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There is no ESRB rating because it's not a retail game - the latest titles on Big Fish Games don't have ESRB ratings either. The link you've posted is not the official webpage, but an affiliate seller, the official webpage is
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While it's certainly an amateur venture that's not a guarantee of non-notability, but it does mean that checking for things like ERSB ratings etc. isn't going to produce the relevant results.
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