Content is generally suitable for all ages. May contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.
Rating Categories
Rating Categories suggest age appropriateness.
Everyone
Everyone 10+
Content is generally suitable for ages 10 and up. May contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.
Teen
Content is generally suitable for ages 13 and up. May contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling and/or infrequent use of strong language.
Mature 17+
Content is generally suitable for ages 17 and up. May contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.
Adults Only 18+
Content suitable only for adults ages 18 and up. May include prolonged scenes of intense violence, graphic sexual content and/or gambling with real currency.
Rating Pending
Not yet assigned a final ESRB rating. Appears only in advertising, marketing and promotional materials related to a physical (e.g., boxed) video game that is expected to carry an ESRB rating, and should be replaced by a game's rating once it has been assigned.
Rating Pending — Likely Mature 17+
Not yet assigned a final ESRB rating but anticipated to be rated Mature 17+. Appears only in advertising, marketing, and promotional materials related to a physical (e.g., boxed) video game that is expected to carry an ESRB rating, and should be replaced by a game’s rating once it has been assigned.
Content Descriptors
Content Descriptors indicate content that may have triggered a particular rating and/or may be of interest or concern.
Reference to and/or images of alcoholic beverages
Discolored and/or unrealistic depictions of blood
Depictions of blood
Depictions of blood or the mutilation of body parts
Depictions or dialogue involving slapstick or suggestive humor
Reference to and/or images of alcoholic beverages
Reference to and/or images of illegal drugs
Reference to and/or images of tobacco products
The consumption of alcoholic beverages
The consumption or use of illegal drugs
Discolored and/or unrealistic depictions of blood
Depictions of blood
Depictions of blood or the mutilation of body parts
Depictions or dialogue involving slapstick or suggestive humor
Depictions or dialogue involving vulgar antics, including "bathroom" humor
Depictions or dialogue involving "adult" humor, including sexual references
Violent actions of a fantasy nature, involving human or non-human characters in situations easily distinguishable from real life
Graphic and realistic-looking depictions of physical conflict. May involve extreme and/or realistic blood, gore, weapons and depictions of human injury and death.
Scenes involving aggressive conflict. May contain bloodless dismemberment.
References to violent acts
Prominently featured images or activities that are typically associated with real-world gambling even if they are not directly simulating a gambling experience
Player can gamble, including betting or wagering real cash or currency
Player can gamble without betting or wagering real cash or currency.Typically assigned to simulations of casino-based gambling.
Mild to moderate use of profanity
Mild references to profanity, sexuality, violence, alcohol or drug use in music
Explicit and/or frequent use of profanity
Explicit and/or frequent references to profanity, sex, violence, alcohol or drug use in music
Graphic or prolonged depictions of nudity
Brief and/or mild depictions of nudity
Non-explicit depictions of sexual behavior, possibly including partial nudity
References to sex or sexuality
Depictions of rape or other violent sexual acts
Explicit and/or frequent depictions of sexual behavior, possibly including nudity
Mild provocative references or materials
NOTE: Content Descriptors are applied relative to the Rating Category assigned and are not intended to be a complete listing of content. When a Content Descriptor is preceded by the term “Mild” it is intended to convey low frequency, intensity or severity.
Interactive Elements
Interactive Elements highlight interactive or online features that may be of interest or concern but do not influence the rating assignment of a product. This includes users' ability to interact with each other, the sharing of users' location with other users, if purchases of digital goods or services are offered, and/or if unrestricted internet access is provided.
In-Game Purchases
Contains in-game offers to purchase digital goods or premiums with real world currency, including but not limited to bonus levels, skins, music, virtual coins and other forms of in-game currency, subscriptions, season passes and upgrades (e.g., to disable ads).
In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
Contains in-game offers to purchase digital goods or premiums with real world currency (or with virtual coins or other forms of in-game currency that can be purchased with real world currency) for which the player doesn’t know prior to purchase the specific digital goods or premiums they will be receiving (e.g., loot boxes, item packs, mystery awards).
Users Interact
Indicates possible exposure to unfiltered/uncensored user-generated content, including user-to-user communications and media sharing via social media and networks
Shares Location
Includes the ability to display the user’s location to other users of the app
Unrestricted Internet
Provides unrestricted access to the internet (e.g., browser, search engine)
Online Music Not Rated by the ESRB – Warns that songs that are streamed or downloaded as add-ons for music-based games have not been rated and that their content has not been considered in the ESRB rating assignment.
ESRB Ratings Criteria for Non-Game Apps:
The ESRB Rating Guide and all search results on ESRB.org refer to games rated through our traditional rating process. However, ESRB also assigns ratings to non-game apps on certain mobile and digital storefronts that have licensed the IARC rating system. For insight into some of the criteria ESRB uses to rate non-game apps, click here.
