I recall the example from SP: Stick of Truth where the alien probing sequence was removed and replaced with a crying koala. I can list more titles that are not available from that region: Hotline Miami, Manhunt, Sludge Life & etc. but there are games that faced censorship: Saints Row IV, Fallout 3, Postal 2, Outlast 2. I notice that it tends to happen with games depicting content involving violence, drugs or even sex (but let that fly in movies and TV).
Simple solution: DO NOT use an AU account on Steam, instead consider a region change or an alt account set overseas where you can access “banned” games that aren’t not sold in Australia (as their ratings board has no jurisdiction over foreign copies). Even if you have a foreign physical release: those are classified in their country of origin, isn’t that enough? A Japanese (CERO) D 17+ rating is similar to a MA15+ - R18+ classification.
If I recall the second one is the one that was banned and the devs said go ahead and pirate it.
Had to go through a whole process at the time to get Jacket in Payday 2 because of it.
When the promo contract ended they just made him free thankfully.
I was a big fan of both games, Jacket’s the best. Talking with the tape recorder is a nice touch because I can just imagine the inner monologue
“Ah geez, I’ve got to tell them. Let’s see which tape was it again… I think it was Learning German for International Businessmen? Oh wait, it was my Spanish tape. Ah shit, rewind rewind… wait, maybe I want the B-side… Ah, here we go!”
“Ayuda!”
Pretty sure they also gave out a tone of keys for jacket at paydaycon