Raising Blue Archive age rating: what parents should know
Blue Archive age rating: Google Play rates it Mature 17+ for blood, sexual themes, and violence, with in-game purchases that include random items, and Apple's App Store rates the main version 16+. A separate App Store listing, Blue Archive (12), is rated 13+ with the same content descriptors. We didn't find an ESRB or PEGI rating. New students come from Recruitment, random draws paid for with Pyroxene, which costs $0.99 to $64.99 per pack.
Blue Archive at a glance
- ✓Official rating above age 7
Google Play: Mature 17+; App Store 16+ - ✓Contact with other players or strangers
Google Play: Users Interact; App Store: chat - ✓Purchases with real money
Pyroxene, $0.99 to $64.99 - ✓Paid random items
Google Play: In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items) - ✓Violence or scary content in rating descriptors
Google Play: Blood, Violence - –Government lawsuits, fines, or safety warnings
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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.
| Type | Free anime tactics RPG by Nexon in which the player is a teacher of schoolgirl students |
|---|---|
| Google Play | Mature 17+ — Blood, Sexual Themes, Violence; Users Interact, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items) source |
| App Store (iOS) | 16+ (Apple: ages 16 and up) — frequent guns; infrequent violence, suggestive themes, horror, drug or alcohol references, sexual content or nudity; contains loot boxes; chat source |
| App Store, second listing | "Blue Archive (12)": 13+ (Apple: ages 13 and up), same descriptors source |
| Purchases | Pyroxene packs from $0.99 to $64.99 (App Store) |
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 Blue Archive?
Short answer: A free anime role-playing game by Nexon in which the player is "Sensei," a teacher of armed schoolgirl students in the city of Kivotos.
Players form squads of students for tactical battles and unlock relationship stories and in-game chats with them (MomoTalk). Nexon's listing describes the stories as being about "love and friendship" and invites players to "recruit students."
Blue Archive age rating: what's in it
Short answer: Google Play rates it 17+ and Apple rates it 16+.
- Google Play: Mature 17+, for blood, sexual themes, and violence, with Users Interact.
- App Store: 16+, with frequent guns and infrequent fantasy violence, suggestive themes, horror, drug or alcohol references, and sexual content or nudity. It lists messaging and chat.
- Blue Archive (12): a separate App Store listing rated 13+, with the same descriptors.
We didn't find an ESRB or PEGI rating.
How Recruitment works: paid random draws
Short answer: New students come from random draws paid for with Pyroxene, which can be bought with real money.
On the App Store, Pyroxene packs cost $0.99 to $64.99, plus monthly packs at $2.99 and $6.99. Nexon's own listing says "Gacha Your Way to Victory." Apple says the game "Contains Loot Boxes," and Google Play lists In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items).
The habit kids may copy: collect them all
Each new student unlocks a new story, so the pull is to get every one.
Try tonight: count what's here
Line up your child's stuffed animals or figures. Give each one a name and one sentence of story. Ask: "Which one has the best story we haven't told yet?" In our program, this is the lesson "Enough": noticing what's already here.
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FAQ
What is the Blue Archive age rating?
Google Play rates it Mature 17+ and Apple's App Store rates it 16+. A separate App Store listing, Blue Archive (12), is rated 13+.
Why is Blue Archive rated 17+?
Google Play lists blood, sexual themes, and violence. Apple lists sexual content or nudity, suggestive themes, guns, horror, and drug or alcohol references.
Is Blue Archive for kids?
It's rated Mature 17+ on Google Play and 16+ on the App Store, with chat and paid random draws.
What is Blue Archive (12)?
A separate App Store listing of the game rated 13+, with the same content descriptors as the 16+ version.
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