That depends on Roblox knowing your child’s real age. Since June 2026 every child is sorted into an account by age, and nobody can chat without an age check. A child who typed in an older birthday and never did the check is playing under someone else’s rules.
The three accounts.
- Roblox Kids, ages 5 to 8: chat off, and only games rated Minimal or Mild.
- Roblox Select, ages 9 to 15: games up to Moderate. Chat opens up gradually with age, and only with children of a similar age or Trusted Friends they know offline.
- Standard Roblox, 16 and over: everything else. Since May that includes social hangouts and free-form roleplay games, which now need an ID-checked 16+.
Accounts move up on their own, at 9 and at 16.
The age check. There are three ways to do it: a face scan from a short selfie video, a government ID, or, for under-13s, a linked parent confirming the age. Until it’s done, Roblox places a child by the birthday they typed in, and chat stays off. The face scan works in age bands, so a child near the edge of one can land in the wrong account.
What you can control. Until your child is 13 you can see their friends list, approve Trusted Friends, and set screen-time and spending limits. Until 16 you can change their chat settings and block individual games.
What still goes wrong. Australia’s regulator tested Roblox this year and found adults could still send connection requests to children and see their profiles. In August Roblox signed a court-enforceable promise to fix that within three months, checked by an outside auditor. That deadline falls this month. Our App scorecard recommends Roblox from 10, whatever Roblox itself says.
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What this means for you right now
If your child plays Roblox, this is what I’d do.
Check which account they actually have. It says Kids, Select or Roblox in the settings. If it doesn’t match their age, the birthday is wrong.
Do the age check yourself, as the linked parent, rather than leaving it to the camera.
Link your account, then read the friends list. Chat is where the risk is, so make that decision on its own, not halfway through setting everything else up.
If your child is eight, there’s a page for that age.
Send this to another parent on WhatsApp
See how Roblox compares with the other apps your child uses in the App scorecard.
Checked 13 November 2026.
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