PEGI Age Ratings
Showing the number of games released by PEGI age rating
UK Only
UK Certificates for Release issued by the VSC
Certificates by Age Rating | Percentage by Age Rating | ||||||
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Year | 12 | 16 | 18 | Total | 12 | 16 | 18 |
2017 | 240 | 218 | 153 | 661 | 36.3% | 33.0% | 23.1% |
2016 | 201 | 151 | 146 | 498 | 40.4% | 30.3% | 29.3% |
[2015] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
[2014] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2013 | 134 | 137 | 115 | 385 | 34.8% | 35.6% | 29.9% |
Note: For a video game supplied in the UK for a number of different games consoles (e.g. Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch) a separate UK certificate is issued for each version of the game.
All PEGI territories
These figures include online ratings.
No. of PEGI Licences by Age Rating | Percentage of PEGI Licences by Age Rating | ||||||||||
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Year | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 18 | Total | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
2018 | 499 | 459 | 589 | 366 | 229 | 2,142 | 23.3% | 21.4% | 27.5% | 17.1% | 10.7% |
2017 | 441 | 455 | 535 | 362 | 184 | 1,977 | 22.3% | 23.0% | 27.1% | 18.3% | 9.3% |
2016 | 366 | 396 | 476 | 295 | 186 | 1719 | 21.3% | 23.0% | 27.7% | 18.3% | 10.8% |
2015 | 427 | 486 | 501 | 237 | 204 | 1,855 | 23.0% | 26.2% | 27.0% | 12.8% | 11.0% |
[2014] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2013 | 471 | 371 | 326 | 225 | 149 | 1,151 | 40.9% | 32.2% | 28.3% | 19.5% | 12.9% |
2012 | 613 | 388 | 418 | 224 | 170 | 1,813 | 33.8% | 21.4% | 23.1% | 12.4% | 9.4% |
2011 | 828 | 362 | 515 | 284 | 218 | 2,214 | 37.4% | 16.4% | 23.3% | 12.8% | 9.8% |
2003 - 2010 (combined) | 7,849 | 1,967 | 3,496 | 1,991 | 825 | 16,143 | 48.6% | 12.2% | 21.7% | 12.3% | 5.1% |