Ugly
Graffiti Games-
Nintendo Switch - 31/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features prominent use of alcohol. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Puzzle platformer game in which the player takes on the role of a nobleman and uses a mirror mechanic to solve puzzles and confront his past traumas.
Content specific issues
This game contains prominent use of alcohol. During gameplay, the protagonist drinks heavily to cope with his trauma. The player can reset a puzzle room by holding a button which causes the player to drink from a flask, which blurs their vision.
Other issues
There is a scene in which the player is encouraged to take their own life. This game contains an over-arching theme of child abuse. The protagonist is dealing with childhood trauma of being taunted, threatened, and called ‘ugly’ by a parental figure. These memories show up during gameplay in the form of children’s style crayon drawings. There are sexual themes throughout the game. One scene in particular takes place in a sex dungeon where adult toys can be seen on shelves, and a sex swing hangs from the ceiling. The player cannot interact with these items. There are horror sequences throughout the entirety of the game. Rooms contain corpses of victims, some of which are dismembered. There are also depictions of skeletons and human bones used for architectural structures. In one room, there are a bunch of zoo animal corpses. This game contains the use of the word ‘bastard’.
The Gap
Meridiem Games SL-
PlayStation 5 - 30/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features use of strong language. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Psychological thriller game in which players take on the role of a man with a disease who becomes obsessed with finding a cure by analysing his past memories.
Content specific issues
This game features strong language ('fuck'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit'.
Other issues
The game also contains references to suicide and implied violence.
Hidden Objects Collection 5: Detective Stories
Funbox Media Ltd-
Nintendo Switch - 17/05/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 12 because it features moderate violence, images that younger players may find disturbing, and use of bad language. Not suitable for persons under 12 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Collection of Hidden Objects games.
Content specific issues
One of the games feature moderate violence, including a person being tasered unconscious and a struggle between two people in which one of them falls off a dock. Violence in the other games is milder. There is sight of dead bodies, which younger players may find disturbing. The games also include use of bad language, including frequent use of 'bastard'.
Food Fight
PLAION GmbH-
ATARI 2600+ - 26/04/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3 and features occasional very mild violence in a comical or abstract context. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Re-release of the 1983 Atari classic in which players take on the role of a young boy who must try to reach various ice cream cones before they melt while avoiding the chefs who are out to get him.
Content specific issues
This game features very mild violence. Enemies can be defeated by throwing food at them, which causes them to change colour and fly off-screen. If the player's character is hit by an enemy, he will freeze in place and all food remaining in the level will fly at him. This does not result in any visible harm or hurt. The basic visuals and gameplay mechanics make the violence less disturbing.
Felix the Cat
Konami Digital Entertainment BV-
Nintendo Switch - 28/03/2024
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PlayStation 4 - 28/03/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 28/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3 and features occasional very mild violence in a comical or abstract context. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Re-release of two pixelated platform games themed around a black cat and his magic bag: Felix the Cat (NES version) and Felix the Cat (Gameboy version).
Content specific issues
Violence is very mild and either directed at cartoony humans or at fantasy characters. Violence and reactions are unrealistic in nature. Both enemies and Felix fall off-screen when defeated without visible harm or hurt, while all bosses explode in the same way when defeated. The cartoon-like visuals help make any violence less disturbing.
MotoGP24
Milestone S.r.l.-
PlayStation 4 - 02/05/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 02/05/2024
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Xbox One - 02/05/2024
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Xbox Series X|S - 02/05/2024
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PC - 02/05/2024
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Nintendo Switch - 02/05/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Sports simulation game based on the sport of motorcycle racing, in which players can select riders from the Official MotoGP World Championship or use their own custom riders. The game offers all the circuits of the official 2024 calendar, as well as a selection of the best historical circuits.
Content specific issues
Riders may crash their bikes but this does not result in obvious harm or injury to the characters.
Other issues
This game offers players the opportunity to purchase in-game items, in the form of additional content and DLC, which some parents or carers may want to be aware of. Parents, carers or other responsible adults should check to see what is being offered before making any purchase on behalf of a child. It should be noted that the game can still be played without the need to purchase such items.
OVRDARK: A Do Not Open Story
Unreality, S.L.-
PlayStation 5 - 07/03/2024
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PC - 03/05/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 16 because it features strong violence, gory images, sustained horror, and prominent use of tobacco. Not suitable for persons under 16 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Horror game, a sequel to 'Do Not Open', in which players take on the role of an investigator who discovers the remains of a former friend and investigates the man's past in the dead man's mansion.
Content specific issues
This game features strong and realistic violence towards humans, including a sequence in which a man is seen beating a woman, slamming her head against a wall. There is sight of blood. The game also contains sustained horror sequences and some gory images. There are jump scares and scenes in which the player's character is chased, including by a character with a mutilated head. Players are able to find lit cigarettes in multiple locations which can be picked up and smoked.
Other issues
At one point, the player's character must make an incision on their hand with a knife, with sight of blood.
Guts 'N Goals
PM Studios-
Nintendo Switch - 15/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 7 because it features mild violence that lacks any apparent harm or injury to fantasy or mythical beings and creatures, as well as non-realistic looking violence towards characters which, although human, are not very detailed. Not suitable for persons under 7 years of age.
Brief outline of the game
Fantasy sporting game in which players take part in variants of soccer.
Content specific issues
This game features mild violence as pixelated and non-detailed characters hit each other with melee weapons, while trying to bat a ball into a goal. Characters flash and smoke when hit and there is no blood or injury detail. Players can be knocked out temporarily, lying on the field before waking up and re-joining the match.
Good Pizza, Great Pizza
PM Studios-
Nintendo Switch - 15/03/2024
Advice for consumers
This game has received a PEGI 3. Suitable for all ages.
Brief outline of the game
Casual game in which players run a pizza shop, creating delivering pizzas based on customers' orders.
Content specific issues
No rating issues.
Jurassic Park: Classic Games Collection
U&I Entertainment Limited-
Nintendo Switch - 01/03/2024
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PlayStation 5 - 01/03/2024