The White House removed its border-wall Tetris clone

The Trump administration's short-lived arcade game "Build the Wall" is now nowhere to be found after the Tetris Company posted that it takes "copyright infringement very seriously.". The White House recently took the unusual step of posting several arcade-style video games to its website. One of the more controversial was a game called “Build the Wall,” which reportedly mirrored Tetris’ gameplay, tasking players with stacking blocks of various shapes and sizes.

Widely criticized as racist, the stated goal of the game was to build a wall to keep out a “zombie border siege.” Not long after Build the Wall’s existence became public, the Tetris Company — which owns the rights to the original Tetris game — spoke out about it, clarifying that it had no role in its creation. “The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of ‘Build the Wall,’” it said in an Instagram post, adding: “We take copyright infringement very seriously.” The page for Build the Wall now returns a 404 error, meaning the page no longer exists. Kotaku first spotted that the game was no longer visible on the White House’s website.

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The game, 'Build the Wall,' filtered classic block-stacking mechanics through the Trump administration's immigration policies. Gaming The White House removed its border-wall Tetris clone The game, 'Build the Wall,' filtered classic block-stacking mechanics through the Trump administration's immigration policies.

By Ian Carlos Campbell Sept. The game's removal appears to be in response to public pushback from The Tetris Company, which last week distanced itself from the project and pointed at copyright concerns, given Build the Wall 's deliberate similarity to Tetris.

Build the Wall was one of several games the White House introduced on September 3, seemingly to chase the attention crude, policy-themed minigames could grab online. While Build the Wall wasn't the only game clearly ripping off an existing title — Flappy Bill is a clone of Flappy Bird and Rio Run is just Snake — it did stand out because of The Tetris Company's immediate negative response P.S.

The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of 'Build the Wall'. We take copyright infringement very seriously.

Pic.twitter.com/Fu02khRpT3 — Tetris (@Tetris_Official) September 4, 2026 On September 4, the company posted on Instagram and X that it disagreed with the divisive rhetoric of Build the Wall and believes in "the power of connection and bringing people together." It also suggested that it "takes copyright infringement very seriously." In a further comment to the company wouldn't commit to taking legal action, but did say that it was "reviewing the matter" to determine what other response was necessary. It's not clear what the company ultimately did, but it seems like even a moderate amount of public pushback got the White House to remove the game, a good lesson for the owner of whichever media property the Trump administration spoofs next.