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Is Animal Company safe for your child?
Age guide
13+
We advise Animal Company from age 13 and up. Overall risk 7/10 (high risk).
- 5-8
- This game is not suitable for this age group due to its virtual reality nature, which can be disorienting, and its social interaction features that are designed for older users.
- 9-12
- Children in this age range might find the VR experience engaging, but the game's social elements, which include voice chat and shared virtual spaces, require supervision to ensure safe interactions.
- 13-15
- Teenagers will engage with Animal Company's core gameplay loop of exploring, collecting, and customizing their virtual animal avatars and habitats, often participating in social activities with friends or other players.
- 16+
- Players at this age can fully navigate the social dynamics, economic systems, and creative tools within Animal Company, understanding the implications of their interactions and virtual property ownership.
Animal Company is a free virtual reality multiplayer game where players are animals exploring caves together with open voice chat.
- Age guide
- 13+
- Overall risk
- 7/10
- Violence
- 3/10
- Toxic behaviour
- 7/10
- Stranger contact
- 9/10
- Addiction risk
- 8/10
- Language
- 6/10
- Influence
- 5/10
What parents should know
Animal Company is a virtual reality game on Meta Quest where players can create and customize animal avatars, build habitats, and interact in a social environment. Its immersive VR experience and social features, including voice chat, are its main draw. Parents should be vigilant about the potential for interactions with strangers, in-app purchases for customization, and the general safety considerations of online social VR environments, ensuring appropriate parental controls are in place.
What to do about Animal Company
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- The age-by-age verdict
What we advise for under 8, 8-12 and 13+ - our age guide for Animal Company is 13+, and the answer changes with your child's age. - The one setting to change tonight
The exact Animal Company setting that cuts the most risk, with the steps to find it. - What to say
Word-for-word openers for talking about Animal Company without a row. - Red flags to watch for
The signals in Animal Company that mean it is time to step in.
Animal Company age rating and parents guide: common questions
What age rating is Animal Company?
Parentwise puts Animal Company at 13+. We advise Animal Company from age 13 and up. Overall risk 7/10 (high risk). Violence scores 3/10, language 6/10, stranger contact 9/10 and addiction risk 8/10.
Can a 10 year old play Animal Company?
Not by default: we advise Animal Company from 13+, so at 10 it needs your supervision and the settings changed first. Children in this age range might find the VR experience engaging, but the game's social elements, which include voice chat and shared virtual spaces, require supervision to ensure safe interactions.
Can a 12 year old play Animal Company?
Not by default: we advise Animal Company from 13+, so at 12 it needs your supervision and the settings changed first. Children in this age range might find the VR experience engaging, but the game's social elements, which include voice chat and shared virtual spaces, require supervision to ensure safe interactions.
Can a 13 year old play Animal Company?
Yes, 13 is at or above the age we advise for Animal Company (13+). Teenagers will engage with Animal Company's core gameplay loop of exploring, collecting, and customizing their virtual animal avatars and habitats, often participating in social activities with friends or other players.
Is Animal Company appropriate for kids?
Animal Company is a virtual reality game on Meta Quest where players can create and customize animal avatars, build habitats, and interact in a social environment. Parentwise rates Animal Company overall as high risk (7/10), with stranger contact at 9/10 and addiction risk at 8/10.
Is Animal Company family friendly?
Animal Company is one of the higher-risk titles we rate, so treat it as supervised rather than family viewing. Its immersive VR experience and social features, including voice chat, are its main draw.
Animal Company parents guide: what should a parent know first?
Animal Company is a virtual reality game on Meta Quest where players can create and customize animal avatars, build habitats, and interact in a social environment. The parts that most often catch parents out are stranger contact (9/10) and how hard it pulls for more time (8/10).
Is Animal Company safe for kids?
We advise Animal Company from age 13 and up. Overall risk 7/10 (high risk). Its immersive VR experience and social features, including voice chat, are its main draw.
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