Developer Zerat Games has taken its controversial visual novel from Steam. 

In a post on the title's now-deleted store page, the studio wrote that it did not want to cause any problems for Valve but defended its content – such as incest and sexual violence – as merely fetishes that people might enjoy

“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,” Zerat Games wrote, as reported by Kotaku. 

“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.”

This news comes after the game was quietly removed in the UK, Canada and Australia by Valve. 

“That sort of vile material is already currently illegal," UK home secretary Yvette Cooper told LBC. 

"We have stronger powers being brought in as part of the online safety act to make sure that platforms of all kinds meet certain standards.

“Those powers are being rolled out at the moment.”