Online gaming
Verify every player and deliver age-appropriate experiences
Incode verifies players and their ages in seconds, with parental consent flows and age-up unlocks built in. Every identity clears independent layers of defense.
We secure identities across online gaming worldwide
AI-powered age assurance and identity verification for gaming platforms and player communities.
Leading gaming platforms trust Incode for age assurance
What online gaming platforms are up against
A new era of fraud for online gaming
Regulators now require age-appropriate experiences, and generative AI makes fake players cheap. More than 30% of US organizations report account takeover, identity theft, and fraudulent account openings as their top business threats (Experian).
False age claims
A typed birthday is the only gate on most platforms, and kids know it. Regulators are done accepting that.
Bots and multi-accounting
Duplicate and bot accounts farm rewards, evade bans, and distort the player economy that keeps games fair.
Account takeover
Gamer accounts hold skins, currency, and progress worth real money, and phished passwords open them all.
Parental consent rules
Children's privacy laws require verified parental consent for underage users, with real penalties for getting it wrong.
Incode solutions
Built for online gaming
Coverage across the full player lifecycle, from sign-up and age checks to every purchase, recovery, and reward.
Identity Verification
Document, liveness, and face checks verify players and satisfy KYC in every regulated market you operate in.
Learn moreAge assurance
Data checks, facial age estimation, and document verification keep minors out, with the lightest check first.
Learn moreMulti-account detection
Face-based duplicate detection and device signals catch bonus abusers, ban evaders, and bot farms across accounts.
Learn moreRisk-based step-up
Risk AI Agent applies stronger checks only to purchases, recoveries, and rewards that look risky, so real players keep playing.
Learn more99%
fraud reduction
40%
higher conversion rates
11x
faster onboarding
User experience
How it works
Start with data verification, advancing players to facial age estimation or a document check only when needed.
Why online gaming platforms choose Incode
Independent layers of defense for every player
Fraud that adapts will eventually fool any single check. Incode verifies every identity across independent layers, each reading a different signal, in milliseconds. Real players pass without friction while fraud has to beat every layer at once.
Document verification
AI-powered detection of paper forgeries, screen spoofs, and digitally generated IDs. International identity documents supported.
See it in actionBiometric liveness
Liveness detection confirms a live person is present and matches the face to the document in milliseconds.
See it in actionAI-generated document detection
Deepsight for Documents catches forged, tampered, and fully synthetic IDs, fraud that template checks and barcode validation were never built to see. 8.8x more fraud caught than document checks alone.
See it in actionParental consent and age-up
Regulation-ready parental consent flows for underage users, and full access unlocks automatically at legal age, with no re-onboarding.
See it in actionInstant account recovery
Players regain access with a face check: no forms, no passwords, just instant recovery that locks out hijackers.
See it in actionPrivacy is the architecture
We made privacy a founding conviction long before regulation or the market asked for it. Verification flows retain only the data local regulations require, then delete the rest.
Read the ManifestoCase study
FanDuel shuts out fraud, not real customers
FanDuel verifies every new customer across dozens of regulated markets, approving real people while keeping fraud out. Wrongful blocks at sign-up fell by roughly 46%.
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FAQ
Common questions about age verification for online gaming
Still have questions? Talk to an expertHow do online games verify player age?
Age verification in gaming runs as a waterfall: facial age estimation from a selfie with no ID required, a data check of the date of birth against official databases, or document verification that extracts and validates the birth date. Incode starts with the least invasive method and escalates only when necessary.
How does parental consent work for underage players?
Children's privacy laws require verified parental consent before underage users join many experiences. Incode provides secure, regulation-ready consent flows: the parent verifies their own identity and approves the account, giving the platform an auditable record.
Is age verification required by law?
Yes, in many jurisdictions. US state laws (including California's Digital Age Assurance Act, effective 2027), the UK Online Safety Act, and the EU Digital Services Act all require platforms to verify user age for access to adult content, online gaming, alcohol, and other restricted categories.
How does facial age estimation work?
Facial age estimation uses machine learning to analyze facial features and estimate a user's age from a selfie, combined with a liveness check to confirm the image is real. Unlike document-based methods, it requires no ID upload and completes in seconds.
What is COPPA and how does age verification help comply?
COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) restricts data collection from users under 13 in the US. Age verification software helps platforms screen out underage users before they enter, reducing COPPA compliance risk.
How accurate is AI-powered age verification?
Leading AI age verification platforms achieve 99%+ accuracy. Incode's solution verifies age in under 3 seconds across COPPA, GDPR, and CCPA compliance frameworks with a privacy-first data architecture.
How does Incode stop bots and multi-accounting in games?
Bots and duplicate accounts fail the one test they cannot fake: a live human face. Face-based duplicate detection links one person across many accounts, so reward farming, ban evasion, and bot economies stop at sign-up.
Can players recover accounts without passwords?
Yes. A face check restores access instantly: no forms, no passwords, no support tickets. The real player gets their skins, currency, and progress back, and the hijacker gets nothing.
Does age verification hurt player conversion?
No. The lightest check always runs first, most players clear in seconds, and built-in age and identity checks convert more players from the start. Incode customers see 40% higher conversion rates alongside stronger fraud prevention.
Resources
Resources on online gaming
Bring verification into the tools you already use with Incode Integrations Marketplace
Learn how the Incode Integrations Marketplace brings identity verification into tools you already use, like ServiceNow, Workday, and Shopify.
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Incode takes first place in document forgery and face liveness detection at IJCB 2026
Incode swept the IJCB 2026 PAD-ID Card tracks and won LivDet-Face 2026’s video category, independent benchmarks for forgery and liveness detection.
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Celebrating 11 years of culture, ownership, and trust at Incode
See how 11 years of ownership, honest conversation, and resilience shaped Incode's culture, and discover what's coming next for digital identity.
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