Eek! Games has confirmed that House Party is back on Steam, this after the game was pulled following complaints from users on Valve's digital store.
"I'm happy to say that the entire story of the game is 100% in tact, and there have been no changes made to the content of the game. The issue was specifically with the portrayal of sex acts," the developer stated in his post.
"I know a lot of people are coming down hard on Steam for this, but it was expressed to me during the course of my exchange to them that they are also held to rules and regulations of their own, and they are just trying to do the best they can."
It feels somewhat like an empty gesture, though, because you can still download a patch that removes the censor bars that have been added to obscure sexual scenes, and some of the more controversial parts of the game remain completely intact. Clearly, the studio has jumped through a few hoops in order to get the game back on Steam, and Valve is satisfied that its own standards have now been met.