{"id":70101,"date":"2026-07-27T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=70101"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:56:02","slug":"japanese-developer-makes-apology-game-in-which-you-can-spank-his-butt-to-make-up-for-delayed-release-of-spanking-exorcist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-developer-makes-apology-game-in-which-you-can-spank-his-butt-to-make-up-for-delayed-release-of-spanking-exorcist\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese developer makes \u201capology game\u201d in which you can spank his butt to make up for delayed release of Spanking Exorcist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-butt-spanking-indie-horror-indefinitely-delayed-on-steam-due-to-prolonged-review-process-concerning-sexual-content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delay of their ghost housewife spanking game<\/a>, <strong>Spanking Exorcist<\/strong>, Japanese indie dev Actor posted a (butt)cheeky <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Actor_gamemaker\/status\/2080189186964164970?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apology video<\/a> to their fans. To show how sorry they are, they also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Actor_gamemaker\/status\/2080194821373952157?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a free downloadable game<\/a> titled \u201cA Game Where You Can Spank Actor,\u201d where players can spank the dev\u2019s digital butt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Game Where You Can Spank Actor only has a splash page apologizing for Spanking Exorcist\u2019s release postponement. At the center of the page is a jiggling butt under Actor\u2019s icon, which you can slap by pressing the red blinking button at the bottom (the text of which reads \u201cSpank that butt!\u201d). A link that leads to Spanking Exorcist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4819370\/Spanking_Exorcist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam page<\/a> can also be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This apology game can only be downloaded via a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R613Z8MduC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Drive link<\/a>.<\/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\">Originally set to release on July 24, Spanking Exorcist has been indefinitely delayed until the game\u2019s risqu\u00e9 themes get sorted out. According to Actor, they have been in discussions with Steam for the past month, with no proper conclusion so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game puts you in the shoes of a specialized spanking exorcist tasked with ridding the Peach Butt Housing complex of evil spirits. Unique to the complex are the spirits of housewives who harbor their unfulfilled desire of being \u201cspanked as hard as possible.\u201d The core gameplay loop has you searching for and \u201cfulfilling\u201d these sexy spirits\u2019 needs by slapping them on their bottoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spanking Exorcist is in development for Windows (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4819370\/Spanking_Exorcist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:\u3000<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\"><strong>Japanese horror game Spanking Exorcist is about appeasing the ghosts of housewives who longed to \u201cbe spanked as hard as possible\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developer makes unique apology to make up for Spanking Exorcist&#8217;s prolonged Steam review process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":70103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-70101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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