Valve’s PC platform will no longer sell over a dozen Disney games, most of them based on films and TV shows
Three months after Disney delisted 14 Steam games with no explanation, the House of Mouse is back with another silent mass exodus. This time, Disney has pulled 15 more games from Valve’s popular PC platform. You can’t buy them at this point, or play them unless you already own them.
Some of these games, like High School Musical 3 and Bolt, probably won’t be noticed or missed by most people. Other games, like Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws, are likely being pulled because they were remastered a few months ago.
Here’s the full list of games, courtesy of SteamDB:
- High School Musical 3
- Brave: The Video Game
- Bolt
- Disney’s Treasure Planet: Battle of Procyon
- Disney’s Alice in Wonderland
- Chicken Little
- Tangled
- G-Force
- Disney Universe
- Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure
- Disney Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
- Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier
- Star Wars: Rebellion
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Outlaws + A Handful of Missions
It’s likely that many of these games are facing licensing limitations, a problem that routinely sees platforms pulling old games based on popular media. There are still plenty of Disney games on Steam, like Disney Dreamlight Valley and Epic Mickey 2, so it’s unlikely that the company is divesting entirely from its PC presence. Plus, if you really want to play some of these games, they’re still available on other platforms. Outlaws happens to be on sale both on Xbox and PlayStation right now.
If anything, Disney may well be doubling down on games. The company, which owns a $1.5 billion stake in the publisher Epic Games, is reportedly pursuing an extraction shooter designed in the vein of Arc Raiders. Though early reports suggest this extraction shooter isn’t particularly original, Disney is purportedly hoping for a November release date. So while you might not be able to bark at your enemies in Bolt via Steam anymore, perhaps you’ll soon be able to shoot Goofy in the face as Mickey Mouse.