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Get your account ready to publish
The age checks, ID verification, 2-Step Verification, and subscription or fee Roblox requires before a game can reach players, and how the Kids and Select evaluation works.
Some of these requirements take time to clear (ID review, a two-month subscription window, the evaluation period for your game), so start them while you're still building. Everything here was checked against Creator Hub in November 2026. Roblox has changed these rules several times this year, so re-read the linked pages the week you launch.
Who can play a new game
Roblox sorts players into three account types (Kids and Select):
| Account | Ages | Content labels they can see |
|---|---|---|
| Roblox Kids | 5 to 8 | Minimal, Mild |
| Roblox Select | 9 to 15 (and anyone 9+ who hasn't done an age check) | Minimal, Mild, Moderate (9+) |
| Roblox | 16+, age-checked | Everything except Restricted (18+) |
There are two publishing tiers (Publish games and places).
Ages 16+ and trusted friends. Your account has to be in good standing and at least 2 days old, you need an age check (facial age estimation or government ID), and you have to answer the age-restricted content question in the Maturity & Compliance Questionnaire. If you answer "No," the game gets a Content May Vary label and releases to age-checked users 16+.
All ages, including Kids and Select. On top of the above:
- Verify your account: facial age estimation if you're under 18, government ID if you're 18 or older.
- Turn on 2-Step Verification.
- Hold a Roblox Plus or Premium subscription for 2 consecutive months, or pay a one-time refundable fee of 1,000 Robux per game. The fee comes back if the game keeps 25 highly engaged players for 60 days without being moderated.
- Complete the full questionnaire and get a Minimal, Mild, or Moderate (9+) label.
- Pass the Kids and Select evaluation. The game runs only for age-checked users 16+ until it gets 250 unique plays from highly engaged players within 60 days (Kids and Select). Progress shows on the Audience Reach dashboard in Creator Hub.
There's also an expedited review fee of 50,000 Robux per game, refundable after 90 days if the game is in good standing and keeps 25 highly engaged players. Neither fee is refunded if the game is permanently moderated for breaking the Community Standards.
The June 16, 2026 DevForum announcement gave different numbers: 500 highly engaged players to qualify and a 100,000 Robux expedited fee (DevForum). The Creator Hub docs now say 250 and 50,000, and a later forum topic is titled "Highly Engaged Player Threshold Drops to 250." This guide uses the docs.
Roblox's April 2026 announcement says Kids and Select exclude games with sensitive issues, social hangouts, or free-form drawing by default (Roblox newsroom). Since August 25, 2026, games are also removed from Kids and Select if they show a feed of videos or posts that autoplays or scrolls endlessly and reward players for watching it. Rewarded video ads don't count (DevForum).
So your launch audience is age-checked players 16 and older, and under-16 reach comes later if the game passes evaluation.
Roblox Plus
Roblox Plus launched on April 30, 2026 at $4.99 USD a month, and Premium stopped taking new sign-ups at the same time (Roblox newsroom). Two months of Plus covers the subscription option for every game you publish, while the fee is per game. If you plan to make more than one game, start Plus now so the clock is running.
Other things that need an age check
- Chat. Age checks have been required for chat globally since January 2026 (DevForum). Testers who haven't done one can't talk to each other in your game.
- Team Create. The same post said age checks would be required to use Team Create with other creators in early 2026. Have anyone building with you do theirs.
- Early testers. You can invite up to 10 friends or trusted friends to an unreleased game. Who you can invite depends on your age. At 18+, that's friends 16 and up, plus trusted friends of any age (under-9s need parent approval). Testers under 16 can't preview a game rated above what their parents allow (Publish games and places).
Publishing under a group
If a group owns the game, the group owner has to meet the verification and subscription requirements. Other members who publish need 2FA but not their own Plus subscription (DevForum). For social links on a group-owned game, at least one collaborator has to be verified 16+ (chapter 3).
Do this now
- Complete your age check in the Roblox app.
- Turn on 2-Step Verification.
- Verify with government ID if you're 18+, or facial age estimation if you're under 18.
- Choose between Roblox Plus (start the 2-month clock today) and the 1,000 Robux per-game fee.
- Ask anyone building or testing with you to do their age check.