{"id":55275,"date":"2025-12-23T13:41:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T04:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55275"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T04:41:39","slug":"sequel-to-offensive-snes-game-hong-kong-97-not-coming-to-steam-developers-considering-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sequel-to-offensive-snes-game-hong-kong-97-not-coming-to-steam-developers-considering-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sequel to offensive SNES game Hong Kong 97 not coming to Steam, developers considering alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KaniPro\u00a0Games recently announced that\u00a0<strong>Hong Kong 2097<\/strong>,\u00a0the abruptly announced official\u00a0sequel to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japans-worst-game-ever-made-gets-official-sequel-after-30-years-a-disrespectful-breath-of-fresh-air-amidst-intensifying-censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversial\u00a0SNES shoot &#8217;em<\/a>\u00a0up Hong Kong 97, will not be coming to Steam. Following\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sequel-to-worst-game-ever-made-delayed-as-steam-approval-process-draws-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drawn-out\u00a0approval process<\/a>,\u00a0which culminated in the\u00a0title\u2019s third review\u00a0by Valve, an extensive amount of third-party content was found\u00a0that\u00a0the studio did not have the\u00a0rights\u00a0to. As a result, Hong Kong 2097 will not be coming to\u00a0the platform\u00a0on its estimated\u00a0Q1\u00a02026 release,\u00a0and its Steam page has been retired (though you can still\u00a0access\u00a0it\u00a0if\u00a0you have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4069020\/Hong_Kong_2097\/?l=japanese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the\u00a0link<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steam has declined to ship Hong Kong 2097 and retired the store page. The reason given is 3rd party content, which is technically true. It&#39;s unfortunate but I knew there was a chance this would happen. The game is NOT cancelled. We&#39;re already looking into Itch, GOG, and DLsite <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mVGxKP8qWS\">pic.twitter.com\/mVGxKP8qWS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; KaniPro Games (@KaniProGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaniProGames\/status\/2003103283867779311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-developed by&nbsp;KaniPro&nbsp;Games and Happy Soft (the latter of which developed and published the original&nbsp;Hong Kong 97&nbsp;),&nbsp;Hong Kong 2097&nbsp;is a twin-stick shooter starring&nbsp;returning protagonist&nbsp;Chin,&nbsp;the&nbsp;long-lost relative of Bruce Lee. After ridding Hong Kong of all 1.2 billion Chinese people in the first game, he receives a message from God to conquer the fictional&nbsp;the fictional country&nbsp;Amurikkka&nbsp;and&nbsp;establish&nbsp;his own utopia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong 2097 features five&nbsp;\u201cstages\u201d&nbsp;where players&nbsp;control Chen as he shoots&nbsp;his weapons&nbsp;at anything that&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;him. From underpants-wearing gentlemen&nbsp;with&nbsp;shotguns strapped&nbsp;to their crotches to floating Statue of Liberty heads, the sequel is certainly staying true to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japans-worst-game-ever-made-gets-official-sequel-after-30-years-a-disrespectful-breath-of-fresh-air-amidst-intensifying-censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the outlandish and offensive nature of its source material<\/a>. If the roaming sprite enemies&nbsp;weren\u2019t&nbsp;weird enough, the \u201cstages\u201d themselves feature random pixelated images that are&nbsp;truly&nbsp;something to behold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hong Kong 2097 Announcement Trailer - Happy Soft + Kanipro\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CbBSYqACSdU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New to the&nbsp;series is the addition of a shield, which absorbs enemy projectiles and converts them into power for your arsenal.&nbsp;There are also three weapon types&nbsp;and&nbsp;pickups with randomized effects&nbsp;that will aid you in your quest.&nbsp;You\u2019ll&nbsp;also receive a pair of \u201csacred soiled panties\u201d after completing each stage, with&nbsp;20 types of panties to collect in total if you play through each of the four difficulty modes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Hong Kong 2097 will no longer be coming to Steam,\u00a0KaniPro\u00a0Games does not plan to cancel the release. They are currently looking\u00a0into\u00a0itch.io, GOG, and\u00a0DLsite\u00a0as prospective homes for the offensive sequel, as their rules\u00a0seem to be\u00a0more flexible when it comes to games with third-party content.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong 2097 is set to release\u00a0sometime\u00a0in\u00a0Q1\u00a0of 2026.\u00a0Platforms are TBD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KaniPro Games and Happy Soft have announced that their indecent sequel to Hong Kong 97 will not be coming to Steam as planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":55277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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