For most of Roblox's history, it was relatively small, both as a platform and a company, due to both co-founder Baszucki's lack of interest in press coverage, however, Roblox began to grow rapidly in the second half of the 2010s, and this growth was accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020. Founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games, designated as 'experiences' since May 2021, of multiple genres coded in the programming language Lua. It is the primary product of Roblox Corporation.

Roblox has a large active player base and vast community development projects with over 15 million user-created games, there is always something new to try out.Roblox is an online game creation and social platform created by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Overall, Roblox is a fun, child-friendly game that also has educational aspects. Roblox offers parental controls that allow for a selection of chat options (no chat, chat with friends, chat with everyone), account age visibility (13+ or <13), an account PIN code feature, and an Account Restrictions setting that only allows children under 13 to access a curated list of age-appropriate games.

Roblox provides extensive parental controls aimed at keeping children safe online whilst playing the game.

Roblox players can buy, sell, and create virtual items through their online marketplace. Roblox currently has over 15 million games created by its users and provides cross-platform play between PC, tablets, mobile and Xbox One. Roblox is a massively multiplayer online and game creation platform created by Roblox Corporation.

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