Marvel Snap is back online in the US after being shut down along with TikTok, Second Dinner announced. The game’s developer also said on X that it is working on partnering with new publishers and bringing more services in-house to “ensure that something like this never happens again.” This weekend, Marvel Snap went offline along with other apps developed or partnered with ByteDance, including video editing tool CapCut, social media app Lemon8, and, of course, TikTok. This collectible card game was published by Nuverse, a subsidiary of ByteDance, for Android, iOS, and Windows.
After searching, I still haven’t found an app to download, but Second Dinner said in a reply to X that they’re still working on restoring the game to Google Play and the App Store. “It may take some time,” the developer added. It also said it is still working on resolving in-app purchase errors encountered by fans who have already installed the game. For now, players can purchase credits, boosters, passes, and packages from the Marvel Snap Web Shop as Second Dinner works to fix the issue.
TikTok was the first ByteDance app to come back online. The outage lasted less than a day in the United States, and the company said it would restore service in the country “based on agreements with service providers.” CapCut and Lemon8 are not yet available as of this writing. Immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending the law banning TikTok in the country for 75 days. President Trump had also sought to ban TikTok in the United States during his term, but said the timing of the move would “impede his ability to assess the national security and foreign policy implications of the ban before it goes into effect.” .
Now that MARVEL SNAP is back online in the US, we’re working to introduce more services internally and partner with new publishers to ensure this never happens again. It’s the beginning of a new era for MARVEL SNAP.
Perhaps more questions remain…
— Second Dinner (@seconddinner) January 21, 2025
