How it works
Players are assigned to age groups, with chat limited to people in the same or neighbouring age group. Under 13s are prohibited from sending direct messages outside of a game.
A player can add other people in the same age group as a friend. Children aged 13+ can identify ‘Trusted Friends’ allowing chat across age groups and the use of real-time voice chat (‘Party Voice’). Players can invite their friends to join a ‘party’, where they can all play the same game together (alongside other users). Party members aged 13+ can chat as a group or one to one.
Players can buy ‘Robux’ to pay for in-game items. They can also trade items with other players. Players can also pay to do things like create a private ‘server’ to play a game only with friends.
Parental controls or safety settings available
Roblox has two types of child account, which have stronger safety settings by default, such as disabling chat for younger players:
• Roblox Kids for children aged 5-8
• Roblox Select for children aged 9-15
Roblox experiences built for socialising or based on free drawing are blocked for these accounts unless the parent allows them.
Children under 13 need parental permission for some chat settings.
Settings include limiting or disabling online chat and the ability to join or be invited to a party or private server. Parents can:
• Block another user to prevent contact with their child, and they can see which users their child has blocked
• Control access to age-inappropriate Roblox experiences and block specific experiences regardless of the content maturity level
• Set spending and screentime limits
• Prevent others from seeing their child’s inventory items and which Roblox experiences their child is playing in
• Review their child’s Trusted Friends and approve each Trusted Friend request for children under 13
There are additional parental controls available on the gaming platforms you can play Roblox on, e.g. Xbox.
