This master's thesis primarily deals with the topic of video game protection, but other topics closely related to videogame culture were also covered. Therefore the second chapter dealt with the topic of the culture of playing videogames, i.e. it was written about what everything belongs to that culture, what are the factors, types of players and their mutual communication and other things related to it. In addition, it was written about the connection between ethics and videogames and how it affects the perception of that culture in society. Also, the second chapter discusses the position of genders, specifically women, races and age groups, since they all play videogames to some extent. The third chapter deals with the presentation of real cultural heritage in video games and how it can be protected through videogames. The last, fourth, chapter deals with the protection of videogames as cultural heritage. In that chapter, it was written about why the protection of videogames is important and the challenges that threaten their preservation were considered. Accordingly, methods have been proposed that can help protect video games within heritage institutions. It was also written about the protection of other materials related to videogames since they are also worth protecting because without them there would be no videogames. At the end of the paper, everything stated in the last chapter was supported by many examples of good practice.