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GOG Launches New Platform with 48-Hour Free Bundle of NSFW Titles to Protest Censorship

A masked character in black attire is from POSTAL 2 video game stands by stairs with a brick wall background. "gog com" logo is visible on the left.
GOG Games/ POSTAL 2 video game.

Game marketplace GOG (Good Old Games) has partnered with developers to launch a new platform called FreedomToBuy.games.


The site offers 13 adult and controversial games entirely free for 48 hours, standing up against what GOG calls the "quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves."


This initiative comes in direct response to recent actions by digital storefronts like Steam and Itch.io, which have delisted numerous NSFW and violent games due to increasing pressure from payment processors and advocacy groups. Timeline of whole story is [here].


One such group, the Australian-based Collective Shout, is believed to have sparked this trend by pushing for content restrictions, leading to over 20,000 NSFW games being deindexed from Itch.io since mid-July, according to a report by Game File.


GOG's website states: "Censorship is quietly deciding which games you can buy. We are fighting back. Some games vanish not because they broke the law, but because someone decided they shouldn’t exist."


The titles included in the bundle range from infamous visual novels to historically controversial games:

  • Leap of Love

  • Being a DIK – Season 1

  • Leap of Faith

  • POSTAL 2

  • House Party

  • HuniePop

  • Lust Theory

  • Agony + Agony Unrated

  • Treasure of Nadia

  • Summer’s Gone – Season 1

  • Fetish Locator Week One

  • Helping the Hotties

  • Sapphire Safari

Grid of GOG offered adult video game covers with titles like "POSTAL 2," "House Party," and "Fetish Locator." Each has a "Claim Now" button.
GOG offered adult video games like "POSTAL 2," "House Party," and "Fetish Locator." (Credit: GOG)

POSTAL 2, for instance, has long sparked debates due to its violent content and was banned in New Zealand in 2004. HuniePop, a puzzle/dating sim hybrid, has been blacklisted from platforms like Twitch due to its explicit adult content.


In a statement on X, GOG stated that the decision to offer these games for free is "to raise awareness on censorship in gaming," and "stand for creative freedom and preservation."


"When games are delisted today because of discomfort, reviving them tomorrow becomes exponentially harder," the site warns.


Steam recently updated its policies to align with standards imposed by its payment partners, essentially outsourcing content moderation to financial services. Itch.io, similarly, cited pressure from these processors when explaining the widespread delisting, though the platform is now reindexing free NSFW games and is still negotiating to bring paid adult games back online.


This wave of moderation has reignited industry-wide criticism. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA), in a powerful statement, called for "greater transparency and fairness in how adult games are moderated and actioned across major platforms."

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