Video Game Piracy Protection

Launch week decides a game's revenue

Most of a game's sales happen in the weeks after launch. That is also when piracy is at its peak. A cracked build circulating on release week gives every hesitant buyer a free alternative, and every download of it is a sale that will not come back.

Video game piracy protection finds pirated copies of your games and removes them, from launch through the long tail. We have been finding and removing unauthorized copies for rights owners since 2013, and gaming is part of what we protect.

Where pirated games spread

• Download and repack sites, which bundle cracked builds into compressed installers and list them alongside legitimate store pages.
• Torrent listings, which index cracked copies and share them peer to peer.
• Cyberlockers and file hosts, which store the installer files that download sites link to.
• Telegram channels, which post new cracks and repacks as soon as they appear.
• Search results, which send players searching for "free download" to all of the above.
• Video and social platforms, where tutorials and posts link to cracked copies.

How we protect a game

We cover the launch window. Monitoring is heightened around release dates and major updates or expansions, when cracked copies draw the most downloads.

We monitor everywhere. Coverage runs across all of these surfaces, in every language and territory your game is sold. Titles are searched the way pirates share them, including edition names, version numbers and repack labels.

We detect with precision. Every match is verified by our own technology and analysts before anything moves. Your official stores, trailers and the creator and streamer content you want to keep sit on a whitelist that we set with you before enforcement begins.

We take it down. Confirmed copies go into takedown notices, delisting requests and platform escalation, carried through until the copy is gone. We act on the source as well as the link, so the installer file is removed at its origin and not just hidden from one listing.

We keep it down. New repacks and re-uploads appear after every takedown and every update. They are tracked and each new copy is handled as it appears, for as long as your game is under protection.

Takedown alongside technical protection

DRM and anti-tamper technology make a game harder to crack. Our work begins once a pirated copy is already out: finding where it is distributed and getting it removed. They work at different points and complement each other.

What you see

Every listing found and every removal confirmed, title by title, through a live dashboard and periodic reports your team can act on. Our customer success team stays reachable throughout.

Who it is for

Game publishers, independent studios and platform holders protecting the titles they sell. Game protection is part of our Content Protection service. For other commercial software, see software piracy protection.

Getting started

Tell us which games matter most and when the next launch or update lands, and we show you where pirated copies are circulating today. First report free, 14-day trial, no obligation. Get your first report or talk to our team.