Items and currency Logo of the virtual currency 'Robux' The majority of games produced using Roblox Studio are developed by minors, and a total of 20 million games a year are produced using it. Users are able to create purchasable content through one-time purchases, known as 'game passes', as well as microtransactions which can be purchased more than once, known as 'developer products' or 'products'.

Games (called 'experiences' by the corporation) are made with a derivative of the language Lua named Luau.

Roblox allows players to create their own games using its proprietary engine, Roblox Studio, which can then be played by other users. Overview Roblox Studio The Roblox Studio logo Although Roblox has received generally positive reviews from critics, it has faced criticism for its moderation, microtransactions, and allegedly economically exploitative practices toward children. As of August 2020, Roblox had over 164 million monthly active users, including more than half of all American children under 16. Roblox is free to play, with in-game purchases available through a virtual currency called Robux. Roblox began to grow rapidly in the second half of the 2010s, and this growth has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. For most of Roblox 's history, it was relatively small, both as a platform and as a company. Created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in the programming language Lua. Roblox ( / ˈ r oʊ b l ɒ k s/) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Game creation system, massively multiplayer online

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