Banned mature games

We're talking dirty, dirty stuff. The lowest of the low. Click here if you're still curious about the absolute bottom of the pit. Without further ado, let's take a look at some of the title's Twitch has deemed inappropriate for streaming:.

Many of the games banned from Twitch have found themselves on the list because of animated sexual acts, including six different Sakura titles, which are each different erotic novels turned into games which feature varying degrees of sexual acts and nudity. Then there's The Guy Game , an adult trivia game that rewards correct answers by showing actual video footage of women flashing the camera.

It's not hard to see why Twitch blocked games like these, and there's plenty more where that came from. Other hentai and nudity-based games on the official ban list include the Artificial Girl series and the Artificial Academy series both adult dating simulators , Cobra Club a dick pic simulator - yes, actually , Criminal Girls a spanking simulator , Dramatical Murder for graphic sex scenes , both HunieCam Studio and HuniePop these games lent the images for the article, so enough said there , Kamidori Alchemy Meister another erotic novel , P urin To Ohuro for graphic sex and even assault , and Witch Trainer which features a Hermoine-lookalike and is, again, basically hentai.

As we've previously mentioned , Yandere Simulator has made the list as well. The game puts players in the shoes of a violent schoolgirl who can stalk and murder other students at her highschool in order to prevent them from attracting interest from the schoolboy the she is in love with. As violent as the title is, it also has some racy washroom scenes, but it was likely a combination of the two and it's explosion into the mainstream spotlight that resulted in the quick ban, which the game's solo developer has pleaded for Twitch to reconsider - so far, no luck.

The popular open-ending roleplaying game Second Life can probably feel a little hard done by for also being banned from Twitch, but the logic there is sound. Although the title has plenty of content users can enjoy at all ages, the virtual reality platform has become a haven for both avid sex simulators and adult content creators alike, forcing Twitch to drop the ban hammer. The game wasn't a hit with pro BMX rider Dave Mirra, who was associated with the series and ended up suing the developer over the R-Rated raunchy racer.

According to Kotaku , there's also something about volleyball. For as much controversy as it caused, murder-simulator Hatred actually managed to avoid any ban from the livestreaming service and is still available for all to view. The game was controversially removed from Steam for a short time , before Gabe Newell himself ordered the game be restored to the digital downloading platform.

Video games are very rarely banned in the United States of America, especially when compared to other countries around the globe. Still, a handful of games have been outlawed in America or, at the very least, had their sales restricted to the point of being virtually unobtainable. These examples are mostly niche and downright obscure, but there are a couple that might surprise you.

Here are 12 games that were effectively banned in the United States. Please note, topics like sexual violence, child pornography, mass shootings and discrimination will all be discussed. Custer's Revenge is arguably the most famous example of a banned video game in America, even though it was only declared illegal in one state. Developed for the Atari in , the sexually explicit title has the gamer roleplay as a naked Colonel Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

The player has to walk from one end of the screen to the other, while dodging a volley of arrows, in order to reach a Native American woman who has been tied to a stake. Once there, the military commander will proceed to rape the hostage, accumulating points until he is eventually killed.

The goal here is to last for as long as possible in order to get the highest score. Think of it like an obscene and racist version of Frogger. Turning an act of sexual violence into a gameplay mechanic like this inevitably drew the ire of media outlets, feminist activists, members of the Native American community, and lobbyists, all of whom campaigned for Custer's Revenge to be outlawed in the U. For its part, developer Mystique tried to brush it off as one big misunderstanding, arguing that the game was not depicting rape but rather an act of seduction to which the woman was consenting.

Despite the national uproar, sales of Custer's Revenge were only forbidden in the state of Oklahoma, which has a high population of residents who identify as Native American.

Nowhere else in the U. Released in , The Guy Game was aimed squarely at the frat house crowd, with an emphasis on female nudity and party culture. The idea was that friends would compete against one another in a multi-round trivia quiz. Correct answers were rewarded with FMV footage of young spring breakers removing their clothes and, the better one did, the clearer this nudity became.

