10 Video Games Delisted For Insane Reasons

10. It Pissed Off The Chinese Government - Devotion

Devotion was a psychological horror game released on February 19, 2019 by Red Candle Games, the team behind 2017's highly acclaimed horror title Detention.

Though Devotion received strong reviews upon release, within days players discovered that the Taiwanese game featured an Easter egg mocking China's president, Xi Jinping.

A piece of Chinese seal script referred to Jinping as "Winnie the Pooh", referencing a famous Internet meme derisively comparing the leader to the beloved children's icon.

As a result, Devotion was review-bombed on Steam by allegedly Chinese players, and though Red Candle promptly patched out the offending material, complaints continued to mount about over aspects of the game which were perceived as anti-China.

Devotion was first pulled from Steam in China, but just six days after its release, Red Candle delisted the game globally, citing both technical issues and the pressure put upon them by the backlash, which included their own publishers cutting ties with them.

In December 2020, it was announced that the game would be returning for sale on the Good Old Games store, yet mere hours later GOG reversed their stance, apparently due to "receiving many messages from gamers" asking them not to sell it.

Devotion finally became available once more in March 2021 when Red Candle opened their own digital store, where they were free to sell whatever they wanted.