{"id":54641,"date":"2025-12-05T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54641"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:20:09","slug":"sequel-to-worst-game-ever-made-delayed-as-steam-approval-process-draws-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sequel-to-worst-game-ever-made-delayed-as-steam-approval-process-draws-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequel to \u201cworst game ever made\u201d delayed as Steam approval process draws out\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hong Kong 2097<\/strong>, the official sequel to the infamous homebrew SNES game Hong Kong 97<\/a>, has been delayed to Q1 of 2026. Originally scheduled for a December 2025 release on Steam<\/a>, the self-proclaimed \u201cmind-numbing\u201d twin stick shooter has run into trouble getting approval from the platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s according to KaniPro, who is co-developing Hong Kong 2097 alongside Happy Soft, creator of the original 1995 game. The new sequel failed its first Steam review on November 19, but KaniPro said on X<\/a> that this was due to legitimate concerns that needed addressing. Specifically, they were required to provide Valve with a debug version of the game. At the time, the developer was optimistic, sensing that the initial rejection wasn\u2019t an outright \u201cno\u201d from Valve. At the same time they did tell a commenter<\/a> that \u201cletting Valve see latter parts of the game could be a death sentence.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A week later, KaniPro received an update from Steam notifying them that Hong Kong 2097\u2019s review process would take more time. At this point, the developer seemed miffed at the situation, commenting<\/a>, \u201cThere’s no nudity (at least not with anything visible), the game’s perfectly playable from start to finish, LET ME RELEASE HONG KONG 2097!!!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, on December 4, they decided to delay the game\u2019s release as Steam had yet to reach a ruling for two weeks since the build was re-submitted for review. The new launch window is a tentative \u201cQ1 of 2026.\u201d Meanwhile, development work on the game has been completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two weeks since resubmitting and still no response from Steam, so we'll have to delay the release of Hong Kong 2097. New release "date" is Q1 2026. The game is totally finished but we can't do anything without approval. I'm in gamedev limbo pic.twitter.com\/MRCWPXdaDs<\/a><\/p>— KaniPro Games (@KaniProGames) December 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>