In a historic display of unity, gamers across the globe are banding together to defend the controversial narrative horror game ‘Horses’, asserting their right to play a video game even if it is, by all accounts, widely considered “pretty awful.”

After being banned from Steam and the Epic Game Store for what experts believe is ‘crimes against both decency and common sense,’ ‘Horses’ has galloped to stardom on GOG.com, earning accolades for courageously existing. The game—a collaboration between indie studio Santa Ragione and Italian auteur Andrea Lucco Bolera—features 12 hours of blurry full-motion video (FMV), extended monologues about equestrian existentialism, and a playable sequence in which players must repeatedly click a hay bale for 45 minutes to unlock the next chapter.

“Is ‘Horses’ good? Absolutely not,” said self-described video game martyr Brianna LeClerc, who live-streamed her entire playthrough while weeping softly. “But we have a duty to suffer for art. If we let them take away our right to play games this bad, what’s next? Will they come for our deliberately tedious fishing simulators?”

Epic Games Store spokesperson Troy Merkle defended the ban, stating, “At Epic, we support free expression—except when it includes 38 unskippable FMV scenes about medieval glue manufacturing. Frankly, we have standards.”

Meanwhile, Italian filmmaker Bolera issued a statement from a Turin wine bar, declaring, “If people are criticizing my game, they are experiencing it exactly as I intended: as a slow, confusing journey toward disappointment. This is, in fact, true art.”

GOG.com has placed ‘Horses’ on its front page under the banner: “Support The Right to Mediate Torture,” with a 10% discount for those willing to take the plunge.