Marvel Snap is unexpectedly unavailable following the US TikTok ban
The US has been bracing for the upcoming TikTok ban for months, but no one (even the developers) expected popular mobile game, Marvel Snap, to be caught in the crossfire.
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Following the US TikTok ban, another popular app became unexpectedly unavailable in the US: Marvel Snap. The digital card game is developed by US-based studio Second Dinner but is published by China-based game company Nuverse, which is a subsidiary of Byte Dance, the owner of TikTok.
Marvel Snap is an unexpected casualty of the US TikTok ban
The US government’s ban of TikTok has been in the works for a long time. The day finally arrived on Sunday, January 19th, and TikTok officially became unavailable for US users. For some reason, this appears to have also caused several other apps to be banned as well, including the highly popular digital card game, Marvel Snap. Users have shared their inability to access the game on mobile devices and through Steam.
The developer of Snap, Second Dinner, posted to X/Twitter, explaining that
Unfortunately, Marvel Snap is temporarily unavailable in U.S. app stores and is unavailable to play in the U.S. This outage is a surprise to us and wasn’t planned. Marvel Snap isn’t going anywhere. We’re actively working on getting the game up as soon as possible and will update you once we have more to share.
At the time of writing, the game has yet to be reinstated in the US, though TikTok has returned. For fans of the game, all hope is not lost. The developer seems confident enough to say that the game is only “temporarily unavailable,” rather than outright banned.
It is still unclear exactly why Marvel Snap was affected by this US-based TikTok ban, and it’s especially strange that this came as a shock to the game’s developers. In their statement about the outage, the developers do not mention TikTok or the ban at any point, but it seems strange that this could be a coincidence. As this is a developing situation, we will have to see if there are any updates in the coming days.
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Author: Matt Buckley
Matt has been writing for Gamepressure since 2020, and currently lives in San Diego, CA. Like any good gamer, he has a Steam wishlist of over three hundred games and a growing backlog that he swears he’ll get through someday. Aside from daily news stories, Matt also interviews developers and writes game reviews. Some of Matt’s recent favorites include Arco, Neva, Cocoon, Animal Well, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Tears of the Kingdom. Generally, Matt likes games that let you explore a world, tell a compelling story, and challenge you to think in different ways.
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