Sony Cracks Down On Over 1,000 Digital PlayStation Games From The Same Publisher

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I was really surprised to see The Jumping Burger suddenly disappear from the PlayStation Store! It turns out Sony removed it, along with over a thousand other games from the same developer, and it seems like they’re trying to get rid of a bunch of low-quality games – what some people call ‘shovelware’ – from the store.

German game publisher ThiGames has quietly removed all of its games – over 1,196 titles – from digital stores. They were actually the fourth-largest publisher on the PlayStation Store, but haven’t said anything publicly about why their games disappeared, as first noticed by streamer RobThanatos on X.

It’s clear these games are designed for players to quickly earn trophies. For example, “The Jumping Burger” involves simply pressing a button to make a burger jump, and can earn you a Platinum trophy in under five minutes. Another game, “The Jumping Burger: Turbo,” made it even faster, letting players get the trophy in just over a minute.

I just noticed something really strange – all the games published by THI Games on the PlayStation Store seem to have disappeared! They actually had a ton of games on PSN – they were the fourth biggest publisher there, so it’s super odd. No one seems to know why they’ve been taken down yet.

— RobThanatos (@RobThanatos) January 14, 2026

ThiGames specialized in very simple, quick-to-complete games, often with a ‘jumping’ theme – titles like The Jumping Taco and The Jumping Pizza were common. They also made short platformers and racing games. These games were incredibly cheap, usually between $1.50 and $3 on the PlayStation Store, and were frequently discounted to grab players’ attention during sales.

Last year, Sony took down over 30 games published by RandomSpin that were considered low-quality. This action followed a report by IGN highlighting a surge of cheap, poorly made games on digital stores – many of which were suspected of simply reusing existing assets, using AI-generated content, or having deceptive titles and descriptions.

As a Nintendo fan, I noticed something cool last year. It seemed like Nintendo was trying to clean up the eShop! They changed how games are ranked, and it really felt like they were pushing down all the cheap, low-quality games – you know, the ‘shovelware’ – and making it easier to find the good stuff.

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2026-01-15 19:43