Video Games Classification Database (2022 to 2024)

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VideoGamesClassificationDatabase2022to2024.csv (1.2K rows, 861.8 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Title Text	Romanised Title Text	Aka Text	Publishers Text	Year Release Text	Region Text	Platform Text	Rating Text	Consumer Advice Text	More Info Text
(Null)0.0% 202226.2% 202338.9% 202434.9%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)91.0% ???0.1% EDF 60.1% DIABLO 40.1% ???, ????0.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 202224.5% 202334.7% 202436.0% 20252.8%	(Null)0.0% ASIA39.6% EURO37.9% US18.4% JP3.2%	(Null)0.0% Nintendo Switch25.1% Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 514.4% Sony Playstation 512.9% Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 510.4%	(Null)0.0% General65.3% Advisory 1620.4% Mature 1814.2%	(Null)65.3% Suitable for 16 & Above20.4% Violence and Gore2.3% Violence2.2% VIOLENCE1.2%	(Null)65.3%
2022	WINTER GAMES 2023	WINTER GAMES 2023	na	MERGE GAMES	2022	US	Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5	General	na	na
2022	COCOMELON: PLAY WITH JJ	COCOMELON PLAY WITH JJ	na	OUTRIGHT GAMES	2022	EURO	Nintendo Switch	General	na	na
2022	HORSE CLUB ADVENTURES 2: HAZELWOOD STORIES	HORSE CLUB ADVENTURES 2 - HAZELWOOD STORIES	na	WILD RIVER GAMES	2022	EURO	Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4,Sony Playstation 5	General	na	na
2022	LAST DAYS OF LAZARUS	LAST DAYS OF LAZARUS	na	PERP GAMES	2022	EURO	Sony Playstation 5	Mature 18	Violence and Sexual References	Set in post-Soviet East Europe in 1999, “Last Days of Lazarus” is a horror adventure game which revolves around Lazarus, who returns home to his sister, Lyudmila, after their mother has committed suicide. However, he starts experiencing a series of disturbing and supernatural events and tries to investigate the truth behind them. The game is rated M18 for violence and sexual references. Played from a first-person perspective, the player character will explore dim and sometimes bloodstained environments and encounter a variety of disturbing phenomena. These include corpses and carcasses in varying degrees of disfigurement and decomposition, as well as alien-like creatures with sharp claws and flesh-like infestations. The player character will need to interact with other characters and use items and clues to progress through the game. There are some scenes of violence with graphic details seen. One of the strongest scenes depicts a man who is killed by a buzzsaw cutting his chest, with copious bloodletting portrayed. Other strong scenes include a clawed tentacle suddenly bursting out of a bloodied and mutilated corpse, and a man who is shot in the back of the head with blood spurts visible. Such depictions of violence are contained under the M18 rating, where the Classification Guidelines allow “depictions of realistic violence, such as killing, maiming or causing other serious injury to humanoid characters.” There are also some sexual references without explicit details depicted. These include a porn video showing an implied act of fellatio, where a woman is seen kneeling in front of a man’s crotch and his bare buttocks are facing the camera, without any movement. However, the impact of the video is mitigated by its brevity and acute camera angle which heavily distorts the visuals. Other sexual references are made during conversations and in texts. Coarse language is uttered by characters, such as the expletive “f**k” and swear words like “hell” and “damn”. Some of these words are also seen in the English subtitles and documents found in the game. During gameplay, the player character can come across a synthetic drug which is associated with inducing users into a trance. However, there is no depiction of drug use. Other drug references can be encountered in some dialogue lines and notes.
2022	NEVERAWAKE	NEVERAWAKE	na	PHOENIXX	2022	JP	Nintendo Switch,Sony Playstation 4	General	na	na
2022	GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO	GHOSTWIRE: TOKYO	na	BETHESDA SOFTWORKS	2022	ASIA	Sony Playstation 5	Advisory 16	Suitable for 16 & Above	‘Ghostwire: Tokyo’ is an action game that follows a young man’s fight against supernatural enemies in a surrealistic Tokyo. The city’s population have suddenly disappeared, with streets now overrun by malevolent spirits. The protagonist Akito finds himself possessed by a powerful entity named KK and endowed with special abilities to fight the deadly enemies. The game is rated Advisory 16 (Suitable for 16 & Above). Players will control the protagonist from a first-person perspective to explore the city and inside buildings. To progress through the game, Akito must complete missions and overcome enemies which comprise ghost-like humanoid entities. He can cast elemental attacks with the use of kuji-kiri hand gestures, or use a bow and arrows or Kunai throwing knives during certain situations. By employing stealth, Akito can also sneak up on enemies to instantly destroy them. Experience points earned through missions and battles allow the player to level up, upgrade abilities and unlock new powers. Attacking enemies result in a burst of shards, symbols and particle effects. Their cores are eventually exposed after taking sufficient damage, allowing Akito to purge them by destroying the cores. The spirits typically dissipate into bright particles and black smoke when defeated. The strongest scene of violence depicts a character impaling another through the chest with his bare hand, without any depiction of blood or details of injury. Some enemies look unsettling or menacing, such as those which are faceless, headless or have large gaping mouths. Overall, the game would be more appropriate under the Advisory 16 rating, which allows “realistic but not excessively graphic violence with depiction of blood” and “Depiction of frightening and disturbing sequences, or any abhorrent phenomena, whether natural or pertaining to the supernatural.” During the course of the game, the player may hear crude words such as asshole, bastard, bitch and shit in the dialogue.
2022	LITTLE NIGHTMARES COMPLETE EDITION	LITTLE NIGHTMARES COMPLETE EDITION	na	BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT ASIA PTE LTD	2022	ASIA	Nintendo Switch	General	na	na
2022	DIGIMON SURVIVE	DIGIMON SURVIVE	na	BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT ASIA PTE.LTD	2022	ASIA	Nintendo Switch,PC,Sony Playstation 4,Xbox One,Xbox Series X/S	General	na	na
2022	ULTRA MEGA XTRA PARTY CHALLENGE - 100 GAMES TO TROLL YOUR FRIENDS!	ULTRA MEGA XTRA PARTY CHALLENGE - 100 GAMES TO TROLL YOUR FRIENDS!	na	MERGE GAMES	2022	US	Nintendo Switch	General	na	na
2022	THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION	THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION	na	SNK CORPORATION	2022	ASIA	Sony Playstation 4	General	na	na

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Title	title	Text	-	-
Romanised Title	romanised_title	Text	-	-
Aka	aka	Text	-	-
Publishers	publishers	Text	-	-
Year Release	year_release	Text	-	-
Region	region	Text	-	-
Platform	platform	Text	-	-
Rating	rating	Text	-	-
Consumer Advice	consumer_advice	Text	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_fb51c5304f64d01f5839ee7208f853ea"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Info-communications Media Development Authority. (2023). Video Games Classification Database (2022 to 2024) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 28, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_fb51c5304f64d01f5839ee7208f853ea/view

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