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About the ESRB Our primary mission is to help parents make informed decisions about the video games and apps their children play. Learn More. Rating categories suggest age appropriateness. View All. Parental Controls. Family Discussion Guide. Read the Full Story. Did You Know? The average gamer is 31 years old. Need Help? The content of games with a PEGI 3 rating is considered suitable for all age groups.

The game should not contain any sounds or pictures that are likely to frighten young children. A very mild form of violence in a comical context or a childlike setting is acceptable. No bad language should be heard. Game content with scenes or sounds that can possibly frightening to younger children should fall in this category. Very mild forms of violence implied, non-detailed, or non-realistic violence are acceptable for a game with a PEGI 7 rating. Video games that show violence of a slightly more graphic nature towards fantasy characters or non-realistic violence towards human-like characters would fall in this age category.

Sexual innuendo or sexual posturing can be present, while any bad language in this category must be mild. This rating is applied once the depiction of violence or sexual activity reaches a stage that looks the same as would be expected in real life.

The use of bad language in games with a PEGI 16 rating can be more extreme, while the use of tobacco, alcohol or illegal drugs can also be present. The adult classification is applied when the level of violence reaches a stage where it becomes a depiction of gross violence, apparently motiveless killing, or violence towards defenceless characters.

The glamorisation of the use of illegal drugs and of the simulation of gambling, and explicit sexual activity should also fall into this age category. The game contains bad language. Replaced in favour of Game may contain microtransactions. Codex Gamicus Explore. Main Page All Pages. Gamepedia support Report a bad ad Help Wiki Contact us. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Pan European Game Information.

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