Warning! This Video Game Promotes Graphic Sexual Violence

Published: April 11, 2025

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By Mallory Mattingly

Update as of April 11 at 11 a.m. PT

Steam removed a graphic video game from its platform after significant public outcry.

Though the developers behind “No Mercy” removed the game from Steam, they defended their choice to share the game.

“I fully understand that for many people such things may be disgusting, but during sex, people should really do what they want, as long as they don’t harm anyone,” said Zerat Games. “If after reading [our statement] you still believe that such a game should not have been created, then we sincerely apologize to you. 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.”

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation condemned Zerat Games’ statement.

“We are glad that this ‘game’ designed to let users sexually assault female characters has been removed from Steam after incredible public pressure and an international campaign led by Collective Shout and joined by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and others. This game should have never been allowed to be on Steam in the first place – gamified rape should never be encouraged or thought of as no big deal,” said Haley McNamara, said Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Programs, National Center on Sexual Exploitation.

“Zerat Games’ callous defense of this rape game is appalling. Rape and sexual assault are not ‘human fetishes,’ nor will they ever be. Under no circumstance is sexual violence a game, it’s a grave reality that devastates lives.

“We call on Steam to ensure that ‘No Mercy’ or other games like it are not added to its platform in the future,” McNamara said.

Original published April 11 at 8 a.m. PT

A new video game on Steam promotes extremely graphic sexual violence, and advocacy agencies are calling on the digital distribution service to take it down.

Steam warns that the game, titled “No Mercy,” “may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work.” That would be an understatement.

“This game graphically contains sex and violence, mature language, nudity, graphic depictions of oral, vaginal, and other sexual activities,” the game’s description continues. “The content includes incest, blackmail, unavoidable non-consensual sex, as well as the use of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. There is avoidable NTR (netorare) content in the prologue, which serves as an introduction to the story and is entirely skippable. All consensual sexual situations are depicted as occurring between consenting adults. This game includes adult themes and is intended for adults 18 years and older. The characters, story, and events are works of fiction and bear no ties to reality.”

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has reached out to Steam, urging the company to remove the game from the site completely.

“NCOSE calls on Steam to immediately remove ‘No Mercy’ from its platform worldwide and to implement stronger policies to prevent the distribution of games that glorify or promote sexual violence and objectification,” Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Programs at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Haley McNamara, said in a statement. “We stand in solidarity with Collective Shout and other advocates in demanding accountability from tech companies to ensure online spaces are safe and free from content that fuels rape culture and misogyny.”

“Sexual violence is not a game — it’s a grave reality that devastates lives. Platforms like Steam must stop profiting from content that not only glorifies abuse and exploitation but outright encourages it,” she added.

Collective Shout, an Australian non-profit that fights “against the objectification of women and the sexualization of girls,” has taken significant action to block the game on Steam.

“Based on information from our international partners, it appears @Steam has geo-blocked the game in Australia—but it’s still available in other countries,” the group posted on X.

**** UPDATE: Based on information from our international partners, it appears @Steam has geo-blocked the game in Australia—but it’s still available in other countries.

This isn’t good enough. Keep the pressure on! https://t.co/4COHV2GxAH https://t.co/WUFYDVrsIx

— Collective Shout (@CollectiveShout) April 8, 2025

Collective Shout organized a petition to have Steam completely remove the video game from its site.

A “large number of female gamers and sexual assault survivors” shared their support for the petition.

“I am a survivor of multiple instances of sexual assault and abuse. As a gamer, I am surviving sexual abuse, threats, and just plain female shaming all the time. There is such an embedded culture of misogynistic practices, abuse, belittling, and toxicity in the male gaming community that I am terrified what behavior that games like No Mercy will produce,” one supporter wrote.

Another said: “As both a sexual assault survivor and female gamer, this makes me feel sick. Games like these only add to a growing problem and further isolate other female gamers. I’d like Steam to understand they are equally complicit in the content they distribute. To allow this type of digital abuse makes them equally a perpetrator and pimp.”

Caitlin Rope, campaign manager, said that because Steam released the game, the distribution service is “complicit.”

“In hosting this rape simulation game, they are endorsing crimes of violence against women,” Rope said. “While we are working to prevent men’s violence against women, Steam is actively promoting r*pe and incest to young men.”

“No Mercy” is a violent game that focuses on the sexual abuse of women. Movieguide® strongly condemns it for its graphic and disturbing themes.