Roblox Kids and Roblox Select launch globally today, aligning users’ access to games and features with their age. Users are automatically placed into the appropriate account for their age. Kids and Select users will find the vast majority of their favorite games and discover new favorites amongst the tens of thousands of available games. In the U.S., available games include Driving Empire, Grow a Garden, and How to Train Your Dragon*. This global release follows our initial launch in Australia, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
Roblox is built to grow with users, helping them gradually develop digital independence as they mature—while keeping parents informed and in control. That’s why Roblox Kids accounts have the strictest standard settings in place, including disabling chat, with controls for parents to adjust those settings if they choose. Roblox Select accounts grant older kids and younger teens access to slightly more mature content, and chat settings gradually unlock—with protections and parental controls still in place. As kids grow into teens, controls shift more to them, but parents can stay informed to help guide the decisions their teen is making online. Roblox accounts (meant for users 16 or older) require an age check, based on ID verification or secure Facial Age Estimation.
The new accounts offer additional opportunities for parental involvement and oversight, shared experiences, and access to resources for online safety. When combined with active parenting and open communication, these features can help families develop healthy technology habits at home and foster more positive online interactions.” Said Dr. Anuradha Rao, a member of Roblox’s Global Parent Council. “As a busy parent myself, I appreciate tools that make it easier to stay involved in my child’s digital life while keeping safety and wellbeing front and centre.
What Games Are Available for Roblox Kids and Roblox Select?
All games published to Roblox go through our moderation systems and are given a clear content maturity rating. To be part of the Roblox Kids and Roblox Select catalogs, games undergo additional reviews. Before publishing games for younger users, developers must ID verify, secure their account via 2-factor authentication, and purchase a Roblox subscription or pay a one-time, refundable publishing fee. Before games are made available to Kids or Select accounts, we put them through real-time evaluations to analyze gameplay and assess reports from users 16 and older.
We check for appropriate content maturity labels and do not allow any games that include social hangout or free-form drawing features or that feature sensitive issues. At launch, Roblox Moments (where users share clips of their gameplay) will not be available for Kids or Select accounts. Social media links have never been allowed in chat; now we’re taking that one step further. At launch, social media links will only be shareable or viewable by age-checked users 16 or older—that applies across user profiles, game detail pages, Community pages, and the Creator Hub.
Who Can Chat on Roblox?
Users who haven’t completed an age check cannot chat on Roblox, regardless of their age. While we will continue to use self-declared age to place users who haven’t yet completed an age check into a Kids or Select account, these users will not have access to chat—or to the full Roblox experience. Once a user completes an age-check, they will be placed into the appropriate account type, per the table below.
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Age* |
Account Type |
Chat Setting |
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Age-Checked 5-8 |
Roblox Kids |
OFF (Parent Can Change) |
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Age-Checked 9-15 |
Roblox Select |
Access increases gradually (Parent Can Change) |
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Age-Checked 16+ |
Roblox |
ON |
|
Self-Declared 5-8 |
Roblox Kids |
OFF |
|
Self-Declared 9+ |
Roblox Select |
OFF |
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*Ages and standard settings may vary by region. |
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Where available, users can chat only with users in their own or similar age groups or with Trusted Friends, a special designation for people they know and trust. Text filters and chat rephrasing are always in place to help keep chat age-appropriate, and all chat is monitored for child exploitation.
What Controls Do Parents Have?
With Roblox Kids and Select accounts, we’re expanding our age-based settings and are excited to help families understand what their children have access to at different ages. Parents who link their account to their child’s can access a suite of Parental Controls to help customize their child’s Roblox experience.
Parents of children 5-8 can use Parental Controls to allow in-game chat. If allowed, chat will be available only through text and only with users in their own or similar age groups or with Trusted Friends, a special designation for people they know and trust. Text filters and chat rephrasing are always in place to help keep chat age-appropriate, and all chat is monitored for child exploitation.
Until their child turns 13, parents can check their friend list, block or report anyone they don’t want connected to their child, and approve or decline their child’s Trusted Friend requests. Parents can also set screen-time and spending limits for their child until they turn 13. Until their child turns 16, parents can change chat settings and allow or block specific games.
When their child is age 16-18, parents have less direct control, but they retain visibility. They can receive notifications of their teens’ spending and insights into their screen time and friend lists, to help inform any ongoing conversations around how they are spending their time online.
The best tool any parent has is to talk to their child, so we provide specialized guides developed with child development experts to help parents navigate these conversations. As children grow, they slowly gain more independence with our standard settings, but parents retain the opportunity to adjust those settings for their child. To learn more about our standard settings by age and how parents can customize their child’s settings, visit our Safety Center.
*The exact ages, games, and features associated with these accounts will vary by region.
