Asia Game License Check (Korea, China, Taiwan)

Asia Game License Check answers one question in one call: is this game rated or licensed in South Korea, China and Taiwan? Give it a game title and it returns one clean JSON row per country with the latest official status, date, platforms and the details you need to verify it. Built for AI agents, compliance checks and market research.

Country	Official system	Source
🇰🇷 South Korea	Age rating (ALL / 12+ / 15+ / 18+)	GRAC / GCRB
🇨🇳 China (mainland)	Publishing license (版号 / banhao)	NPPA
🇹🇼 Taiwan	Age rating (G / P / PG12 / PG15 / R)	Ministry of Digital Affairs

• 🔎 One call, three countries. No need to query three government websites in three languages.
• 🔄 Refreshed daily from each official source (over 100,000 records in total)
• 💸 $0.02 per check, only when at least one country has a match. No match anywhere = $0.
• 🤖 Predictable JSON: found, status and latest are always in the same place

This is an unofficial tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by GRAC, GCRB, the NPPA, Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs, or any government body.

What can you use Asia Game License Check for?

• AI agents and chatbots: "Can this game be sold in China? What is it rated in Korea and Taiwan?" One tool call, one structured answer.
• Publishing and licensing due diligence: check a title's status across the three markets before a deal, a port or a launch plan.
• Localization and compliance: see the current rating and platforms in each market at a glance.
• Market research: check a competitor's footprint across East Asia.
• Monitoring: schedule a daily check of your titles and get notified when a new rating or approval appears.

Sample output

Input: {"gameTitle": "Monster Hunter", "titleSimplifiedChinese": "怪物猎人"}. One row per country:

{
  "country": "CN",
  "countryName": "China (mainland)",
  "authority": "NPPA (National Press and Publication Administration)",
  "systemType": "publishing license (版号 / banhao)",
  "searchedTitles": ["怪物猎人"],
  "found": true,
  "matchCount": 4,
  "status": "APPROVED",
  "latest": {
    "title": "怪物猎人：旅人",
    "date": "2024-12-23",
    "listType": "import",
    "approvalNumber": "国新出审〔2024〕2703号",
    "isbn": "978-7-498-14424-9",
    "publisher": "重庆华龙网集团股份有限公司",
    "operator": "重庆华龙网集团股份有限公司",
    "category": ["Mobile", "PC Client"],
    "announcementUrl": "https://www.nppa.gov.cn/bsfw/jggs/yxspjg/jkwlyxspxx/202402/t20240202_831561.html"
  },
  "platforms": ["Console (PS4)", "Mobile", "PC Client"],
  "approvalCount": 4,
  "revocationCount": 0,
  "dataRefreshedAt": "2026-09-29T20:00:16+00:00",
  "detailActor": "https://apify.com/antonio_aleph/china-game-approval-tracker",
  "error": null
}

{
  "country": "TW",
  "systemType": "age rating",
  "found": true,
  "matchCount": 43,
  "status": "PG15",
  "latest": {
    "title": "Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection",
    "date": "2026-03-13",
    "rating": "PG15 (15+)",
    "platform": "PC (Offline)",
    "company": "Capcom Asia Co., Ltd."
  },
  "platforms": ["Mobile", "PC (Offline)", "PS4", "PS5", "Switch", "Switch 2", "Xbox Series X|S"]
}

Output fields

Field	Description
country, countryName	KR, CN or TW
authority, systemType	Issuing body and whether it is an age rating or a publishing license
searchedTitles	The title(s) actually searched in that country
found	true / false; null if that country's data was temporarily unavailable
matchCount	Number of matching records
status	KR: latest rating (ALL, 12+, 15+, 18+, REFUSED, REVOKED). CN: APPROVED or CHANGE_OR_REVOCATION_ONLY. TW: latest rating (G, P, PG12, PG15, R)
latest	The most recent matching record, with date, title as registered, platform, company and IDs (rating number, approval number, ISBN)
platforms	All platforms across the matching records
approvalCount, revocationCount	China only
matches	Up to 5 full records per country, if includeMatches is on
detailActor	Single-country Actor for the full history
error	Set if that country's data could not be loaded

How to use it

Input	Example	Notes
gameTitle	"Monster Hunter"	English or Korean title. Used for Korea and Taiwan (and China if no Chinese title is given).
titleSimplifiedChinese	"怪物猎人", "原神"	Recommended for China. NPPA publishes approved titles in Simplified Chinese only.
titleTraditionalChinese	"鬥陣特攻"	Optional. Many games are registered in Taiwan under a Traditional Chinese name.
countries	["CN", "TW"]	Default: all three
includeMatches	false	Add up to 5 full matching records per country

Tips for accurate results

• Matching is partial and ignores case and spaces. A broad title such as "Monster Hunter" matches every Monster Hunter game, and latest is the newest among them. Use the exact title (e.g. "Monster Hunter Stories 3") to check one specific game.
• Give the Simplified Chinese title for China. English titles almost never match NPPA records. AI agents can translate the title first.
• Korea: most mobile games are rated by app stores (IARC self-classification) and are not in government data. found: false for a mobile game in Korea does not mean it is unavailable there.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay per event pricing, with no platform usage fee on top:

Event	Price	When
License check	$0.02 per run	Once per run, only if at least one country has a matching record

• A check that finds the game in any country: $0.02, whether it is found in one country or all three
• No match in any country: $0
• Invalid input, or no country data available: $0

If your maximum cost per run is below $0.02, the Actor stops without charging.

FAQ

How fresh is the data? Each country's data is re-synced from the official source once a day. dataRefreshedAt shows when.

Is a Chinese 版号 the same as an age rating? No. A banhao is a publishing license issued by the NPPA. Korea and Taiwan issue age ratings. systemType tells you which one you are looking at.

What if one country's data is down? The other countries are still returned, and the affected row shows found: null and an error. You are charged only if at least one country returns a match.

I need the full history, not just the latest record. Use the single-country Actors linked in detailActor: Korea Game Rating Lookup, China Game Approval Tracker and Taiwan Game Rating Lookup.

Will more countries be added? Yes. More Asian markets with official public data are planned.

Found a problem? Please open an issue in the Issues tab.

Data sources and attribution

• 🇰🇷 Game Rating and Administration Committee (게임물관리위원회, GRAC) Open API, grac.or.kr, including decisions by the Game Content Rating Board (GCRB)
• 🇨🇳 National Press and Publication Administration (国家新闻出版署, NPPA), nppa.gov.cn, game approval results
• 🇹🇼 Taiwan Entertainment Software Rating Information (數位娛樂軟體分級查詢網), gamerating.org.tw, Ministry of Digital Affairs
• This Actor is an independent, unofficial tool and is not affiliated with any of these bodies or governments. Always check critical decisions against the official sources.