Terms of play

Last changed on 11 November 2026 (version 1).

For the team to review

This is a plain-English draft, not legal advice. Before real players sign up, have it read by someone qualified, and check the points marked "to confirm": where we are based, which law applies and the contact route.

The short version

It is a game. What happens when you remove something is fiction, not advice.
Anyone can try the demo. To sign in you need a Google account and to be 13 or over.
Energy comes from watching ads. It is not money and we can change it.
Don't cheat the ads or run bots. We may reset or close accounts that do.
We do our best to keep it running, but we promise nothing.

Who can play

Anyone can try the demo, which keeps nothing about you. To sign in you need a Google account, and Google accounts are for people aged 13 or over (older in some countries). If you are under 18, ask a parent or guardian before you sign in. If we find out an account belongs to someone younger than the law allows, we will delete it.

Accounts

You sign in with Google. You are responsible for what happens on your account, so keep your Google sign-in to yourself. One person, one account. You can download your data or delete your account at any time on the settings page . What we keep is described in the privacy page .

Energy

Removing something costs energy. You start with some and earn more by watching a rewarded ad, up to a daily limit. Energy has no cash value, cannot be bought, sold, traded or transferred, and is not a payment. We may change how much energy things cost or earn, the daily limit, or reset balances, for example to fix a bug or stop abuse. If the team gives you energy, we may take it back if it was a mistake.

The game shows ads from an ad provider so that it can stay free. You choose whether to watch one; watching one to the end earns energy. Whether ads can be personalised is your choice, on the settings page. We do not control the ads' content or what the advertisers do, and we are not responsible for it. Ad blockers are your choice, but then the game cannot pay you energy.

Acceptable use

Please don't:

cheat the ad reward: fake or replay ad views, tamper with the requests the game sends, click ads to get a reward you did not earn, or help anyone else do so;
use bots, scripts or other automation to play, earn energy or create accounts, or share or sell accounts;
try to break, overload or get into the game, its servers or other players' accounts;
use the bug report form to send spam, abuse or other people's private information;
copy the game's content or code except as its licences allow.

If you find a security problem, please tell us through the form on the privacy page rather than using it.

Fiction, not advice

Remove Anything is a game and a thought experiment. The effects of removing something are our best guesses, simplified and sometimes silly. They are not science, medical, financial, legal or safety advice, and you should not rely on them for any decision. Some scenarios show disasters, death and war; they are there to be thought about, not to be enjoyed at anyone's expense.

Who owns what

The game, its code, text and artwork belong to the team or its licensors. You may play it and share links to it. The map data is not ours: streets and buildings are © OpenStreetMap contributors (the Open Database Licence), ground heights come from the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver) and Natural Resources Canada, through AWS Terrain Tiles. Their credits are at the bottom of the game. If you send us a bug report, you let us use what you wrote to fix the game.

Availability and no warranty

We try to keep the game running, but it is provided "as it is" and "as available". It may be slow, change, break or go offline, with or without notice, and energy or progress may be lost. We give no warranty of any kind that the law lets us leave out.

Our responsibility

Nothing here limits what the law does not let us limit, such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. Beyond that, we are not responsible for losses that were not a foreseeable result of our breaking these terms, for lost energy, or for anything caused by ads, other websites or your own device. Because the game is free, our total liability to you for anything related to it is limited to the most the law allows, and in any case to the amount you paid us, which is nothing. (To confirm: how this is worded depends on the law that applies.)

Ending an account

You can stop playing and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or close an account, and remove its energy, if it breaks these terms, harms the game or other players, or has been unused for a long time. If we close your account we will tell you why where we can.

Changes

We may change these terms. If a change matters, the date and version at the top change and the game asks you to accept them again. If you keep playing after that, you accept the new terms.

Which law applies

To confirm: these terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and its courts can settle any dispute, though if you are a consumer in another country you keep the rights your own law gives you.

Contact

Questions about these terms: use the form at the bottom of the privacy page . It reaches the team by email.