BPjS/BPjM indexed games

Group Description

The following list contains games, which were put on the "Index" (German indiziert) by the BPjS/BPjM, and therefore have legal restrictions in Germany on top of possible USK ratings.

For all those games, it is illegal to sell or make them available to minors in Germany and it is illegal to advertise for it in any form. This includes the mere presence of a game in the shelves of a store. So those games will disappear from the public. And the only way to actually buy these games is via request ("under the desk", German unter der Ladentheke).

But there is absolutely no law forbidding any adult to buy an "ordinary" indexed game, which falls under so-called List A or List E (majority of entries). But there are restrictions for List B indexed games as they (may) violate the German Penal Code (minority of entries).

BPjS/BPjM = German Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften/Medien = Federal Examination Office for Youth-Endangering Publications/Media.

Notes:

• This list is for all indexed games, whether they are currently on the list or were there in the past. To see the status (date of adding and, if applicable, date of removal), look at the corresponding trivia entries of the games in question.
• Unless states otherwise, the games in question are the German versions of the particularly games.
• All compilations, Special Editions or other bundles containing an indexed game are automatically indexed too, but not explicitly listed here.