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The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system is designed to help European parents and caregivers make informed decisions when choosing video games for children. PEGI does this by providing detailed information about the content and features of video games, and ensures that games are sold and advertised in a responsible manner. The system is used throughout most of Europe in more than 35 countries (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom).
PEGI is widely adopted across the sector and supported by the major console manufacturers, including Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, as well as by publishers and developers of video games throughout Europe. PEGI ratings are issued by two independent administrators: the Games Rating Authority (UK) and NICAM (Netherlands). To decide what age rating a game should get, they examine how the input provided by video game publishers matches the actual content of a video game.
The age rating system was founded by Video Games Europe in 2003. The day-to-day management, supervision and development of the PEGI system is handled by PEGI s.a., an independent, not-for-profit company with a social purpose established under Belgian law. Drawing on wide experience, PEGI is steered by way of a number of boards and committees as envisaged in the PEGI Code of Conduct.