But if video games are meant to be escapes from reality and a source of entertainment, why is the idea of escaping into a “fun” fantasy world include this abhorrent treatment of women?Īs you may know, we first raised concerns over this game in 2017 but Steam has refused to remove it. Many players would argue this is all completely fine, as the women themselves are not real and it’s “just a game”. Why is Steam allowing such a gratuitous and downright dangerous game to exist on its platform? Why is Steam condoning and glorifying rape, harassment, and pornographic violence through games like House Party? Instead, this game offers plotlines that include tricking women into thinking you’re one of their close friends in order to have sex with them, playing harmless “pranks” on women that are legally considered sex crimes, and built-in mechanics such as the “grope” feature. Because our thorough research has shown that laying like planks and moaning in each other’s face is only the beginning.”Īpparently to the developers of House Party and also Steam, consensual and safe sex is only for “boring traditionalists”. House Party features fully interactive intimate encounters with changeable positions. Lady love, guy love, you’ll find it all here! And none of that cutscene crap either. With an open-crotch policy to telling these stories, we’ve created sexual encounters that speak to many audiences instead of just the boring traditionalists. Many of the stories in House Party will lead you into steamy encounters with the various partygoers of the night. The game developers themselves say: “ While nobody on our dev team has had it before, we’ve done tons of research online to find out what human sex looks like. And I’m pretty sure males only get it for one reason…….I can absolutely guarantee it was the same reason I got it….”
Too many of the plotlines are inherently skeezy, and there is nothing that the full release can do about it, short of removing them.” The creepiness is baked into it at this point. I am telling you by any reasonable human metric, this game is a creepshow. And not even by the standards of the dreaded ‘SJW’. “But here’s the real problem: House Party is ****ing creepy.
Here are what some of them have described the game as: The game has over 4,600 overwhelmingly positive reviews, and online players are not shy about the game’s contents in the review section on Steam. In the game, you as the player are at the titular house party where you proceed to choose your own adventure…an adventure that includes getting in fights, groping women, masturbating wherever you please, and coercing women to have sex with you. House Party is described by its creators as “a sexually charged, 3D point-and-click adventure”.