Glossary
What is a USK rating?
A USK rating is Germany's age label on a game: 0, 6, 12, 16 or 18. Germany uses the USK instead of PEGI.
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How it works
The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle rates games for Germany. Its labels are USK 0, 6, 12, 16 and 18, and newer ratings add short notes on content and features such as in-game purchases. Storefronts such as Steam show it to German players.
We use the USK rating when a game has no PEGI rating we can confirm.
In the games we track
- Counter-Strike 2: no PEGI rating, so we record USK 16.
- MapleStory: USK 12, because pegi.info lists only the 2007 PC release.
- Team Fortress 2 and Old School RuneScape: Valve's Steam store data also lists USK 16.
Sources
- USK – Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, published by usk.de
- Wikipedia – Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, published by en.wikipedia.org
- Wikidata – USK rating (Q157754), published by wikidata.org
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