The popular free-to-play CCG Marvel Snap has been caught in the United States TikTok ban, with players unable to access the game and instead being met with similar messages about removal out just like on TikTok. Marvel Snap’s publisher, Nuverse, is a subsidiary of TikTok owner Bytedance, but the success of Marvel Snap was hampered by a ban on advertising before its launch, and seems to have taken even that Nuverse comes by surprise.
Try to enter the game at Room Just created an entry in the error and cycle trying to connect to my Google account, but this may be different for players with the game installed before the ban. On mobile, where most of Snap’s users seem to play, the app displays the following message: “A restricted Marvel Snap has been launched in the US Unfortunately, that That means you can’t use Marvel Snap for now. Rest assured, we’re working to fix our service in the US. Please stay tuned!”
Marvel Snap is now banned in the US as part of the TikTok ban pic.twitter.com/6DkFQAo0H9January 19, 2025
Marvel Snap’s California-based developer, Second dinneralso confirmed the news. “Unfortunately, Marvel Snap is temporarily unavailable in the US app store and cannot be played in the US,” the studio wrote on Twitter. “In a surprise for the second dinner and three publishers Nuverse, Marvel Snap was affected by the removal of TikTok late on Saturday, January 18th.
“Marvel Snap isn’t going anywhere. We’re working to get the game up and running as soon as possible and will update you once we have more.”
The fact that Marvel Snap’s out-of-the-blue cancellations for Two Nights and Nuverse is very strange. It could be Nuverse and TikTok owner Bytedance or the app store themselves withdrawing out of an abundance of caution, taking no risks with anything Bytedance-related in the US until things are verified . It doesn’t seem to me that there is something in the forbidden print that has escaped the media, Second Dinner, and Nuverse that clearly shows the limit for Marvel Snap. One possibility is that this is Bytedance proverbially taking its ball and going home, increasing pressure on the US government to reverse the ban by removing other popular apps, and This is a high budget maker for Disney, an American media company. lobbying force.
It’s hard to see the Marvel Snap otherwise staying in place for very long no matter how you slice it. There are many rumors that the second Trump administration will reverse the TikTok ban altogether or kick the ability by the way, all despite the ban passed by Trump’s first term. and before he was succeeded by Biden. . When Marvel Snap comes back in the US, I expect to see some sort of compensation for players for lost time, like in-game rewards.
