“Most people can separate fiction from reality pretty well, and those that can’t shouldn’t be playing video games,” the developer continues. “You can’t reasonable consider banning rape in fiction without banning murder and torture,” the developer says. Valve did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but on the game’s website, the developer seems aware that its creation is controversial. Players will be able to read through chunks of the story, and occasionally click on outcomes to the scenarios, which are illustrated with 3D renders of characters. The game’s description, which lists “evil choices” as a feature, says that it will let players “verbally harass, kill, and rape women as you choose to progress the story.” Rape Day boasts that it has over 7,000 words, though judging from writing on the screenshots, it appears to be an amateur creation. The game, which is not out yet, is marked as an “adult only” title - which means that you can’t see it unless you’re logged in to Steam, and have opted to see games of that nature in your feed. Midway through last year, Valve made headlines after announcing that it would allow anything on its storefront that was not illegal or “straight up trolling.” Such a vague edict might explain why, as of this writing, there’s a visual novel that promises to let you play as a sociopath that can violate women during a zombie apocalypse.
