White House website launches arcade game where users 'arrest immigrants'

The White House website, under President Donald Trump's administration, recently unveiled an "Arcade" section featuring a collection of five retro-style video games designed to promote the President's policy agenda. Among these games are "Rio Run," which is styled like the classic game "Snake" and depicts a figure resembling a border official chasing and "capturing" migrants, who then appear in orange jumpsuits. Another game, "Build the Wall," is a "Tetris"-like game where players construct a border wall with the objective to "protect the border from the coming horde."

The launch of these games on Thursday, September 3, 2026, quickly drew sharp criticism from various rights groups and commentators. Critics condemned the games as dehumanizing and accused the administration of prioritizing entertainment over addressing significant national challenges like rising living costs and foreign conflicts. The White House, in response, defended the initiative as an innovative way to highlight the President's achievements and to contrast his policies with those of Democrats.