{
  "id": "germany-banned-video-games",
  "name": "Video Games Banned in Germany",
  "title": "Video Games Banned in Germany",
  "description": "A list of 113 video games that have been banned in Germany, with the reason for each ban (typically high-impact gory violence).",
  "category": "entertainment",
  "source": "https://github.com/dariusk/corpora",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/dariusk/corpora",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 113,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "reason",
      "label": "Reason",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "name": "10.000 Bullets ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "25 to Life ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "50 Cent: Blood on the Sand ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "50 Cent: Bulletproof ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Afro Samurai ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Aliens vs. Predator ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Area 51 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Army of Two ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Army of Two: The 40th Day ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Bloodrayne ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released. The banned, uncensored version, with Nazi references removed, was available on Steam and GOG without classification until it was taken down on May 31, 2016."
    },
    {
      "name": "Bloodrayne II ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released. The banned, uncensored version was available on Steam and GOG without classification until it was taken down on May 31, 2016."
    },
    {
      "name": "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact violence related to incentives and rewards via an unlockable Arcade mode."
    },
    {
      "name": "Call of Duty: Black Ops ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact violence related to incentives and rewards via an unlockable Arcade mode."
    },
    {
      "name": "Call of Duty: World at War ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Carmageddon ",
      "reason": "Was originally released in both cut and uncut versions attaining 18+ and 16+ ratings respectively, before the uncut 18+ version was banned following the 2003 reforms. The banned uncensored version was available on Steam and GOG without classification, until it was taken down on May 31, 2016."
    },
    {
      "name": "Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now ",
      "reason": "Was originally released in both cut and uncut versions attaining 18+ and 16+ ratings respectively, before the uncut 18+ version was banned following the 2003 reforms. The banned uncensored version was available on Steam and GOG without classification, until it was taken down on May 31, 2016."
    },
    {
      "name": "Carmageddon: Max Damage ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact violence related to incentives and rewards."
    },
    {
      "name": "Clive Barker's Jericho ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. The ban was later lifted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cold Fear ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Cold Winter ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Condemned: Criminal Origins ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Condemned 2: Bloodshot ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Conflict: Denied Ops ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Crackdown ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. The ban was lifted in 2018."
    },
    {
      "name": "Crackdown 2 ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. The ban was lifted in 2018."
    },
    {
      "name": "Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors ",
      "reason": "Banned because of sexual activity involving a person who is, or appears to be, under 18 years of age."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dark Messiah of Might and Magic ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released. The ban was later lifted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Island ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. The ban was lifted in 2019.[40]"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Island: Riptide ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Rising ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. Was later banned in 2018 because of violence in a public mall setting."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Rising 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Rising 2: Off the Record ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Rising 3 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead Space ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released.[41]"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead to Rights ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead to Rights II ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dead to Rights: Retribution ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. In 2019, its RC rating has been appealed and overturned."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dying Light ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Far Cry ",
      "reason": "Originally given an 18+ rating. Banned for high-impact violence using realistic ragdoll effects. Game was re-censored to remove the ragdoll effects and re-attain the 18+ rating."
    },
    {
      "name": "Football Manager ",
      "reason": "Originally banned for recognizing Bavaria as an independent country. The ban was later lifted with the 2019 edition."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gal*Gun 2 ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of sexual activity involving people who are, or appear to be, minors. The ban was later lifted."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gears of War ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. The ban was lifted in 2016."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gears of War 2 ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. The ban was lifted in 2016."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Godfather: Black Edition ",
      "reason": "Banned because of game controls imitating brutality and exortion."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Godfather 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "God of War ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. The ban was lifted on the basis that the characters are of Greek mythology and the gameplay put a large emphasis on puzzle-solving."
    },
    {
      "name": "Golden Axe: Beast Rider ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released. The ban was lifted in 2012."
    },
    {
      "name": "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released. The ban was lifted in 2012."
    },
    {
      "name": "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City ",
      "reason": "Originally given a 16+ rating. However, the game was later banned because of high-impact gory violence. The game was re-censored, re-attaining the 16+ rating. The ban was lifted in 2012."
    },
    {
      "name": "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released. The ban was lifted in 2012."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gun ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Hellforces ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Inversion ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Left 4 Dead ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Left 4 Dead 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Little Britain: The Video Game ",
      "reason": "Banned because of a mini-game involving homophobia related to incentives and rewards."
    },
    {
      "name": "MadWorld ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Manhunt ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Manhunt 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (Wii) ",
      "reason": "Banned because of game controls imitating the use of a real-life firearm within a realistic theatre of war."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mortal Kombat ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mortal Kombat II ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mortal Kombat 3 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mortal Kombat: Armageddon ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "NARC ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nitro Family ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Omega Labyrinth Z ",
      "reason": "Banned because of interactive sexual activity involving a person who is, or appears to be, a minor."
    },
    {
      "name": "Postal (video game) ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Postal 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Postal III ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Predator: Concrete Jungle ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Quake 4 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Red Ninja: End of Honor ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Reservoir Dogs ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Resident Evil 4 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact violence related to incentives and rewards via two unlockable bonus games. A censored version was released. The ban was lifted in 2017."
    },
    {
      "name": "Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Return to Castle Wolfenstein ",
      "reason": "Originally given a 16+ rating with Nazi references censored. Later banned for high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Saints Row ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Saints Row 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Saints Row: The Third ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released. The ban was lifted in 2019."
    },
    {
      "name": "Scarface: The World Is Yours ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Shellshock: Nam '67 ",
      "reason": "Was originally released unrated in some retail stores in Germany, before being banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Shellshock 2: Blood Trails ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sleeping Dogs ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Soldier of Fortune: Payback ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Splatterhouse ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Syndicate ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Club (video game) ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "The House of the Dead: Overkill ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Suffering ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Suffering: Ties That Bind ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "The Warriors ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact violence related to incentives and rewards. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Total Overdose ",
      "reason": "Was originally released unrated in some retail stores in Germany, before being banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "True Crime: New York City ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unreal Tournament III ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence. A censored version was released."
    },
    {
      "name": "Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni ",
      "reason": "Banned because of sexual activity involving people who are, or appear to be, children under 18 years."
    },
    {
      "name": "Vivisector: Beast Within ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    },
    {
      "name": "Wolfenstein ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence and Nazi references."
    },
    {
      "name": "Wolfenstein 3D ",
      "reason": "Originally banned because of Nazi references. The ban has been overturned in 2019 on grounds of social adequacy."
    },
    {
      "name": "X-Men Origins: Wolverine (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) ",
      "reason": "Banned because of high-impact gory violence."
    }
  ],
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    "description": "A list of 113 video games that have been banned in Germany, with the reason for each ban (typically high-impact gory violence). Contains 113 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
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