Zenless Zone Zero 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
  Monochrome packs up to $99.99
• ✓Paid random items
  ESRB: In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
• ✓Violence or scary content in rating descriptors
  ESRB: Violence, Mild Blood
• –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 Zenless Zone Zero?

Short answer: A free action role-playing game by HoYoverse, set in a city after a supernatural disaster.

Players act as a "Proxy" who guides agents through dangerous zones called Hollows and fights monsters and human enemies in fast combat. It came out in 2024 on phones and PC, and later on PlayStation 5 and Xbox. Apple lists messaging and chat.

Zenless Zone Zero 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 with swords, pistols, and rifles; small bloodstains in still images; female characters with exaggerated proportions and camera angles on their bodies; 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 also notes sexual posturing and references to self-harm, implied rather than shown.
• App Store: 13+. Google Play: Teen.

How Signal Search works: paid random draws

Short answer: Signal Search is the game's random draw for characters and weapons (W-Engines), and its currency can be bought with real money.

On the App Store, Monochrome, the paid currency, costs $4.99 for 300 up to $99.99 for 6,480. Guides such as Icy Veins and Prydwen say each search uses one Master Tape, which costs 160 Polychrome. Apple's listing says the game "includes optional in-game purchases, including random virtual items," and the ESRB labels it "In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)."

The habit kids may copy: luck decides

In a random draw, the result isn't up to the player. Kids may start to talk about luck as if it were a skill.

Try tonight: is it up to me?

Roll a die together five times. Before each roll, ask: "Is the number up to you?" Then ask: "What is up to you?" (how you roll, how you react). In our program, this is the lesson "Two Baskets": what's up to me, and what isn't.

What is the Zenless Zone Zero age rating?

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

Why is Zenless Zone Zero PEGI 16?

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

Is Zenless Zone Zero for kids?

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

Does Zenless Zone Zero have loot boxes?

Yes. Apple says it "Contains Loot Boxes," and the ESRB lists In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items).

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