Creator of horror game Poppy Playtime sues Google for refusing to remove ‘bait-and-switch scam’ apps that pretend to be the real thing then charge users up to $95 for literally nothing

As reported by Polygon and TorrentFreak, Mob Entertainment, the studio behind popular Five Nights at Freddy’s-alike Poppy Playtime, has filed a lawsuit against Google for failing to remove fraudulent Poppy Playtime apps from its Android Play Store.

At first blush, I assumed this had to do with those weird fake games whose ads you see all over YouTube and Twitter, but it’s somehow even worse than that: The outfit in question, Daigo Game 2020, has products on the Play Store literally titled “Poppy Playtime Chapter 4” and “Poppy Playtime: Chapter 3.” At the time of writing, these apps are still available for download. Daigo Game 2020’s previous works, including “Minecraft 2020” and a sampling of similarly unlicensed Skibidi Toilet games, have unsurprisingly been removed from the store.