Indonesian Game Rating System

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Indonesian Game Rating System
Founded2016;8 years ago (2016)
Founder Ministry of Communication and Informatics
Headquarters
Indonesia
Area served
Indonesia
ServicesVideo game ratings
Website igrs.id

The Indonesian Game Rating System (IGRS) is a video game content rating system founded by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics in 2016. [1] [2] There are 5 classifications of ratings based on the game content, which includes the use of alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, violence, blood, language, sexual content, etc. [3]

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IGRS generally assigns age ratings for games that are developed and published in Indonesia, but they also provide age ratings for imported games that are verified as official Indonesian products. Starting as of late 2019, only some physical PlayStation titles are officially verified for sale in Indonesia, such as the PlayStation 4 versions of Death Stranding [4] and Minecraft .

In 2024, Ministry of Communications and Informatics revised the IGRS in Ministerial Regulation MCI 2/2024 by enforcing the requirement that every video game publisher must have an Indonesian representative office to directly submit their game to the MCI for assessment by the IGRS. Failure to do so would require in sanctions such as having the game being banned from access in Indonesia. [5] [6]

Age ratings

RatingDescription
IGRS SU.png SU ("Semua Umur", All Ages in English)  – Playable for all ages.
IGRS 3+ 2023.png 3+  – Age 3 and over. No restricted content is shown including adult content, use of drugs, gambling simulation, and online interactions.
IGRS 7+ 2023.png 7+  – Age 7 and over. No restricted content is shown including adult content, use of drugs, gambling simulation, and online interactions.
IGRS 13+ 2023.png 13+  – Age 13 and over. Restricted contents are partially shown, including light use of drugs and alcohol by figures/background characters, cartoon violence, mild language, gambling simulation, horror theme, and online interactions.
IGRS 18+ 2023.png 18+  – Age 18 and over. Restricted contents are mostly shown, if not all, including use of drugs and alcohol by main characters, realistic violence (blood, gore, torture, mutilation, suicide and etc.), crude humor, gambling simulation, horror theme, and online interactions.

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References

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