Ratings, placed on the box of a game by ESRB are very helpful in many ways because they tell whether a game is safe to play for your age. There are six different ratings as you can see above: Early Childhood consists of games made by Disney. Everyone says that any person is able to play the game but this type of game can't be very violent. Teen has mild violence but no blood and gore. Mature has lots of violence and blood and gore. Adults Only is what it is and it has adult themes. Rating Pending means not rated yet. The ratings aren't always completely correct, but if it's not, it will always be an Everyone game rated Teen or Teen rated Mature. That way they take less risks by rating it lower than it should be, and having 6 year olds playing first person shooters that should have been rated Teen.