India, April 12 -- 'No Mercy', a violent and explicit video game slammed as a 'rape simulator', was taken off of digital distribution service Steam globally after being banned in multiple countries. The game centers around a protagonist who rapes his family members, including his own mother. Players are instructed to 'never take no for an answer'.

The game, developed by Zerat Games, faced severe backlash on social media. UK's Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said that 3D game is 'deeply worrying'. 'No Mercy' was launched on Steam last month and was described by its developers as containing violence, incest, blackmail, and 'unavoidable non-consensual sex'.

The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) said that pulling 'No Mercy' fro...