Indonesian Game Rating System
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Founded | 2016; 8 years ago (2016) |
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Founder | Ministry of Communication and Informatics |
Headquarters | Indonesia |
Area served | Indonesia |
Services | Video game ratings |
Website | igrs |
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]
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
Rating | Description |
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![]() | SU ("Semua Umur", All Ages in English) – Playable for all ages. |
![]() | 3+ – Age 3 and over. No restricted content is shown including adult content, use of drugs, gambling simulation, and online interactions. |
![]() | 7+ – Age 7 and over. No restricted content is shown including adult content, use of drugs, gambling simulation, and online interactions. |
![]() | 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. |
![]() | 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. |
References
- ^ "28c26-pm no 11 tahun 2016" (PDF) (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Indonesia Resmi Punya Sistem "Rating Game" Sendiri". Kompas.com (in Indonesian). 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "What Is IGRS | About Us - IGRS". igrs.id. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ @fahmitsu (November 11, 2019). "Death Stranding has the official Indonesian label and proper IGRS sticker on the plastic" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 19 March 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Irawan, Dhani. "Pemerintah Ancam Blokir Game yang Mengandung Kekerasan". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
- ^ "Peraturan Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 2 Tahun 2024". jdih.kominfo.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
External links
- Official website
- Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
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- Australian Classification Board
- CERO (Japan)
- Chilean Rating System
- ClassInd (Brazil)
- ESRA (Iran)
- ESRB (US, Canada)
- FPB (South Africa)
- Game Rating and Administration Committee (South Korea)
- Game Software Rating Regulations (Taiwan)
- Gmedia (Saudi Arabia)
- IARC (online)
- Indonesian Game Rating System (Indonesia)
- iOS App Store (online)
- National Audiovisual Institute (Finland)
- OFLC (New Zealand)
- RARS (Russia)
- PEGI (Europe, Israel)
- USK (Germany)
- Video Standards Council (United Kingdom)
- 3DO Rating System (US)
- BBFC** (UK)
- ICRA (online)
- Korea Media Rating Board
- NMC (United Arab Emirates)
- Recreational Software Advisory Council (US)
- SELL (France)
- Videogame Rating Council (US)
- *Not all of Europe uses the PEGI rating system.
- **The BBFC still exists as a motion picture rating system. Additionally, it continues to rate video games containing pornographic, or having external video material.