PEGI ajută părinții să ia decizii informate atunci când cumpără jocuri video.

The content of games with a PEGI 3 rating is considered suitable for all age groups. The game should not contain any sounds or pictures that are likely to frighten young children. A very mild form of violence (in a comical context or a childlike setting) is acceptable. No bad language should be heard.

Game content with scenes or sounds that can possibly frightening to younger children should fall in this category. Very mild forms of violence (implied, non-detailed, or non-realistic violence) are acceptable for a game with a PEGI 7 rating.

Video games that show violence of a slightly more graphic nature towards fantasy characters or non-realistic violence towards human-like characters would fall in this age category. Sexual innuendo or sexual posturing can be present, while any bad language in this category must be mild.

This rating is applied once the depiction of violence or sexual activity reaches a stage that looks the same as would be expected in real life. În jocurile cu un rating PEGI 16, utilizarea limbajului injurios poate fi mai pronunțată și poate fi prezent, de asemenea, consumul de tutun, alcool sau droguri ilicite.

The adult classification is applied when the level of violence reaches a stage where it becomes a depiction of gross violence, apparently motiveless killing, or violence towards defenceless characters. The glamorisation of the use of illegal drugs and of the simulation of gambling, and explicit sexual activity should also fall into this age category.

The game contains bad language. This descriptor can be found on games with a PEGI 12 (mild swearing), PEGI 16 (e.g. sexual expletives or blasphemy) or PEGI 18 rating (e.g. sexual expletives or blasphemy).

The game contains depictions of ethnic, religious, nationalistic or other stereotypes likely to encourage hatred. This content is always restricted to a PEGI 18 rating (and likely to infringe national criminal laws).

The game refers to or depicts the use of illegal drugs, alcohol or tobacco. Games with this content descriptor are always PEGI 16 or PEGI 18.

Acest descriptor poate apărea ca „Frică" pe jocurile cu PEGI 7, dacă acestea conțin imagini sau sunete care pot fi înfricoșătoare sau înspăimântătoare pentru copiii mici, sau ca „Oroare" pe jocurile cu un rating mai înalt care conțin secvențe care provoacă groază sau imagini care pot afecta emoțional la un nivel moderat (PEGI 12) sau intens și susținut (PEGI 16) (fără a include neapărat violență).

The game contains elements that encourage or teach gambling. These simulations of gambling refer to games of chance that are normally carried out in casinos or gambling halls. Some older titles can be found with PEGI 12 or PEGI 16, but PEGI changed the criteria for this classification in 2020, which made that new games with this sort of content are always PEGI 18.

This content descriptor can accompany a PEGI 12 rating if the game includes sexual posturing or innuendo, a PEGI 16 rating if there is erotic nudity or sexual intercourse without visible genitals or a PEGI 18 rating if there is explicit sexual activity in the game. Depictions of nudity in a non-sexual content do not require a specific age rating, and this descriptor would not be necessary.

The game contains depictions of violence. In games rated PEGI 7 this can only be non-realistic or non-detailed violence. Games rated PEGI 12 can include violence in a fantasy environment or non-realistic violence towards human-like characters, whereas games rated PEGI 16 or 18 have increasingly more realistic-looking violence.

Jocul oferă jucătorilor opțiunea de a achiziționa produse sau servicii digitale cu bani în moneda din viața reală. Aceste achiziții includ conținut suplimentar (niveluri bonus, ținute virtuale, articole surpriză, muzică), dar și upgrade-uri (de exemplu, pentru dezactivarea reclamelor), abonamente, monede virtuale și alte forme de monede de joc.