age ratings
Maturity level labels
Age ratings are classifications assigned to media—films, video games, television programs, apps—indicating the minimum age considered appropriate for the audience.
These ratings typically account for violence, sexual content, language, and other potentially mature themes.
In the United States, familiar systems include the MPAA ratings for films (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) and the ESRB ratings for video games.
The game received a Teen age rating for mild violence.
Age ratings are advisory in most contexts but may carry legal force for purchases or theater admission.
Industry content evaluator
- ESRBGame content rating board
- parental guidanceAdvisory for young viewers
- PG-13Film rating for adolescents
- R-ratedFilm classification limiting viewership
G-rated · NC-17 · 18+ · mature audiences · content warning · certificate · restricted · unrated
MPAA
Industry content evaluator
- ESRBGame content rating board
- parental guidanceAdvisory for young viewers
- PG-13Film rating for adolescents
R-rated · G-rated · NC-17 · 18+ · mature audiences · content warning · certificate · restricted · unrated · approved
explicit
Clearly and directly expressed
profanity · drug use · graphic · language · suggestive · mild · intense · gore · frightening · tobacco
- kid-safeparental controls, child locks, safe search, parental guidance, family-friendly
- digital parentingparental controls, screen time, internet safety, online safety, safe search
- digital youthscreen time, smartphones, social media, apps, texting
- kids techeducational apps, learning games, educational games, parental controls, screen time
- kids' readingebooks, storybooks, audiobooks, picture books, storytime
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion