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The Entertainment Software Rating Association (ESRA) is an organization that applies ratings for video games in Iran. It started in 2007 by the Iran National Foundation of Computer Games.

Ratings[]

These ratings have been used since 2020.

Icon Title of rating Description
3+ Appropriate for ages 3 and up.
7+ Appropriate for ages 7 and up.
12+ Appropriate for ages 12 and up.
15+ Appropriate for ages 15 and up.
18+ Appropriate for ages 18 and up.
25+ Appropriate for ages 25 and up.

Previous designs[]

Year +3 +7 +12 +15 +18 +25
20072020




Content icons[]

These are graded on a scale from 1 to 5.

Content icon Description
Drugs How much a game mentions or uses tobacco, drugs etc.
Difficulty Difficulty of the game. Harder games get a higher score.
Fear How much a game induces fear and paranoia in the player. Among the criteria are limitations of visibility, disturbing ambience, monsters, and sudden events.
Violence Intensity of violence in a game. Among the criteria are repetition and variety of violent scenes, the amount of blood in the game, the use of various firearms, fights, and conflicts.
Profanity Severity of profanity in a game. Among the criteria are the type and rate of repetition of profanity in the game, profane music, and profane behaviour of characters.
Despair Amount of despair in a game. Among the criteria are the absurdity and aimlessness of the story, hopeless events, and tasks that make the player feel guilty.

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