Bilibili published on August 22, 2025, a new list of games that cannot be streamed or shared through its platform, and some of the banned games are more surprising than others.
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Bilibili adds over 70 new games to its banned games list including theGTAseries & bans nearly all visual novels
The list,which contains over 70 games, was translated from Chinese to Japanese by our peers at4Gamer. Which allowed us to read it. Among the banned games there’s most notably:
FPS games, and games with a focus on firearms, such as all of theGTAseries, all of theBattlefieldseries, andRainbow Six Siege.
Then, the list also includes games with horror elements or high depictions of blood. Such asResident Evilgames,Dead by Daylight, and even indie games likeVisage.
Then, various games from different genres were banned. Such as the Taiwanese gameDetention, Plague Inc, World of Tanks, andThe Witcher 3.
Bilibili bans most visual novels
Lately, the list also mentions that “All Galge without an “all-ages” rating has been banned”. Galge are more often than not visual novels with a male main character tying to woo female characters. Most of these games are eroge: games only released on PC that include explicit scenes, the so-called “H-scenes”.
However, many of these Galge feature darker story elements in general. So most are still rated 18+ even when they don’t include H-scenes, such as theTsukihime Remakeor the Nasuverse in general. As such, banning all Galge games except those that are rated for “all-ages” is pretty much the same as banning a good chunk of the visual novel genre.
Interestingly, there might be a loophole here as the banned list specifically mentions “Galge”. This technically means Otome games or BL games likeTogainu no Chiwould be fine.
Bilibili bans more games right afterGenshin Impactself regulates itself in China
Recently,Genshin ImpactdevelopermiHoYo decided to self-regulate itself to avoid stronger censorship. On Chinese servers, several female characters inGenshin Impactwill be receiving new alternate costumes, and their default outfits will be modified as well. Meanwhile, no changes have been announced for the non-Chinese version ofGenshin Impact, but the new costumes will still be added as alternatives.
