Update, May 24: We Happy Few's developers have issued a statement about Australian Classification Board's decision to not rate the game, but the board are standing firm.
We Happy Few has been refused classification in Australia due to its portrayal of drug misuse. The game tasks you with surviving without use of the fictional hallucinogenic drug Joy, which NPCs take to attempt to forget a shared trauma.
In a statement, the game's developer, Compulsion, said that the game "explores a range of modern themes," and offers a "social commentary no different than Aldous Huxley's Brave New World or Terry Gilliam's Brazil."
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The studio also said they were working with the ACB to achieve a classification, but will work with Kickstarter backers and issue refunds if the board maintains its stance. You can read the full statement, which asks backers for "a little bit of time to appeal the decision," via a blog post from Compulsion.

Despite Compulsion's efforts, however, it seems that the ACB will not be issuing a classification at this time.
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