# Europe PEGI 18 Checklist

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`.