Our goal has always been to build an immersive platform for communication and connection with safety and civility at its foundation. Roblox is a platform for all ages where no matter how old people are, they can connect with friends and discover a wide range of relevant, engaging, and age-appropriate experiences.
The fastest-growing age group on Roblox is 17-to-24-year-olds and in 2022, 38% of our daily active users were 17 and over. As a natural evolution, we’re now allowing creators to make content specifically for this audience. Only those who have verified that they’re at least 17 will be able to create or consume these experiences.
Earlier this year, we launched our Experience Guidelines, which are grounded in child development research and industry standards and help people determine if an experience is suitable for them. Until now, we have allowed experiences for the following age groups — All Ages, 9 and older, and 13 and older. Today, we’re expanding our guidelines to include Ages 17 and older.
Age Appropriate Access
We want Roblox to simulate and even go beyond what’s possible in the real world. For example, when a family attends a sporting event, there’s something at the stadium for everyone to do. But some of these areas may be off-limits for young people. As they get older, though, they’ll be able to access those areas, and we want to replicate that dynamic on Roblox.
Now, creators will be able to offer experiences for those 17 and older that feature more mature themes and storylines like in TV shows or stand-up comedy. These experiences may contain more violence, blood, or crude humor. You can read more about what’s permitted here.
Mock image of 17+ experience with guidelines
Safety
Experiences for people who are 17 and older need to meet our standards for safety and civility. We wouldn’t do it any other way. This requires comprehensive safety and moderation tools, including:
Age Verification
As noted above, you can only create or consume these experiences if you’re verified as 17 or older. This requires uploading a selfie and a photo of your government-issued ID, an age verification method that goes beyond what many other platforms currently use. With this approach, we’re providing greater confidence in people’s age and identity. In the future, we may add new age verification methods.
Age verification using government ID and live selfie. Interface subject to change.
Parental Controls and Guidance
People have numerous ways to choose which content is suitable for their family. For example, our Parental Controls provide the ability to restrict children’s access to certain experiences. And we’re updating our Parent & Caregiver Guide to Roblox to provide safety tips for families.
Moderation and Community Standards
Everyone on Roblox is required to adhere to our Community Standards and policies, and we’re updating them to account for content appropriate for people 17 and over. In addition, people can report and block individuals and experiences that go against our policies.
Empowering Creators’ Expression and Monetization
Most Roblox creators are 17 or over, and we want to support them in expressing themselves by allowing them to build experiences that resonate with them.
Now they have a way to tap into our fastest-growing audience. We hope to inspire them to build aged-up experiences by highlighting them in our recommendation tools solely to people who are at least 17. That means creators will have new opportunities for increased engagement and potential earnings.
What’s Next
Starting today, eligible creators can begin making experiences for people 17 and over. We want those experiences to be safe and civil, high-quality, engaging, and to fully leverage the potential of aged-up content. In the coming weeks, eligible users will begin to see these new experiences. As always, as we innovate, we’re keeping safety top of mind. We can’t wait to see what our community builds.
FAQs
17+ experiences on Roblox may include graphic and realistic-looking depictions of violence and heavy bloodshed, but we do not allow content that contains extreme violence or serious physical or psychological abuse, including: Animal abuse and torture. Real-world depictions of extreme gore, graphic violence, or death.
Is it normal for 17 year olds to play Roblox? ›
Content is generally suitable for all ages. May contain occasional mild violence and/or light unrealistic blood.
How do you create experiences for people 17 and older on Roblox? ›
Age Verification
As noted above, you can only create or consume these experiences if you're verified as 17 or older. This requires uploading a selfie and a photo of your government-issued ID, an age verification method that goes beyond what many other platforms currently use.
Does Roblox 17+ allow swearing? ›
You will be allowed to use strong language in a 17+ experience text or voice chat with this feature enabled.
Is Roblox OK for a 3 year old? ›
Even with parental controls, Roblox is not recommended for children under the age of thirteen.
What does 13 mean on Roblox? ›
Roblox is committed to providing safety and privacy protection for our users. For this reason and because of COPPA regulations, users under the age of 13 cannot change their age setting. If the birth date on the account is correct, the privacy settings will update automatically to 13+ on the user's 13th birthday.
Can a 37 year old play Roblox? ›
Roblox age ratings
These categories are: all ages: content is suitable for everyone with only mild violence or small amounts of unrealistic blood. 9+: content is suitable for everyone aged 9 and older with more instances of mild violence or heavy amounts of unrealistic blood.
What are the Roblox 17+ policy standards? ›
Content is only suitable for ages 17 and up. May contain strong violence, heavy realistic blood, moderate crude humor, romantic themes, unplayable gambling content, strong language, and/or the presence of alcohol.
Does Roblox allow swearing in VC? ›
Players, for example, can now yell out expletives in both text and voice chat should they encounter something scary during gameplay. Any language that can be used to harass, discriminate, incite violence, threaten others, or that is sexual in nature is still not allowed in Roblox chat, the developers reiterated.
How to allow cursing in Roblox? ›
Roblox users who are 17 years or older can now use profanity in experiences rated 17+. To allow for strong language in your experience, navigate to the Creator Dashboard and toggle "Allow Strong Language" under Communication Settings.
The new age category will allow for more graphic content and adult themes than Roblox has permitted to date, including depictions of heavy bloodshed and alcohol use, chief product officer Manuel Bronstein tells me.
What is rule 11 in Roblox? ›
Things ROBLOX deems punishable are punishable here. Rule 11: [General Rudeness and Cyber Bullying]: Do not trash talk or bully anyone in the server. If you have an issue, speak to a staff member. Rule 12: [Age of 13+]: Discord allows the age of 13+ to use this application anyone found underaged will be removed.
Is 25 too old to play Roblox? ›
And those users are aging up. The platform has been wooing older players through the aforementioned high-profile brand and artist collaborations and says users aged 17 to 24 are its fastest growing demographic, accounting for about 22 percent of all daily active users at the end of 2022. At 30, I'm out of that range.
What does 17 mean in Roblox? ›
You may often see the error code mentioned alongside the “ID=17 Failure” message. This means the Roblox client on your PC or phone cannot load data from the game servers.
What are experiences in Roblox? ›
Experiences on Roblox are made up of individual places, comparable to scenes in Unity or maps in Unreal Engine. Each place contains all components for that portion of the experience, including its specific environment, parts, meshes, scripts, and user interface.
How many experiences are in Roblox? ›
It's been reported that there are more than 40 million games and experiences available on Roblox. Many of them also come with experience badges (think Xbox Live Achievement Points or PlayStation Trophies). Dozens of worlds are created every day as well, so it can be a bit overwhelming once an account is made.
What is allowed experiences in Roblox? ›
Parents are able to select age-appropriate experiences by enabling Allowed Experiences. This will allow your child to only join experiences that match or are below the age recommendations set.
