Wuthering Waves age rating: what parents should know

• ✓Official rating above age 7
  ESRB: T; PEGI 16; App Store 13+
• ✓Contact with other players or strangers
  ESRB: Users Interact; App Store: chat
• ✓Purchases with real money
  Lunites, $0.99 to $99.99
• ✓Paid random items
  ESRB: In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
• ✓Violence or scary content in rating descriptors
  ESRB: Violence; App Store: horror/fear
• –Government lawsuits, fines, or safety warnings
  None found against this game

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 Wuthering Waves?

Short answer: A free open-world action game by Kuro Games, on phones, PC, and PlayStation 5.

Players wake up as Rover, who has lost their memories, and explore a world after a disaster with a team of characters called Resonators. Combat is fast, with swords, gauntlets, pistols, and magic. Apple lists messaging and chat.

Wuthering Waves age rating: what's in it

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

• US & Canada (ESRB): T. The ESRB describes fights against people and fantasy creatures, a cinematic scene with close-ups of a character punched in the face repeatedly, female characters in revealing outfits, and a few strong words.
• Europe & UK (PEGI): 16. PEGI says that after its rating criteria changed in June 2026, games with loot boxes or other paid random items get PEGI 16 by default. PEGI adds sexual innuendo and notes that photo mode can show characters' clothing in revealing ways.
• App Store: 13+, including horror/fear themes. Google Play: Teen.

How Convenes work: paid random draws

Short answer: A Convene is the game's random draw for characters and weapons, and its currency can be bought with real money.

On the App Store, Lunites cost $0.99 for 60 up to $99.99 for 6,480, and there's a $4.99 Lunite subscription. Guides such as Prydwen say each draw uses a Tide, which costs 160 Astrite, and that Lunites convert to Astrite. The ESRB and Google Play label the game "In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)," and Apple says it "Contains Loot Boxes."

The habit kids may copy: fight first

In Wuthering Waves, most problems are solved in battle, and the battles are fast and flashy.

Try tonight: stop, breathe, choose

Play "freeze": your child runs around, and when you say "Freeze!" they stop, take one slow breath, and tell you one thing they could do next. Say: "Stop. Breathe. Now choose." In our program, this is the lesson "The Pause Button": stop, breathe, choose.

What is the Wuthering Waves rating?

The ESRB rates it T (Teen), PEGI rates it 16, Apple's App Store 13+, and Google Play Teen.

Why is Wuthering Waves PEGI 16?

PEGI says the rating was updated after its criteria changed in June 2026, because the game sells loot boxes. It also notes moderate violence, bad language, and sexual innuendo.

Is Wuthering Waves for kids?

It's rated T by the ESRB and 16 by PEGI, with violence, suggestive themes, chat, and paid random draws.

Does Wuthering Waves have gacha?

Yes. Its random draws are called Convenes. Apple says the game "Contains Loot Boxes," and the ESRB lists In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items).

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