Reddit users noticed that Fable appeared in the database of the South Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC), as well as on the website of the Australian rating organization. Such classifications usually appear several months before a game's release.
According to the rating descriptions, Fable received age restrictions due to "vocabulary with direct sexual innuendo", "frequent murders, bloodshed, and dismemberment using weapons", as well as "criminal acts based on user choice". Additionally, the game features "excessive use of crude and offensive language".
Although the exact release date has not yet been revealed, previous major releases show that there are usually about 4–5 months between receiving a rating in South Korea and a full launch. Tekken 8 is cited as an example, which received its rating in August 2023 and was released in January 2024.