For example, if a player got a string of consecutive right answers, obstructions would gradually disappear from the screen and blurred areas of the women's bodies would come into sharper focus. While it was certainly raunchy, there is nothing inherent about that premise that would normally warrant a ban in the U. However, it later turned out that one of the models used in the live-action segments was actually 17 years old at the time of filming, making her underage.

She also alleged that the crew did not properly inform her of how the video would be used, or that it would be featured in a mass-produced game.

This offending footage meant that The Guy Game constituted child pornography in certain territories, including the U. A corporate legal dispute is probably not even close to the top of your list, yet more titles have been outlawed in the U.

Indeed, federal authorities can be quite lenient when it comes to allowing depictions of grisly violence and explicit sexual imagery in games as you will see later on , but one thing they will not tolerate is copyright infringement. This is why you were unable to find Too Human anywhere in the U. The studio was using Epic's Unreal Engine 3 to develop the game and accused the Fortnite publisher of not offering adequate support and of missing deadlines.

In retaliation, Epic countersued Silicon Nights for "copyright infringement, breach of contract [and the] misappropriation of trade secrets".

A federal judge ruled in favor of the complainant, ordering that production of Too Human be halted and that all remaining units were destroyed. This makes it one of only a handful of titles to be totally recalled in America.

X-Men: Destiny is another unlikely candidate for a ban, as it too was an unfortunate casualty of Epic's legal action against Silicon Knights. In the aftermath of the Too Human fiasco, Silicon Knights was ordered to "destroy" any code that was created using the Unreal 3 Engine see page 41 of the court case document , and this applied to the otherwise innocuous superhero title, X-Men: Destiny.

Like with Too Human , it was never strictly illegal to purchase the Marvel Comics tie-in, but you would have a very hard time finding it anywhere in the U. Production of new units also ceased, meaning that the only way to play X-Men: Destiny nowadays is to order a second-hand copy from independent sellers online.

Ironically, Too Human which instigated this whole saga was made readily available in , when Xbox added it to their backwards compatibility library for free. Thrill Kill was technically never issued a hard ban, but that is only because the publisher decided to cancel it first. A Mortal Kombat knock-off with a BDSM twist, this fighting game deliberately courted controversy from the very moment it was announced, marketing itself as the edgiest title to hit the PlayStation in the s.

Unfortunately for the developers, they pushed this taboo content so heavily that it ended up backfiring and they were slapped with an "Adults Only" AO rating from the ESRB. For context, this certification is like an informal soft ban, in the sense that it does not explicitly outlaw the product in question but does severely restrict where it can be traded.

It is well known that most U. From a commercial standpoint, it used to be the ultimate kiss of death for a title. If you look up a list of other AO-rated games, the vast majority of them are overtly pornographic and can therefore be stocked in adult retailers, but this was not an option for an aspiring blockbuster like Kill Thrill.

Publisher Virgin Interactive which had just been acquired by EA tried unsuccessfully to appeal the decision—in the hope of getting the more accessible "Mature" rating—but in the end they just decided to cut their losses. The plug was pulled on Kill Thrill and it never even saw the light of day.

If we skip ahead to , we find yet another game that was given the soft ban of an AO rating, only this time the studio decided to plough ahead with its launch regardless.

It is strange to think of how much outrage Hatred caused at the time, considering that it has now faded into relative obscurity.

In a nutshell, the isometric shooter has you take on the role of a mass killer who embarks on a "genocide crusade" throughout New York, for no other reason than because he harbors a deep-seated contempt for society. That is all there is to it. Players go around the neighborhood slaughtering people in droves and regain health by violently executing their incapacitated victims.

Given the delicate subject matter, it was only inevitable that Hatred would spark debates about copycat violence, and it received incredibly scathing reviews upon launch.