10 Video Games Delisted For Insane Reasons
1. For Being "Too Old" - Pandemic: The Board Game
The classic board game Pandemic was adapted into digital form in 2013, yet in early 2022 it was quietly delisted from Steam by publisher Asmodee Digital.
While players assumed at first that this was due to a licensing agreement with board game developer Z-Man Games coming to an end, that actually wasn't the case at all.
In a correspondence with PC Gamer, Asmodee hilariously admitted that the truth was both simple and a bit odd - that Pandemic was really damn old now. They said:
"The Pandemic app was released 9 years ago, and we no longer feel the current quality and reliability of the game is on par with what Pandemic deserves on digital platforms. The time has come to make way for the digital future of Pandemic."
The company followed up that the decision was made "with a heavy heart for a multitude of reasons that we cannot disclose," and reading between the lines it's easy to suspect that Z-Man Games may have commissioned a glossy new reboot of the series due for release soon, albeit without Asmodee's involvement.
Otherwise, delisting it without having a replacement in the works just seems totally bizarre.