, I guess https://steam-tracker.com/ https://steam-tracker.com/ scrapes regularly as it shows up there (it's called Resynth)
LorenDB 9mo ago
The nice move in this scenario would have been to make the game free instead of delisting. Gamers can still enjoy it, and you don't have to worry about income once the company is closed.

cwmoore 9mo ago

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Skyy93 9mo ago
When you bought a game and it becomes unavailable, due to delisting, you care. It shows a general problem we have with online license's for movies, series and games. You buy the product and at some point later in time you loose access because something changed outside of your control. This is different from VHS/CD/DVD/BluRays where I can use the product even years after purchasing, despite a company loosing the license or simply not existing anymore.
- natebc 9mo ago
  FWIW Delisting in this context is just removing it from the store for purchase. It doesn't remove it from your library, nor remove your ability to download it. Your concerns for digital licenses are totally valid but his specific topic isn't that.
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  - Skyy93 9mo ago
    Interesting, I did not know that and assumed something far worse from the "delisting". Thanks for the clearification.
0_gravitas 9mo ago
Why even leave this comment?
- cwmoore 9mo ago
  So you know there is an alternative.

bananaboy 9mo ago

Ahh, there seems to be a distinction between "delisted" and "purchase disabled". This is a list of all games which are no longer available on steam along with the reason: https://steam-tracker.com/ https://steam-tracker.com/

ekipan 9mo ago

I'm sad that Platine Dispositif pulled their games. Chelsea Has to Beat the Seven Devils to Death (known more widely in English as Bunny Must Die) was a lot of fun and one day I'd like to play some of their others, but they mostly seem to just release on Switch and Playstation stores in recent years. Their site[1] is getting pretty bitrotted, and their blog has an entry from a month ago[2] talking about their next game displayed in Digital Games Expo 2025. I don't immediately see any mention of Steam or intent to return anywhere. These are in Japanese of course. [1]: https://www.platinedispositif.net/ https://www.platinedispositif.net/ [2]: https://murasame.hatenablog.jp/entry/20251130/1764507793 https://murasame.hatenablog.jp/entry/20251130/1764507793

debugnik 9mo ago

Lost Planet 2 was delisted in 2021 because it can't be played without patching out Games for Windows Live. The delisting was supposed to be temporary until Capcom removed the dependency, like they did with other titles on the same engine, but so far they haven't bothered restoring this one.

amiga386 9mo ago

Seems to have delisted but not unlisted games (e.g. https://store.steampowered.com/app/302850/Team_Indie/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/302850/Team_Indie/ "At the request of the publisher, Team Indie is unlisted on the Steam store and will not appear in search.")

lurker_jMckQT99 9mo ago

What does "delisted" mean in this context? - are they preventing new purchases? - are they preventing the players who purchased the game prior to the delisting to play them at all? - both? something else?

oceansky 9mo ago
First one

pedrohlc 9mo ago

I love how they decided to sell a new Mortal Kombat arcade collection instead of removing GFWL and reinstating the older one. /s

some_random 9mo ago

The older Metro games are of note, while they're available as the Redux versions there are a surprising number of non-graphical differences between the original THQ published versions and the graphical updates.

wk_end 9mo ago

One of the more interesting ones is the Taiwanese game Devotion: https://delistedgames.com/devotion/ https://delistedgames.com/devotion/ Taken down because a background poster depicted "Xi Jinping Winnie-the-Pooh moron".

syncsynchalt 9mo ago

Oh, it includes the Abuse-like HL2 platformer that I played while waiting for HL2 to install, apparently named "Codename: Gordon". https://delistedgames.com/codename-gordon/ https://delistedgames.com/codename-gordon/ I'm glad I found this, as it includes a steam:/ URL that lets me re-install it if I'd like to play it again.

OptionOfT 9mo ago
The URL is actually owned by a Youtuber. https://www.nuclearvision.de/ https://www.nuclearvision.de/ (the link in the game) now redirects to his Youtube video.
- syncsynchalt 9mo ago
  I meant the url `steam://install/92`

yq 9mo ago

"I specifically checked to see if 'Deus Ex: Human Revolution' was delisted. While the game was upgraded to the 'Director's Cut,' the original version (without the Director's Cut content) is no longer available."

Andrew987 9mo ago

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