The social media app TikTok was banned in the US today and, as it turns out, so was the popular online card game Marvel Snap.

Superhero card game Marvel Snap has been taken offline in the USA as part of the US government's ban-or-divest policy

Marvel Snap has now been banned in the US alongside TikTok, thanks to an association with the social media platform's parent company ByteDance, catching players off guard.

TikTok owner ByteDance shut down Marvel Snap and all its U.S. apps after the TikTok ban went into effect. That surprised Ben Brode, the game’s creator, who spoke to us about the brief ban and the future of the popular game.

Marvel Snap is once again available to users in the United States, following the aftermath of the TikTok ban and the actions against ByteDance, but it still isn't on Apple's App Store.

The popular digital card game Marvel Snap was unexpectedly affected by a U.S. ban on TikTok. The game is back online now, but it might not stay that way. The original ban, part of a law called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,