Steam takes action on controversial game featuring sexual assault in the UK

One of the most controversial games on Steam, No Mercy, has now faced the wrath of the gaming platform after it featured a controversial sequence that involved sexual violence and harassment. The world’s largest distributor of video games will not have this game in its UK store. 

A similar action is expected in other parts of the world. The game promotes male domination and allows the players to assume the role of a man who is a woman abuser, which includes his own mother. After a wide outrage, Steam removed the game from its store in the UK. 

Then it was extended to Australia, Spain and Canada. The game topic even went inside the British parliament, and the country’s home secretary lent Yvette Cooper has lent her voice and condemned the game, calling it ‘Repugnant’. She also wanted the government to introduce a new online safety bill to punish the makers who create harmful digital content.

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Women's assault can't be tolerated

It is an adult game, like a visual novel, which includes players claiming their own mother. Copper also called the platform to have some responsibility before publishing games on their websites. It was removed from the UK store, and within 24 hours, it was unclassified from Australia and Canada.

The Creators have now stated the removal of the game from Steam. In that, they said they would be pulling the game entirely from all of their storefronts, even if the game hadn’t been removed yet. They said, “We don't intend to fight the whole world, and specifically, we don't want to cause any problems for Steam and Valve. If, after reading the above, you still believe that such a game should not have been created, then we sincerely apologize to you.”

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The Statement continued, "At the same time, we would like you to be a bit more open to human fetishes that don't harm anyone, even though they may seem disgusting to you. This is still just a game, and although many people are trying to make it into something more, it remains and will continue to be a game."

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