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Is Unturned safe for your child?
Age guide
12+
We advise Unturned from age 12 and up. Overall risk 7/10 (high risk).
- 5-8
- Unturned is not suitable for this age group due to its survival themes, combat elements, and online multiplayer interactions which are too complex and potentially intense for young children.
- 9-12
- Children in this age range might be drawn to Unturned's blocky graphics and survival gameplay, but the zombie combat, resource management, and unmoderated online chat require significant parental supervision.
- 13-15
- Teenagers can engage with Unturned's crafting, base building, and cooperative survival aspects, often enjoying playing with friends on community servers.
- 16+
- Older teens can fully explore Unturned's extensive modding community, advanced base defense strategies, and player versus player combat on various servers.
Unturned is a free-to-play sandbox survival game with a blocky, cartoonish art style. Players must survive a zombie apocalypse by scavenging, crafting, building bases, and fighting zombies and other players.
- Age guide
- 12+
- Overall risk
- 7/10
- Violence
- 5/10
- Toxic behaviour
- 7/10
- Stranger contact
- 8/10
- Addiction risk
- 7/10
- Language
- 6/10
- Influence
- 7/10
What parents should know
Unturned is a free to play survival game with a blocky, low polygon art style, where players must survive a zombie apocalypse by scavenging, crafting, and building bases. It features both single player and multiplayer modes, allowing players to interact on community servers or host their own. The game combines elements of survival, crafting, and combat, offering a sandbox experience with extensive customization and modding capabilities.
What to do about Unturned
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Unturned age rating and parents guide: common questions
What age rating is Unturned?
Parentwise puts Unturned at 12+. We advise Unturned from age 12 and up. Overall risk 7/10 (high risk). Violence scores 5/10, language 6/10, stranger contact 8/10 and addiction risk 7/10.
Can a 10 year old play Unturned?
Not by default: we advise Unturned from 12+, so at 10 it needs your supervision and the settings changed first. Children in this age range might be drawn to Unturned's blocky graphics and survival gameplay, but the zombie combat, resource management, and unmoderated online chat require significant parental supervision.
Can a 12 year old play Unturned?
Yes, 12 is at or above the age we advise for Unturned (12+). Children in this age range might be drawn to Unturned's blocky graphics and survival gameplay, but the zombie combat, resource management, and unmoderated online chat require significant parental supervision.
Can a 13 year old play Unturned?
Yes, 13 is at or above the age we advise for Unturned (12+). Teenagers can engage with Unturned's crafting, base building, and cooperative survival aspects, often enjoying playing with friends on community servers.
Is Unturned appropriate for kids?
Unturned is a free to play survival game with a blocky, low polygon art style, where players must survive a zombie apocalypse by scavenging, crafting, and building bases. Parentwise rates Unturned overall as high risk (7/10), with stranger contact at 8/10 and addiction risk at 7/10.
Is Unturned family friendly?
Unturned is one of the higher-risk titles we rate, so treat it as supervised rather than family viewing. It features both single player and multiplayer modes, allowing players to interact on community servers or host their own.
Unturned parents guide: what should a parent know first?
Unturned is a free to play survival game with a blocky, low polygon art style, where players must survive a zombie apocalypse by scavenging, crafting, and building bases. The parts that most often catch parents out are stranger contact (8/10) and how hard it pulls for more time (7/10).
Is Unturned safe for kids?
We advise Unturned from age 12 and up. Overall risk 7/10 (high risk). It features both single player and multiplayer modes, allowing players to interact on community servers or host their own.
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