Official game ratings and licenses for South Korea, China and Taiwan, in English
Every game sold in these markets goes through an official rating or licensing system, but the records are published only in Korean or Chinese. Asia Game Ratings turns those official records into monthly reports and one page per game and per company: what was rated or approved, when, for which platforms, and by whom.
South Korea: October 2026
In October 2026, South Korea's rating bodies (GRAC and GCRB) issued 169 rating decisions, up 33.1% from September 2026 (127).
The most common rating was All ages (ALL) (113 of 169 rating decisions, 66.9%).
China: October 2026
In October 2026, China's National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) approved 195 games, down 6.7% from September 2026 (209).
The most common platform type was Mobile (190 of 195 games, 97.4%).
Taiwan: October 2026
In October 2026, Taiwan's game software rating system recorded 613 rated releases, up 24.1% from September 2026 (494).
The most common rating was R (18+) (433 of 613 rated releases, 70.6%).
How to read these pages
- South Korea rates games by age (ALL, 12+, 15+, 18+) or refuses classification. Most mobile games are rated by app stores under self-rating agreements and do not appear in these records.
- China does not rate games by age here: NPPA grants a publishing license (版号, banhao) for each game. Titles are published in Chinese only.
- Taiwan rates games G, P, PG12, PG15 and R. Its records are dated by release date, not rating date.
- Game pages bring the records for one title together. Records from different countries are joined only when title, company and dates agree; a title that merely looks similar is marked possible match.
- No record is not a refusal. A game missing from one country's list may simply be registered there under another name.