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. (Note: Since April 2003, it's known as BPjM; before that date it was known as BPjS)
It is illegal to sell or make any indexed games available to minors in Germany and it is illegal to advertise for them in any form, including putting them on store shelves or publishing reviews in gaming magazines. The games technically disappear from the public. The only way to actually buy these games is via request ("under the desk", German
unter der Ladentheke).
There is, however, absolutely no law forbidding any adult to buy an indexed game listed on the so-called
List A or
List E (majority of entries). There are restrictions for
List B indexed games as they (may) violate the German Penal Code (minority of entries). To view
List B games that got banned due to excessive violence, see the
Germany Criminal Code confiscations (§131: Excess Violence) game group.
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 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 stated otherwise, the games in question are the German versions of the particular games.
- All compilations, Special Editions or other bundles containing an indexed game are automatically indexed too, but not explicitly listed here.
Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | User Score |
Heimat Defender: Rebellion | 2020 | Windows | KVLTGAMES | ... |
Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni | 2016 | PS Vita, Windows | Marvelous Inc. | ... |
Carmageddon: Max Damage | 2016 | PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | Stainless Games Ltd. | 3.59 |
Criminal Girls 2: Party Favors | 2016 | PS Vita | NIS America, Inc. | ... |
Hatred | 2015 | Windows | Destructive Creations | 2.78 |
Dying Light | 2015 | Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | 4.28 |
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel | 2013 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | ... |
Dead Rising 3 | 2013 | Xbox One | Microsoft Studios | ... |
Dead Island: Riptide | 2013 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Now, Windows, Xbox 360 | Deep Silver | 3.93 |
Sleeping Dogs | 2012 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Square Enix, Inc. | 3.96 |
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | 2012 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Capcom U.S.A., Inc. | 3.16 |
The Darkness II | 2012 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | 2K Games, Inc. | 3.49 |
Syndicate | 2012 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.46 |
Lucius | 2012 | Windows | Lace Mamba Global Ltd. | 2.52 |
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation | 2012 | Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Now, Windows, Xbox 360 | Nordic Games Publishing AB | 3.54 |
Prototype 2 (Radnet Edition) | 2012 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Activision Publishing, Inc. | ... |
Dead Island | 2011 | OnLive, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Deep Silver, Inc. | 3.46 |
Bulletstorm | 2011 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 3.91 |
Mortal Kombat | 2011 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | 3.97 |
F.3.A.R. | 2011 | OnLive, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. | 3.67 |
The House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut | 2011 | PlayStation 3 | SEGA of America, Inc. | 3.26 |
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record | 2011 | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Now, Windows, Xbox 360 | Capcom Entertainment, Inc. | ... |
Postal III | 2011 | Windows | Akella | 1.72 |
Saints Row: The Third | 2011 | Gloud, Linux, OnLive, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | THQ Inc. | 3.92 |
Rise of Nightmares | 2011 | Xbox 360 | SEGA of America, Inc. | ... |
Selected Covers
Selected Screenshots
Game group created by
Xoleras (66463), additional games added to group by
Sciere (771367),
Terok Nor (32097) and
Sicarius (61546)