Roblox is an online platform and Game creation system where users program and play games created by other users. Launched in 2006, it has grown into a vast Virtual World empowering creators of all ages to share their digital Experiences and connect through play across various devices, including PCs, mobile phones, and consoles. These digital experiences, created by users, span a wide range of genres, from creative building games like Grow a Garden (which notably caused several Server Outages that led users to describe Roblox's performance as "running like a potato") to survival challenges such as Forsaken, unique adventures like Steal a Brainrot, and horror experiences like Doors.
The core of Roblox's creation capabilities lies within Roblox Studio, a free application that allows users to design, build, and publish their own games and virtual worlds. Developers utilize the Lua programming language to script game logic, create interactive elements, and manage game mechanics. This accessible Development environment has fostered a massive amount of User-generated Content, making Roblox a unique example of a platform driven by its community.
Roblox also features an internal Economy powered by its virtual currency, Robux. Users can purchase Robux with real money, and creators can earn Robux through various means, such as game passes, virtual items, and premium payouts, converting them back into real-world currency. This system allows creators to monetize their work, providing a strong incentive for innovation and continuous Content Creation. The platform's social features, including Chat, Friends (now Connections) lists, and groups, encourage social interaction and community building within its diverse user base. There has also been drama about various aspects of the platform, including pedophilia.
Roblox also hosts multiple events within every year. Usually, these events are devhunts, which consists of users playing devloper's expereiences and completing tasks in these experiences for rewards. These events also usually do have a point/currency system earned from completed tasks. These can be used to buy the avatar items of the event.
Games
Notable games include Natural Disaster Survival or NDS, Murder Mystery and Murder Mystery 2, Flee the Facility, and The Hunt, which is considered Roblox's worst game in 2024, and the most disliked game.
Trivia
The most popular game as of October 24 is Plants vs Brainrot, made by Jandel, creator of Grow a Garden.
Roblox originally made a message if you post games with bad titles, but hackers tried to abuse it, replacing the hotlines with games that are annoying to watch and epileptic. After that, Roblox decided to remove the message and just ban the game with bad titles.
In 2012, Roblox experienced a significant Security Breach where an Exploit allowed users to gain unauthorized Administrative Privileges, leading to widespread disruption and the alteration of the platform.
There is a subreddit dedicated to posting unhinged Roblox memes called r/gocommitdie, which exploded in popularity in May 2017 after the famous post that is now the subreddit name, which was originally r/robloxmemes in June 2015 to May 2017.
Work at a Pizza Place had originally horses to ride on, before deleting it hereby unknown reasons.
AI "slop" thumbnails are significantly growing higher in popularity and has reach the point of 73% as of September 3, 2025.
Royalty free music is in 90% of obbies and 10% not.
3% of players in Roblox are left-handed as of November 2, 2023.
This player (above) is the 69228th person ever, out of 42 billion players and 9282 bots, as of October 24.
