What are ratings?
Discrimination: May contain cruelty or
harassment based on race, ethnicity,
gender, ability, or sexual preferences.
Drugs: May contain references to illegal
drugs or a fictional substance that has
parallels to real-life illegal drugs (in use,
possession, or sale).
Gambling: May contain elements that
encourage or teach gambling.
Violence: May contain scenes of people
getting injured or dying, often by use of
weapons, whether realistically or in a
fantastical or cartoonish manner. Also may
contain gore and blood-letting.
Online: Contains an online game mode
Fear: May contain scenes and plot
elements too disturbing or frightening to
younger players.
Sex: May contain references to sexual
attraction or sexual intercourse. Also may
contain nudity and characters dressed in
suggestive clothing.
Bad language: May contain profanity,
sexual innuendo, threats, and all manner
of slurs, insults, and epithets.
PEGI rating is a rating for games. It tells you what the
game includes and who it is suitable for.

3: Suitable for ages 3 and older. May contain mild
violence in an appropriate context for younger children,
but no explicit language is allowed.

7: Suitable for ages 7 and older. May contain mild,
cartoon violence, sports, or elements that can be
frightening to younger children.

12: Suitable for ages 12 and older. May contain violence
in a fantasy setting, coarse language, mild sexual
references or innuendo, or gambling.

16: Suitable for ages 16 and older. May contain explicit
violence, strong language, sexual references or content,
gambling, or drug use (encouragement).

18: Suitable for ages 18 and older. May contain graphic
violence, including "violence towards defenseless
people" and "multiple, motiveless killing", strong
language, strong sexual content, gambling, drug use
(glamorisation), or discrimination.
Age ratings are systems used to
ensure that entertainment content,
such as films, videos, DVDs, and
computer games, are clearly labelled
by age according to the content they
contain. Age ratings provide guidance
to consumers (particularly parents) to
help them decide whether or not to
buy a particular product.
The rating on a game confirms that it
is suitable for players over a certain
age. Accordingly, a PEGI 7 game is only
suitable for those aged seven and
above and an PEGI 18 game is only
suitable for adults aged eighteen and
above. The PEGI rating considers the
age suitability of a game, not the level
of difficulty.
PEGI is used and recognised
throughout Europe and has the
enthusiastic support of the European
Commission. It is considered to be a
model of European harmonisation in
the field of the protection of children.