Disney removed 14 games from Steam and no one knows why. Fans suggest three reasons why the games might be gone.
Publishers or developers irregularly remove games from the Steam platform. The reasons for such a removal can be varied. Now the publisher Disney has removed 14 of its games. Why Disney removed these games is completely unclear.
In any case, the games are no longer available for purchase in the shop, but those who have already purchased them can still play.
Which games were removed? At the current time (as of January 17, 2026), 14 games are missing from Steam:
- Afterlife
- Armed and Dangerous
- Disney’s Cars Radiator Springs Adventures
- Disney’s Chicken Little Ace in Action
- Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell’s Adventure
- Disney’s Hercules
- Disney Pixar Finding Nemo
- Disney Pixar Toy Story Mania
- Disney Planes
- Disney The Princess and The Frog
- Disney Winnie the Pooh
- Lucidity
- Phineas and Ferb: New Inventions
- Stunt Island
14 games have been removed, fans gather possible reasons
Why were the games removed? There is no official statement from Disney regarding this, so it is completely unclear why the games were removed. Currently, 85 games are still listed on Steam, for which Disney is officially the publisher. Older games are also listed here, such as the old Monkey Island games or the more than 20-year-old Indiana Jones titles.
In a current discussion, fans have suggested on Reddit three speculations about why the games suddenly disappeared:
- The games made so little money that removing them from the store didn’t hurt anyone.
- Disney wants to sell or offer the games on its own platform and sees Steam as a disruptive factor.
- A license for some software has expired (Havok, Miles Sound System, Bink Video) and that is why the games had to disappear.
But these are all speculations, and there has been no official confirmation from Disney yet.
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