{"id":70022,"date":"2026-07-23T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=70022"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:39:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:39:56","slug":"japanese-butt-spanking-indie-horror-indefinitely-delayed-on-steam-due-to-prolonged-review-process-concerning-sexual-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-butt-spanking-indie-horror-indefinitely-delayed-on-steam-due-to-prolonged-review-process-concerning-sexual-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese butt-spanking indie horror indefinitely delayed on Steam due to prolonged review process concerning sexual content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japanese indie developer Actor recently announced that their <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-horror-game-spanking-exorcist-is-about-appeasing-the-ghosts-of-housewives-who-longed-to-be-spanked-as-hard-as-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upcoming ghost spanking title<\/a>, <strong>Spanking Exorcist<\/strong>, has been indefinitely delayed. The game was originally set for a July 24 release, but the Steam review process has been taking longer than expected. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Actor_gamemaker\/status\/2080078272474542438?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to the developer<\/a>, they have been in discussions with Steam regarding the game\u2019s more risqu\u00e9 themes for the past month, without a proper conclusion so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E9%99%A4%E9%9C%8A%E5%B8%AB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30d1\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u9664\u970a\u5e2b<\/a><br>\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u5ef6\u671f\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b<br><br>\u304a\u4e16\u8a71\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\uff01<br>Actor\u3067\u3059\uff01<br><br>\u5927\u5909\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u304c<br>7\/24\uff08\u91d1\uff09\u3092\u4e88\u5b9a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f<br>\u30b9\u30d1\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u9664\u970a\u5e2b\u306e\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u3092<br>\u5ef6\u671f\u3055\u305b\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3060\u304f\u3053\u3068\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br><br>\u5148\u6708\u672b\u3088\u308a<br>\u30d3\u30eb\u30c9\u5be9\u67fb\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u78ba\u8a8d\u3092\u9032\u3081\u3066\u304a\u308a<br><br>\u300c\u3053\u3053\u3001\u30a8\u30c3\u30c1\u306a\u306e\u3067\u306f\uff1f\ud83d\ude24\u300d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pdBhUt1Jb0\">pic.twitter.com\/pdBhUt1Jb0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Actor@\u500b\u4eba\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30bf\u30fc (@Actor_gamemaker) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Actor_gamemaker\/status\/2080078272474542438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given that Steam has yet to approve Spanking Exorcist, the chances of it being released in one day are very slim, but <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Actor_gamemaker\/status\/2080079722365804708?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not zero<\/a>. Though an updated release date has not been decided, Actor assures that they are doing everything they can so that fans can play the game as soon as possible. As a side note, Spanking Exorcist recently surpassed 7,000 Wishlists on Steam.<\/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=\"\u30b9\u30d1\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u9664\u970a\u5e2b PV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJmRHSgnqDk?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spanking Exorcist puts you in the shoes of Ioto Shirihataki, a specialized spanking exorcist tasked with riding the Peach Butt Housing Complex of evil spirits. Unique to the complex are the &nbsp;spirits of housewives whose unfulfilled desire in life was to be \u201cspanked as hard as possible.\u201d Your job as the exorcist is to find the female spirits, and \u201cfulfill their needs\u201d by, of course, slapping them on the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from the female ghosts, several malevolent spirits who aren\u2019t into butt-slapping will try to put an end to your butt-slapping career. As such, gameplay revolves around avoiding (and occasionally fighting) the evil spirits while exacting your unique brand of exorcism on the housewife ghosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spanking Exorcist is set to release for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4819370\/Spanking_Exorcist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>). While an updated release date has yet to be announced, the game has not been cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/developer-of-japanese-butt-controlled-fighting-game-ketsu-battler-genuinely-thought-granblue-creative-director-tetsuya-fukuhara-was-just-kidding-when-he-offered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Developer of Japanese butt-controlled fighting game Ketsu Battler genuinely thought Granblue creative director Tetsuya Fukuhara was Just Kidding when he offered a Versus: Rising collaboration<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/her-breasts-are-huge-but-im-about-to-get-killed-saeko-giantess-dating-sim-devs-on-striking-balance-between-terror-and-arousal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cHer breasts are huge, but I\u2019m about to get killed.\u201d SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim devs on striking balance between terror and arousal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The release date for Actor&#8217;s sexy horror game Spanking Exorcist is TBD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":70024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-07-23T11:00:12+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mrcook2i6r2r","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mrcook2i6r2r\",\"cid\":\"bafyreieuig27t2h4xhxmwd3odzbmqexioa2debnhzlmhvohbbakbtgcwru\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreig2cxdo24hhwn2gowqgeidwdyda3q4oiwnnz54bawzc5poqxzs5ru\",\"rev\":\"3mrcook2m3r2r\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-70022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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