History of Roblox Timeline

The company held a fundraiser that raised over $4 million in June 2011, with the platform's profit that year up 75% from 2010.

During the 2017 Roblox Developers Conference, officials said that creators on the game platform, of which there were about 1.7 million as of 2017, collectively earned at least $30 million in 2017.

The iOS version of Roblox passed $1 billion of lifetime revenue in November 2019, $1.5 billion in June 2020, and $2 billion in October 2020, making it the iOS app with the second-highest revenue.

Several individual games on Roblox accumulated revenues of over $10 million, while developers collectively were projected to have earned around $250 million over the course of 2020. Roughly 345,000 game developers earned money through the program, and over 2 million developers used Roblox Studio to create more than 20 million games per year. It became the third highest-grossing game of 2020 with revenue of $2.29 billion.

In March 2021, the Roblox Corporation went public, becoming valued at $45 billion. Throughout 2021, Roblox averaged 45.5 million daily active users, a 40% increase from the end of 2020.

From 2013 to 2014, Roblox released several updates to its development tools, adding features.

Throughout 2012, versions of Roblox for mobile devices were developed. The version for Android was released on July 16, 2014.

In May 2015, Roblox released an update that adjusted its physics engine to be more smooth and realistic, rather than being oriented around blocks.

A version of Roblox for Xbox One was announced in September 2015 and released on November 20.

In April 2016, Roblox became available for Oculus Rift, alongside a variety of quality-of-life features made specifically for that platform.

Since August 2019, select users have gained the ability to publish avatar accessories, animations, bundles and more, a service later expanded to various other types of accessories.

Efforts were made towards making Roblox more accessible, with automatic machine translation added to in-game chat in 2020, initially supporting 9 languages.

In July 2020, Baszucki formally announced plans and goals for Roblox developers and users to build a "metaverse", a concept that refers to several interconnected virtual worlds. In 2021, he further detailed the company's vision, highlighting "eight different characteristics" the platform would strive to accommodate.

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Roblox's iconic death sound was originally produced for the video game Messiah (2000), and it was replaced in 2022 after Roblox and the sound's producer entered a copyright dispute. In July 2025, the sound effect was officially reinstated back to Roblox after the company gained the rights to use the audio.

Voice chat was followed by facial animations based on real-world motion tracking of players' faces, which were announced in 2022 and released in 2023.

In 2023, Roblox released public beta versions of the platform for Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro on July 27, with full versions released in September.

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In March 2024, two generative AI tools were added to Roblox Studio in an effort to speed up content creation.

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A port of Roblox for the PlayStation 5 was released on April 14, 2026.

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Roblox was banned in the United Arab Emirates from 2018 to 2021.

To combat inappropriate content, Roblox has over 1,600 people working to remove such material; a 2020 investigation by Fast Company found sexual content was very prevalent on Roblox and likened attempts to remove it to whack-a-mole.

Image source: Child safety on Roblox

Also announced in 2022 were age ratings for games, a system created to increase the platform's appeal to young adults, the fastest growing demographic on Roblox, by allowing more mature games. Initially the highest rating was 13+, although in June 2023 a 17+ rating was introduced permitting more graphic violence, romantic themes and alcohol usage.

In April 2022, Truth in Advertising filed a complaint against Roblox with the Federal Trade Commission for false advertising, mainly failing to disclose when advertising is present, such as with advergames and brand ambassadors. As a response, Roblox hid advertisements from users under the age of 13 starting in March 2023.

The platform has seen numerous reports of sexual predation on child players, which a 2024 Bloomberg Businessweek report attributed to insufficient moderation, overly reliant on artificial intelligence, and user anonymity. Since January 2025, U.S. police have arrested at least six people alleged to have used Roblox to find and sexually exploit children.

In August 2025, Roblox sent a cease and desist to a YouTuber alleging that he had been involved with vigilantism, leading to widespread criticism towards the company.

Kuwait briefly banned the game from August to October 2025, lifting the ban after Roblox agreed to implement new safety and content restrictions requested by Kuwaiti authorities. Bahrain's parliament also began drafting a bill to ban Roblox in 2025, and Surabaya authorities imposed local school bans citing predator incidents, while Nuevo León issued a public warning in September 2025.

Starting with certain countries in December 2025 and globally in January 2026, Roblox made age verification mandatory to communicate on the platform in any capacity.

Russia banned the platform for promoting "extremist materials" and content related to the LGBTQ community, although the ban was lifted on June 10, 2026. That same month, Roblox introduced age-based account tiers: "Roblox Kids" (under 9), "Roblox Select" (9 to 15), and standard Roblox (16 and over).