ESRB is a rating system which rates video games. Feel free to use these ratings in your articles!
| Icon | Interactive Elements | Active Since | Description | Examples |
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Rating Pending | 1994 | This symbol is exclusively used in marketing materials for games that have not yet been assigned a final rating by the ESRB. | |
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Everyone | 1998 | Games with this rating contain content which the ESRB believes is suitable for a general audience; they can contain infrequent use of mild/cartoon violence and mild language. Until January 1, 1998, when it was renamed "Everyone", this rating was known as Kids to Adults (K-A). | LMMCU Crossy Road, Lego Mighty Micros |
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Everyone 10 and Older | March 2005 | Games with this rating contain content which the ESRB
believes is suitable for those aged 10 years and older. They can contain a great amount of violence, mild language, crude humor, or innuendo content than the standard "Everyone" rating can accommodate, but not to the same extent as the "Teen" rating. |
Skylanders: Frick Force, Lego Fairy Tail:The Video Game |
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Teen | 1994 | Games with this rating contain content which the ESRB believes is suitable for those aged 13 years and older; they can contain moderate amounts of violence (including small amounts of blood), mild to moderate use of strong language or suggestive themes, and vulgar humor. | LMMCU Wiki: The Video Game, Calling All Morphers, Biomecha: The Video Game |
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Mature | 1994 | Games with this rating contain content which the ESRB believes is suitable for those aged 17 years and older; they can contain content with an impact high, moreso than the "Teen" rating can accommodate, including intense and/or real portrayals of violence (blood, gore, mutilation, and death), strong sexual themes and content, partial nudity, and frequent use of strong language | Brickipedia Ops, De Mansio |
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Adults Only | 1994 | Games with this rating contain content which the ESRB believes is unsuitable for those under 18 years of age; they can contain strong sexual themes and content, graphic nudity, or extreme portrayals of violence—morseo high than the "Mature" rating can accommodate. The majority of AO-rated games are "sex and nudity" video games with porn content: the ESRB has seldom issued the AO rating solely for violence. |
Content Descriptors[]
- Alcohol Reference: Reference to and/or images of alcoholic drinks
- Animated Blood - Discolored and/or unrealistic depictions of blood
- Blood - Depictions of blood
- Blood and Gore - Depictions of blood or the maiming of body parts
- Cartoon Violence - Violent actions involving cartoon situations and characters. Includes violence where a character is unharmed after the action has been inflicted
- Comic Mischief - Depictions or dialogue involving slapstick or suggestive humor
- Crude Humor - Depictions or dialogue involving off color antics, including lavatory humor
- Drug Reference - Reference to and/or images of prohibited drugs
- Fantasy Violence - Violent actions of a fantasy nature, involving human or non-human characters in situations easily distinguishable from real life
- Intense Violence - Graphic and real depictions of physical conflict. Involves extreme and/or real blood, gore, weapons and depictions of human injury and death
- Language - Mild to moderate use of bad words
- Lyrics - Mild references to bad language, human sexuality, violence, alcohol or drug use in music
- Mature Humor - Depictions or dialogue involving "adult" humor, including sexual references
- Nudity - Graphic or prolonged depictions of nudity
- Partial Nudity - Brief and/or mild depictions of nudity
- Real Gambling - Player can gamble, including betting or wagering real cash or currency
- Sexual Content - Non-explicit depictions of human sexual practice, including partial nudity
- Sexual Themes - References to sex or human sexuality
- Sexual Violence - Depictions of rape
- Simulated Gambling - Player can gamble without betting or wagering real cash or currency
- Strong Language - Explicit and/or frequent use of lewd language
- Strong Lyrics - Explicit and/or frequent references to cussing, sex, violence, alcohol or drug use in music
- Strong Sexual Content - Explicit and/or frequent depictions of sexual behavior, possibly including nudity
- Suggestive Themes - Mild provocative behavior references or materials
- Tobacco Reference - Reference to and/or images of tobacco products
- Use of Alcohol - The consumption of alcoholic drinks
- Use of Drugs - The consumption or use of prohibited drugs
- Use of Tobacco - The consumption of tobacco products
- Violence - Scenes involving aggressive conflict. Contains bloodless dismemberment
- Violent References - References to violent acts