Specific Concepts for Game Developers

You build worlds and craft experiences, but the EU Cyber Resilience Act sees your game as something more: a ‘product with digital elements’. This new regulation redefines your role, making you directly responsible for the security of every game you sell in the EU. Its reach extends beyond your own code; it includes the game engine you build on, the third-party assets and libraries you integrate, and the backend servers powering your online features. Everything from protecting player data and in-app purchases to ensuring your systems for handling user-generated content cannot be exploited now falls under your due diligence. The biggest shift is this: your job does not end at launch. The CRA mandates a continuous process of patching and managing vulnerabilities for a support period that lasts years, turning post-launch support from a best practice into a legal requirement. This is the new reality for game development, and understanding it is critical.