What is the most controversial video game of all time?

Senate hearings, retail recalls, refused classifications: every entry here made somebody demand a ban.

1. 1
   Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

   The 2005 Hot Coffee minigame forced an Adults Only re-rating and pulled the game from shelves.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Star Wars Battlefront II

   Its 2017 loot-box economy triggered government gambling inquiries in several countries.
   571pts
3. 3
   Cyberpunk 2077

   Launched in 2020 so broken on last-generation consoles that Sony pulled it from the PlayStation store.
   444pts
4. 4
   Doom

   Blamed by 1990s commentators for school violence and banned outright in several countries.
   444pts
5. 5
   Hotline Miami

   A 2012 indie whose stylised massacres made critics argue about whether the player was in on the joke.
   444pts
6. 6
   Manhunt 2

   Rockstar's stealth-murder sequel was refused classification in Britain and initially banned.
   363pts
7. 7
   Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

   The skippable 'No Russian' airport massacre mission drew international condemnation in 2009.
   363pts
8. 8
   Night Trap

   The full-motion-video horror game held up at the same 1993 Senate hearings as Mortal Kombat.
   266pts
9. 9
   Six Days in Fallujah

   A recreation of a real 2004 battle, dropped by its publisher after veteran and press backlash.
   266pts
10. 10
    Mortal Kombat

    Its 1992 fatalities triggered the US Senate hearings that created the ESRB.
    148pts
11. 11
    Hatred

    A 2015 isometric shooter about mass murder that Steam briefly removed from sale.
    148pts