Roblox Launches 2 New Age-Based Accounts for Kids and Teens
Roblox Launches 2 New Age-Based Accounts for Kids and Teens
Gina KalsiTue, April 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM UTC
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A child using Roblox on their phone on Feb. 11, 2026Credit: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty -
Roblox has announced that it will launch age-based accounts with enhanced parental controls for users aged 5 to 15
Roblox Kids will be for users aged 5 to 8, and Roblox Select is for users aged 9 to 15
The safety updates come amid allegations that the online game platform is not protecting its young fans, with at least seven states suing over issues of child safety
Roblox has announced that it is introducing different age-based accounts for children and young teenagers.
The two new accounts — Roblox Kids for users aged 5 to 8 and Roblox Select for users aged 9 to 15 — will launch in early June, the online gaming platform announced via press release on Monday, April 13. "These accounts will more closely align content access, communication settings and parental controls with a user's age," Roblox explained.
Roblox Kids have limited access to games, with only ones labeled “minimal or mild” accessible to users. Additionally, the chat feature will be turned off by default, with access granted through a linked parental account. Parents will also have a “full suite of controls.” The app will also have a bright blue color to distinguish it from the accounts for older children.
Roblox Select accounts will have the chat function “gradually introduced with safeguards,” if available in the user's location. Users will have access to content described as “minimal, mild or moderate.” Parents will also have access to a suite of controls for users through age 12. However, “certain controls and visibility into kids' accounts [will be] available through age 15.”
“By default, Roblox Kids and Roblox Select accounts will not include games that feature sensitive issues, social hangouts, or free-form drawing games,” Roblox said, per the release, noting that each account will be upgraded to the next tier as users age up.
The new different Roblox accountsCredit: Roblox
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When they hit 16, users will then transition to standard Roblox accounts and have access to all content, except for anything labeled "restricted," which is for those above the age of 18. Chat is on by default but parents will still be able to see friends, screen time and spending up until the age of 18.
The latest safety changes come amid the platform — which has 151.5 million active daily users — facing allegations that it was not protecting its young fans, according to NBC, which reported that at least seven states have sued Roblox over issues of child safety.
In response to a lawsuit in Nebraska that claimed Roblox has been used "to groom and eventually abduct and sexually assault children,” the company's chief safety officer, Matt Kaufman, pushed back on the claims, per NBC. In an email to the outlet, he wrote that Roblox “is built with safety at its core, and we strengthen our protections every day.”
Carlo Tritta, 19, was recently jailed for 28 months after grooming a 14-year-old girl he met through the platform. Tritta, from the town of Eastleigh in the U.K., repeatedly messaged the teenager and encouraged her to send him sexually explicit images of herself, according to BBC and Sky News.
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He admitted to making indecent images of a child, sexual communications with a child and causing a child aged 13 to 15 to watch a sexual act, per a statement from Hampshire Police. He also admitted two counts of intimidating a witness and criminal damage after he traveled hundreds of miles to the girl's home twice to try to get her to drop the case.
In January, it was reported that two girls who were allegedly lured from their home in Mexico by a man using Roblox's chat feature had been found alive after going missing for around a week. An investigation found that a man allegedly chatted with Mary Beabey, 16, and Sabine Yohumi, 10, via Roblox, which prompted them to leave their home in Nezahualcóyotl.
A Guardian reporter experimented with the platform in November 2025 and posed as an 8-year-old child. She found that she was cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, all with parental controls in place. In a different game, where she is logged on as a 13-year-old, another player sexually assaulted her by sitting on her and thrusting his hips into her face.
Currently, Roblox's age check methods include facial age estimation, where you can take a photo to “receive age checked status,” and ID verification if you are 13 or older. The company said it would also be transitioning to the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) framework, meaning players around the world will see ratings from their specific countries.
The extension of parental controls will mean parents will be able to block specific individual games and manage direct chat settings up to age 15. They can also approve access to specific games that are not otherwise available under their child's default account type.
Other controls will allow them to manage content ratings, communications settings, screen-time and spending limits, so parents can see which games their child is playing and “who their friends are.”
“Under this update, parents will gain one new control and retain access to certain controls until a child turns 16,” the company said via press release. But the platform said that the “exact ages, games, and features associated with these accounts will vary by region.” It also added that access is based on “age checks” and that parents “can correct a child's age if necessary.”
“This structure is designed to give parents more precise control over the games and friends their child interacts with. Together, these updates are part of our ongoing work to build age-appropriate experiences for all users, apply safety-by-default protections for younger users, and give parents more visibility and control over how their children use Roblox,” the company said on Monday.
Roblox added, “When it comes to safety, we do the right thing, including proactive filtering, age-checks, parental controls, and providing clear content ratings, because the well-being of our community is our highest priority.”
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