Apex Legends age rating: what parents of kids 4–7 should know

• ✓Official rating above age 7
  ESRB: T; PEGI 16
• ✓Contact with other players or strangers
  ESRB: Users Interact
• ✓Purchases with real money
  ESRB: In-Game Purchases
• ✓Paid random items
  PEGI: Paid random items
• ✓Violence or scary content in rating descriptors
  ESRB: Blood, Violence
• –Government lawsuits, fines, or safety warnings
  None found

Each flag is a yes-or-no fact from the sources on this page. The number is a count of flags, not a safety score. How we count.

Checked October 2026. Ratings and settings change; check the official source before you decide. What do these ratings mean?

Facts for parents, not medical or legal advice. If you're worried about your child, talk to your pediatrician.

What is Apex Legends?

Short answer: An online battle royale shooter: squads fight until one team is left.

PEGI says players form squads of up to three, and matches have up to 60 players. The ESRB says players search for supplies and use machine guns, rifles, and explosives while the play area shrinks. It came out in February 2019.

Apex Legends age rating: what's in it

Short answer: It's rated for teens in the US and 16 and up in Europe.

• US & Canada (ESRB): T. The ESRB describes frenetic firefights with blood-splatter effects, realistic gunfire, and finishing moves on weakened enemies, such as stabbing with a knife or beating with fists, often shown close up.
• Europe & UK (PEGI): 16, for sustained depictions of violence toward human characters, with the "Paid random items" label.
• Common Sense Media: 14+.

Online play and purchases

Short answer: Matches are online with other players, and the game sells items for real money, including random ones.

The ESRB lists Users Interact and In-Game Purchases. PEGI says the game offers items that can be bought with real money and labels it "Paid random items." We found no government action against Apex Legends as of October 2026.

The habit kids may copy: last one standing

In a battle royale, only one squad wins and everyone else is out. Kids may bring the "I'm the last one standing" idea to playground games.

Try tonight: a game where everyone wins

Play a cooperative game: keep a balloon in the air together and count the hits. When it drops, say: "We lost together. Let's try again together." In our program, this is the lesson "Fair Play": a game is fun only when it's fun for everyone.

What age is Apex Legends for?

The ESRB rates it T (Teen, 13 and up), PEGI rates it 16, and Common Sense Media lists it for 14 and up.

Is Apex Legends OK for kids?

It's rated T in the US and 16 in Europe for gun violence with blood and close-up finishing moves, and it's played online with other people.

How do Apex Legends and Fortnite ratings compare?

Both are rated T by the ESRB. Apex's ESRB rating adds Blood, and PEGI rates Apex 16 for sustained violence toward human characters.

Does Apex Legends have loot boxes?

PEGI labels it "Paid random items," and the ESRB lists In-Game Purchases.

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