Banned video games iceberg

Banned video games iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. A text version, "Banned Video Games" by Voxelvill2, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 1,282 views as of 29 October 2026.

Entries reflect the chart authors' choices and are not verified fact.

Tiers

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

Tier 1

• Super Mario Maker 2, China – Was banned after someone made a level named after the date of the Tiananmen Square Protests.
• Wolfenstein series, Germany – Was banned in because Nazi imagery is strictly forbidden in popular culture.
• Plague Inc., China – Was banned in light of China's role in the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Mortal Kombat 11, Indonesia and Japan – Was banned in both countries for violence concerns.
• Pokémon Go, Iran – Was banned due to cybersecurity concerns.
• Roblox, Oman – Was banned due to cybersecurity concerns.
• God of War, Saudi Arabia – Was banned due to religious concerns, and all of the following games were banned as well. The 2018 reboot ended up getting released in the country.
• Counter-Strike, Brazil – Was banned in 2008 because it contained a map that resembled a Brazilian neighborhood. The ban was eventually lifted.
• Clash of Clans, Iran – Banned for its glorification of tribal war and violence.
• Roblox, Qatar – Was formally banned in August 2025 due to social media platforms posing the game as a risk for grooming minors.
• Half-Life, Singapore – Was banned due to violence concerns. Singapore's gaming community was outraged at the ban, and signed petitions from local game retailers to life the ban, which happened a week after.
• Mass Effect, Singapore – Was banned for homosexual content. The ban was lifted and the game got an M18 rating.
• Roblox, UAE – Was banned for 3 years due to harmful content towards children. All chat features are disabled in the Emirati servers of the game.
• Dead Space series, Japan – Banned due to violence concerns.
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons, China – Banned because people were creating anti-government messages with the custom pattern tool.
• PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds, Afghanistan – Banned because the Taliban wanted to protect kids from "a bad influence".
• Fallout 3, India – Banned because it contained an enemy with the name Brahmin, the highest caste in Hinduism.

Tier 2

• Manhunt, Numerous countries – Was banned for violence concerns.
• Phantasy Star Online 2, Belgium – Was banned because loot boxes constitute as gambling in Belgium.
• Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, Brazil – Was banned because it used music from a Brazilian artist without permission.
• The Calisto Protocol, Japan – Was banned for violence concerns, and the developer refused to censor the game for localization in the country.
• Danganropa V3: Killing Harmony, South Korea – Was banned after a 17 year old girl murdered and dismembered an 8 year old child.
• Hotline Miami 2, Australia – Was banned due to a scene of implied sexual assault.
• Mercenaries, South Korea – Banned for its depiction of North Korea.
• The Last of Us 2, Saudi Arabia and Russia – Banned in both countries for LGBT content.
• Bully, Brazil – Banned for violence but was unbanned in 2016
• Battlefield 3, Iran – Banned for depicting a fictitious US invasion of the country.
• Final Fantasy XVI, Saudi Arabia – Banned for including a kiss scene with a gay couple, which Square-Enix refused to censor for localization.
• Mortal Kombat (2011), South Korea – Was banned for violence concerns.
• Grand Theft Auto series, Thailand – Banned in 2008 after an 18 year old killed a taxi driver in Bangkok. The fifth game ended up getting released in the country.
• Marvel Snap, USA – Was banned due to incompliance with the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications act.
• EverQuest, Brazil – Banned because the player could go on quests for both good and evil. Was eventually lifted.
• Law 3037/2002 – A Greek law that banned the use of electronic games in public areas as an attempt to combat illegal gambling. Was repealed in 2011.
• Violent video games, Venezuela – A 2009 bill banned video games with violence in the country because it has one of the world's highest homicide rates, and the Venezuelan government believed that video games were at the root of it.
• Command and Conqueror: Rivals, China – Banned because of China's portrayal as an antagonistic faction.
• RapeLay, most countries outside Japan – Banned because the game literally promotes nonconsensual rape.
• Grad Theft Auto V, Saudi Arabia – Banned because it was believed to be linked to two Blue Whale Challenge suicides.

Tier 3

• Carmageddon, Argentina – Was banned because of the game depicting people getting murdered by automobiles.
• Tropico 5, Thailand – Was banned in light of concerns from the Thai military regarding the disruption of "peace and order".
• Rise of the Ronin, South Korea – Not banned per se, but did not get formally released in the country. This was due to then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praising Meiji scholar Shoin Yoshida, who influenced Japan's decision…
• Homefront, South Korea – Banned for depicting a unified Korea under Kim Jong-un's rule.
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, UAE – Banned due to characters wearing revealing clothing, which is considered haram in Islam.
• Football Manager 2005, China – Banned for recognizing Taiwan as a sovereign country.
• EA Sports MMA, Denmark – Banned because it advertised energy drinks, which at the time was prohibited by Danish law.
• Devotion, China – Banned because it contained an easter egg insulting Chinese president Xi Jingping.
• Gal Gun: Double Peace, New Zealand – Banned for depicting sexual exploitation of minors.

Tier 4

• The Guy Game, USA – Banned because one of the female models in the game was underage.
• GoreBox, Philippines – Banned because one of the 2026 Tacloban school shooting suspects was revealed to be a massive fan of the game.

Tier 5

• Captain Rainbow, USA
• Defense of the Ancients, Philippines. – One of the very few video games to be banned in the country. Was banned after two children were murdered in a brawl related to the game.

Tier 6

No entries.

Tier 7

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Tier 8

• Splatter school! – this video game is where you try to escape a school, but heres the catch: when you take damage the main charcter (a schoolgirl) loses a piece of her clothing until shes naked where in that st8, you…

Tier 9

No entries.

Tier 10

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See also

• Iceberg chart
• Censorship iceberg
• Video games iceberg
• Disturbing video games iceberg

Sources

• IcebergThreads version: Voxelvill2. Banned Video Games. IcebergThreads. 19 January 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.