ESRB ratings provide information about what’s in video game
Search ESRB Game Ratings
Most Viewed Games:
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
- Simon the Sorcerer Origins
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2
- Lies of P
- See All →
ESRB ratings provide information about what’s in a game or app so parents and consumers can make informed choices about which games are right for their family. Ratings have 3 parts: Rating Categories, Content Descriptors, and Interactive Elements.
About the ESRB
Our primary mission is to help parents make informed decisions about the video games and apps their children play. Our Advertising Review Council actively enforces industry-adopted advertising guidelines, and our Privacy Certified program helps ensure responsible web and mobile privacy practices.
Rating categories suggest age appropriateness.
Content Descriptors indicate content that may have triggered a particular rating and/or may be of interest or concern.
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.
Rating Summariesare assigned to many physical games and provide more detailed information about the content in a game and its context.You can find rating summaries when you conduct a ratings search on this site or download our mobile app.
Tools for Parents
ESRB ratings make it easy for parents to get informed about the video games their kids play, but there’s more parents can do to stay involved and up to date.Learn how to set parental controls, manage your kids’ gameplay experiences using our Family Gaming Guide, download the ESRB mobile app, and more.
ESRB Blog
What Parents Need To Know About Roblox
What do you get when you combine the user-sharing power of YouTube with the community gameplay of Minecraft? You get Roblox, an endless library of games (“experiences”) created by users around the world. Chances are pretty good that your child has experienced Roblox at home or at a friend’s house, playing fun interactive multiplayer games […]
Did You Know?
65% of the ESRB ratings assigned to physical and console downloadable video games in 2024 were either E (Everyone) or E10+ (Everyone 10+).
Learn Moreon our BlogDid You Know?
84% of parents with kids who play video games are aware of ESRB ratings and 78% regularly check them before buying a game. (Source: Hart Research Associates, 2024)
Learn Moreon our BlogDid You Know?
Most parents consider each part (Rating Category, Content Descriptors, Interactive Elements) of the ESRB rating system to be either “very” or “extremely” important when deciding if a game or app is appropriate for their kids. (Source: Hart Research Associates, 2024)
Learn Moreon Ratings GuideDid You Know?
Industry guidelines, which are enforced by the ESRB, prohibit the inappropriate target marketing of Mature-rated games.
Learn Moreabout Principles and GuidelinesDid You Know?
ESRB has an enforcement system which allows for the imposition of sanctions, fines (including fines up to $1 million), and corrective actions on publishers for non-compliance with its guidelines.
Learn Moreabout Rating ProcessDid You Know?
According to the U.S.Federal Trade Commission 87% of kids under the age of 17 are turned away when trying to buy an M-rated game at retail.
Learn Moreon our BlogDid You Know?
The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote: “This [ESRB rating] system does much to ensure that minors cannot purchase seriously violent games on their own, and that parents who care about the matter can readily evaluate the games their children bring home.”
Learn Moreat supremecourt.govDid You Know?
The E (Everyone) rating was originally called K-A (Kids to Adults) but was changed in 1998.
Learn Morein History of ESRBDid You Know?
The ESRB rating system has three parts – Rating Categories, Content Descriptors and Interactive Elements, the latter of which were introduced in 2013.
Learn Moreon Ratings GuideDid You Know?
Introduced in 2008, Rating Summaries provide greater detail about the content in physical games rated by the ESRB, and are exclusively available on this website or the ESRB mobile app by conducting a title search.
Learn Moreon Ratings GuideDid You Know?
ESRB uses more than 30 different Content Descriptors to help communicate what’s in a game.
Learn Moreon Ratings GuideDid You Know?
The FTC considers the ESRB to have “the strongest self-regulatory code” among media rating systems in the U.S. and has confirmed that retailers maintain a high store policy compliance rate.
Learn Moreon our BlogDid You Know?
Founded in 2013 by many of the world’s leading video game rating authorities, the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) administers the first globally streamlined age classification process for digital games and mobile apps that respects the unique cultural norms of each region.
Learn Moreat globalratings.comDid You Know?
In 1999 ESRB Privacy Online (now called ESRB Privacy Certified) launched its certification program and was sanctioned by the FTC as a “Safe Harbor” underChildren’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Learn Moreon privacyDid You Know?
More than 67% of parents would be more comfortable allowing their children to download and play a game certified by ESRB Privacy Certified (Source: Hart Research Associates, 2024).
Learn Moreon privacyDid You Know?
It’s never too late to have “the conversation” with your kids about what, when, and how they can play!
Learn Moreon Family gaming guideDid You Know?
Activating parental controls on your children’s video game devices helps you enforce house rules, such as limiting play time, blocking games with certain ESRB ratings, and managing in-game spending.
Learn Moreon Parental controls