Alice: Madness Returns Removed From Steam Just Months After Comeback
American McGee's psychological hack-and-slash platformer Alice: Madness Returns has been removed from Steam mere months after returning to the platform. 2000's cult classic American McGee's Alice, and its 2011 sequel, portray a dark and violent version of the typical Alice in Wonderland story. In March Alice: Madness Returns became available on Steam again following a five-year removal, but now the game has been taken off the platform once again.
As a direct sequel to American McGee's Alice, Alice: Madness Returns follows orphan Alice Liddell following her release from Rutledge Asylum. Vivid hallucinations draw Alice back into Wonderland, which is being threatened by a hostile entity called the Infernal Train. Mixing elements of action, platforming and psychological horror, Alice: Madness Returns lets players fight to save Wonderland while also confronting Alice's traumatic past. Publisher Electronic Arts removed the game from Steam back in 2016 to incentivize purchases from its own digital distribution service Origin. Alice: Madness Returns then came back to Steam in 2022, but the sequel to American McGee's Alicehas now been removed from Steam yet again.
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As reported by developer American McGee on Twitter (via PC Gamer), Alice: Madness Returns has been delisted from Steam only months after its return to the platform. According to the creator, a member of McGee's studio Spicy Horse requested that the 2013 title Akaneiro: Demon Hunters be removed from the digital platform. However, Steam instead removed all of the developer's games, including Alice: Madness Returns. The title's removal was therefore a simple misunderstanding, and American McGee is asking Steam
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