The 18+ game No Mercy has been banned from the Steam store in several countries. Now the developers have withdrawn the game because they don’t want to “mess with the whole world”.
No Mercy is a game that obviously violates several rules, laws and good taste. Published on Steam on March 22, 2025, the visual novel is advertised by the developers as an adult game with a focus on incest and male domination
But that’s not all:The aim of the plot is to become every woman’s worst nightmare and to never accept ano
as an answer. The game shows sexual harassment, violence against women and non-consensual sexual intercourse.
Due to this content, the game has attracted the attention of several national authorities in recent days. As reported by the British industry website
A Change.org petition calling on Valve to delete the game globally has now received over 54,000 signatures. It states: By presenting rape as entertainment, No Mercy puts all girls and women in danger.
Game now deleted worldwide
Due to the media attention and the high public pressure, the responsible developer studio Zerat Games has announced that No Mercy will be withdrawn from sale worldwide. The Steam page is no longer available in Germany.
In a statement on Steam, the developers explained: We don’t want to mess with the whole world; especially we don’t want to cause problems for Steam and Valve.
However, the developers do not really show any insight. They emphasize that their game has been misrepresented in the media; furthermore, male domination is a normal kink
whose fictional representation would not hurt anyone.
Lax rules on Steam
Since Valve decided to allow adult games on Steam in 2018, the platform operator has been quite lenient when it comes to rules for these titles. Originally, Valve only said that it would ban titles that contained illegal content or were obviously trolling.
No Mercy could now fall into the latter category.Because according to a British law from 2008, it is illegal to produce and possess explicit pornographic images of non-consensual sexual intercourse. This kind of abhorrent material is already illegal
, British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told the platformLBC
British politicians are now calling on Valve to finally introduce an effective age check on Steam. This is because anyone can currently create a Steam account, and any user can change their date of birth at will. An age check using an ID card would put a stop to this. Only in this way could children and young people be protected from such dangerous content.
Whether the game will have any legal consequences for the developers at Zerat Games is currently an open question.
