Roblox has announced two brand-new age-based account categories launching in June, as the platform makes another push to address its long-running child safety problems.
The two new account types are Roblox Kids (for ages 5 to 8) and Roblox Select (for ages 9 to 15). According to Roblox Corp's official announcement, the goal is to "more closely align content access, communication settings, and parental controls with a user's age." That sounds reasonable on paper. The key here is whether the systems actually work in practice, given the platform's track record.
What changes for younger players
Children placed in the Roblox Kids category will face the strictest restrictions. They can only access games with a Minimal or Mild content maturity label, and all communication is disabled by default. Parents can re-enable chat through a linked parent account, but the baseline is locked down.
Roblox Select, covering the 9 to 15 age bracket, allows access to content with a Moderate maturity label. Default communication settings stay the same as the current setup, which means the change is less dramatic for that group. Once a Roblox Select user turns 13, some parental controls loosen, though Roblox Corp says "certain controls and visibility" remain available until they fully age out of the Select tier.
Kids get assigned to their category either through Roblox's facial age estimation technology or via a verified parent. That facial estimation system has been in play for a while now, and its accuracy will matter a lot here. A system is only as good as its enforcement.
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How games get approved for kids accounts
Roblox Corp isn't just relying on self-reported content labels from developers. The company says it is using additional evaluation criteria including developer verification and "real-time evaluation," which appears to mean monitoring user reports to assess whether games are actually appropriate for young players before making them available to kids accounts automatically.
Parental controls are also getting more granular across the board, giving parents finer-grained options rather than blunt on/off toggles.
Kids accounts will be assigned via facial age estimation or a verified parent. If neither is in place, parents should proactively link their account before the June rollout.
The gap between ambition and reality
Roblox Corp says its goal is "to become the world's healthiest platform for users of all ages." That is an ambitious target for a platform that has faced class action lawsuits from parents over sexual content and grooming, regulatory pressure from Australia following "ongoing concerns about online child grooming," and a now-infamous moment where its CEO described the predator problem as "an opportunity."
To put the scale in context: analysts estimated players spent roughly 10.25 billion monthly hours in Roblox in 2025, more than Steam, PlayStation, and Fortnite combined. Moderating content and communication at that scale is a genuinely hard problem. Whether age-tiered accounts move the needle meaningfully, or whether they mostly serve as a PR response to mounting legal and regulatory pressure, is a question that will take months to answer.
For parents with kids already on the platform, the June rollout is worth paying attention to. Check out the latest gaming news for updates as Roblox confirms more details on the rollout timeline and how existing accounts will be migrated into the new tiers. If you want broader context on how platforms are handling age verification right now, there is plenty of relevant coverage in our latest reviews and features.
