Indonesian Game Rating System

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Indonesian Game Rating System
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
FounderMinistry of Communication and Informatics
Headquarters
Indonesia
Area served
Indonesia
ServicesVideo game ratings
Websiteigrs.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]

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 based in Indonesia to directly submit their game to the MCI to be assessed 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[edit]

Rating Description
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, mutilation, etc.), crude humor, gambling simulation, horror theme, and online interactions.

References[edit]

  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. "Pemerintah Ancam Blokir Game yang Mengandung Kekerasan". detiknews (in Indonesian). 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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