Game studio Digital Homicide has started legal action against 100 anonymous Steam users. The gaming company accuses the users of being a "hate and harassment group." The lawsuit was filed in the state of Arizona earlier this week.

Digital Homicide co-founder James Romine is demanding nearly $18 million from the group of users. Digital Homicide has developed several games such as Krog Wars and Dungeons of Kragmor.

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The lawsuit alleges personal injury from online comments made by the defendants. The filing made by Digital Homicide includes screenshots of some malicious comments. Some of the comments alleged that the company hoodwinked Steam Greenlight by submitted games at cheap rates.

Valve has responded by removing all of Digital Homicide games from Steam. The company was subpoenaed for not disclosing the identities of 100 users implicated in the case. According to Polygon, Valve can contest the subpoena. However, it has not disclosed its course of action.

Valve has also removed Digital Homicide's Steam Green titles. The company said, "Valve has stopped doing business with Digital Homicide for being hostile to Steam customers."

Digital Homicide has a history of bringing lawsuits on various grounds. According to PCGamer, the company recently sued Jim Sterling for $10.7 million over a couple of his videos, which apparently criticized Digital Homicide games.