Indonesia Game Rating System

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Indonesia Game Rating System
Founded2016; 9 years ago (2016)
FounderMinistry of Communication and Informatics
Headquarters
Indonesia
Area served
Indonesia
ServicesVideo game ratings
Websitewww.igrs.id

The Indonesia 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] This regulation will be enforced in practise starting in January 2026, after the government overhauls its application system, and relaunches the official IGRS website on October 11, 2025.

Age ratings

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Rating
(2024) 		Description
3+  – Age 3 and over. "Game content does not display references to cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, violence, blood, mutilation, cannibalism, coarse language, swearing, adult humor, nudity, pornography, gambling, or horror, and does not include online interaction features such as conversations."
7+  – Age 7 and over. "Game content does not display references to cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, violence, mutilation, cannibalism, or unrealistic blood elements, does not use coarse language, swearing, or adult humor, does not show nudity, pornography, gambling, or horror, and does not include online interaction features such as conversations."
13+  – Age 13 and over. "Game content does not display references to cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs; human mutilation or cannibalism (though blood elements may appear); adult humor with sexual connotations; nudity or pornography; gambling or intense horror, and may include limited non-hateful animated violence with unrealistic weapons and filtered online conversations."
15+  – Age 15 and over. "Game content does not include references to cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, mutilation, cannibalism, nudity, pornography, gambling, or intense horror; may include limited animated violence without hatred, online interactions with language filters, blood elements, and non-sexual adult humor."
18+  – Age 18 and over. "Game content does not contain pornography, but may display references to cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs; animated violence, blood, mutilation, and cannibalism; adult humor with sexual connotations; human-like characters without showing genitals, breasts, or buttocks; gambling activities that do not involve real or digital currency; horror elements intended to provoke fear; and online conversation features."
RC  – Refused Classification. "The RC rating is a rating for games that contain prohibited content. The criteria for content in a game that could result in this rating include the following:
  • Displaying and/or featuring pornography
  • Having gameplay activities based solely on chance or any form of gambling (betting) that involves real and legal currency, foreign currency, electronic money, or intangible commodities such as digital assets that can be traded and exchanged for legal tender, and providing/supporting/facilitating a cash-out feature.
  • Violating the laws and regulations in Indonesia."

References

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  1. ^ "28c26-pm no 11 tahun 2016" (PDF) (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "What Is IGRS | About Us - IGRS". igrs.id. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ^ @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.
  5. ^ Irawan, Dhani (2024-04-22). "Pemerintah Ancam Blokir Game yang Mengandung Kekerasan". detiknews (in Indonesian). detikcom. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
  6. ^ "Peraturan Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika Nomor 2 Tahun 2024". jdih.kominfo.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-06-01.
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