

“Users Interact” could mean that players have the ability to text or voice chat with each other, or that players can contribute elements to the game that other players can see, such as maps. “In-Game Purchases” could be anything from skins, to loot boxes, to extra powers that can give you an advantage in the game. These categories are not explained in any more detail on the box. Last, a game’s possible Interactive Elements are broken down into four categories: As of this writing, there are 30 Content Descriptors on the ESRB website. For example, references to alcohol, crude humor, nudity, and violence are all things that could be mentioned in the Content Descriptors section, which appears in a box to the right of the rating. AO (Adults Only 18+) – Everyone age 18 and olderĪ sixth rating, EC (Early Childhood), also appears in search filters and results on both the website and the ESRB app, although it is not listed in the Ratings Guide.Ī seventh rating, RP (Rating Pending), is only used before a physical game has been released and hasn’t received its ESRB rating yet.Ĭontent Descriptors help explain why a game received the rating that it did.M (Mature 17+) – Everyone age 17 and older.E 10+ (Everyone 10+) – Everyone age 10 and older.
