What game publishers say about third-party top-ups (2026)

How was this page built?

We opened each publisher's own terms of service, enforcement policy or official notice on 22 October 2026 and kept only what the page said. Every quote links to the page it comes from.

• Read means the page was opened and the wording checked on it.
• UNVERIFIED means the page could not be opened (blocked, JavaScript-only or an error), so the wording comes from a search extract. We keep that label rather than present the text as confirmed.
• Not stated in the pages we read means we found nothing on the point. It does not prove the publisher has no rule.

We did not contact the publishers, and none of them reviewed this page. Game names are trademarks of their owners and appear here only to identify the games. CryptoGameTopUp is not affiliated with any of these publishers.

Which publishers forbid buying through an intermediary?

These publishers leave no room for a direct top-up by a reseller like us:

• PUBG Mobile. The operator's 2021 notice says it authorizes no intermediary purchases. Its licence terms accept codes from authorized retailers, so we sell UC codes instead. We treat Honor of Kings, from the same operator, the same way and sell its codes.
• Kuro Games (Wuthering Waves). Top-ups through third-party platforms need its permission.
• Century Games (Whiteout Survival). No currency may be bought outside its services.
• Supercell. Purchases only from Supercell or its authorized partners, behind a Supercell ID login.
• Riot Games and Roblox. Neither offers a top-up by player ID to outside sellers; both point to authorized card retailers, so we sell Riot and Roblox gift cards.

Arena Breakout, Arena of Valor, Age of Empires Mobile and Ragnarok Origin stay out because their official stores need a sign-in or a code from your game. The games we do not sell page explains each case and where to top up officially.

Which publishers work with authorized partners?

Garena is the clearest case. Its terms say Free Fire currency “may also be purchased directly from certain authorized third parties”. We found no public list of those partners, so a seller's own “official” badge is not proof on its own.

HoYoverse words it differently: using “unapproved payment methods” is a violation of its terms. In practice the same idea applies: currency should come from a channel HoYoverse approves. Activision and Konami target currency obtained by fraud, and Moonton's verified wording says nothing about resellers. In those games, the source of the currency is what matters, which is why we only buy through authorized channels.

NetEase's terms, and Level Infinite's terms for Delta Force and NIKKE, contain no reseller clause; they ban trading currency for real money between players and “secondary markets”. Seasun's Mecha BREAK terms also ban profiting from price differences between regions. An authorized channel selling in the right region avoids both problems.

How does a cheap top-up turn into a ban?

Most often through a reversed payment. Some sellers stock currency bought with stolen cards. When the card owner disputes the charge, the publisher pulls the currency back, and the account that received it pays the price.

The publishers say so in their own words. Riot may suspend an account when it has to refund “due to unauthorized use of a payment made from your account”. PUBG Mobile's notice promises “heavier punishments” for refund abuse and confiscates currency obtained illegally. Garena can cancel a transaction for non-payment, which “could result in a loss of access”. Reports of negative diamond or Primogem balances after a refund come only from resellers and news sites, so we list them as UNVERIFIED.

Paying a shop in crypto does not remove this risk if the shop's own stock was card-funded. Only an authorized source does.

What does CryptoGameTopUp do with these rules?

We top up only through channels each publisher authorizes, such as official distributors and publisher stores. We do not buy from grey-market sellers, and we do not sell a game whose publisher allows no intermediary. We do not sell currency for Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, Clash Royale, eFootball, Arena Breakout, Arena of Valor, Age of Empires Mobile, Wuthering Waves or Whiteout Survival, and we do not top up PUBG Mobile or Honor of Kings by player ID: their publishers allow no intermediary or require a login we would have to ask you for.

When a publisher changes its terms, we re-read them, update this page and change the catalogue if needed. The change is recorded in the changelog. Our prices for the games we sell are on the pricing page.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes. The tables on this page are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0): copy or adapt them with a link to this page and the reading date, 22 October 2026.

If a publisher's wording has changed, or you can open a page we marked UNVERIFIED, send the link to [email protected]. We check it, correct the table and note the date.