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Europe PEGI 18 Checklist

A guides & deep dives document in the Fighting Game library.

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Region variant: RegionVariant.EU.PEGI18
SKU tag: SKU.EU.PEGI18
Build macro: RegionVariant
Last verified: 2026-06-12
Source URL: https://pegi.info/what-do-the-labels-mean

  • Rating-board submission: submit the standard-ship build through the PEGI declaration with disclosure of realistic violence, bad language, and in-game purchase descriptors (including paid random items disclosure where applicable).
  • Content policy: standard ship — no gore restriction; full Fatality and X-Ray presentation as authored.
  • Streaming patch: the PEGI 12 streaming-safe patch swaps gore-heavy finishers and strong-language VO per the streaming_safe_patch content profile.
  • Store-page copy: display the PEGI 18 rating mark and content descriptors on every EU store page; per-country storefront text localized per §54 locale coverage.
  • Marketing assets: EU trailers and screenshots must carry the PEGI rating label per PEGI advertising rules; Germany uses the separate USK SKU and checklist (de-usk18-checklist.md).
  • In-game text: externalized strings must not promise content the declaration did not cover; in-game purchase disclosure surfaces in the EU first-run flow.
  • Store flow: age-gated presentation for PEGI 18 purchase per platform rules.
  • Runtime: boot assert compares the installed EU SKU to RegionVariant.EU.PEGI18.