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Roblox's new publishing requirements: what developers need to know
June 8, 2026
Starting May 19, Roblox began rolling out a new three-tier publishing system, piloting first in New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, and Indonesia. As of early June it's global. The core change: reaching users under 16 — including the new Roblox Kids and Roblox Select account types — now requires meeting eligibility gates that didn't exist before.
Here's what each tier means, what you need to qualify, and what the Roblox AMA clarified about edge cases.
The three publishing tiers
Personal use
No requirements. You can publish anything for your own testing without it being discoverable or playable by other users. Nothing here has changed.
16+ and Trusted Friends
To make your game visible to age-checked users 16 and above, you need an age-verified account, good account standing, and an account at least two days old. Most active developers already meet this.
All ages (Roblox Kids and Select)
To reach the full audience — including age-verified users under 16 — you now need:
- ID verification (government-issued ID or equivalent)
- Two-factor authentication enabled on your account
- Either an active Roblox Plus or Premium subscription, or a one-time 1,000 Robux fee per game
- A completed content maturity questionnaire for the game
- At least 500 highly engaged players in the past 60 days
Roblox Kids vs. Roblox Select
“All ages” covers two distinct account tiers with different content access:
- Roblox Kids (younger accounts): restricted to games labeled Minimal or Mild only.
- Roblox Select (age-verified 13–15 users): access to games labeled Moderate and below.
Content labels come from the maturity questionnaire your game goes through during evaluation. A game labeled Moderate reaches Select accounts but not Kids accounts.
The 500 highly engaged players threshold
Before Roblox will evaluate a game for Kids/Select access, it needs at least 500 “highly engaged players” over the past 60 days. Roblox defines these as accounts whose behavior across play history, account age, and platform spending suggests they're authentic users — not bots. If your game drops below 100 highly engaged players, it risks losing eligibility.
Roblox hasn't published a precise formula. You can monitor your game's status at create.roblox.com/settings/eligibility/publishing-permissions.
The subscription vs. fee decision
Once your game qualifies on engagement, you need the subscription or fee. Two paths:
Plus or Premium subscription
An active Roblox Plus subscription, or Premium active for at least two consecutive months, satisfies the requirement. Roblox is giving approximately 100,000 existing creators six months of complimentary Plus — these are creators whose games had 100 or more hours of total playtime in the 30 days before April 13, 2026, with no major Community Standards violations.
One note: Premium sales ended April 30. Existing Premium subscribers still satisfy the requirements, but canceling means losing the ability to resubscribe to Premium.
1,000 Robux fee
As an alternative, pay a one-time 1,000 Robux fee per game. The fee is fully refunded after 90 days as long as your game stays eligible and hasn't been permanently removed for severe Community Standards violations. Outside that edge case, the refund is automatic.
What the AMA clarified
- Game persistence. If your Plus subscription lapses, your game stays published to all ages. You only need to resubscribe if you want to push an update.
- Economics. Roblox stated that 99% of creators whose games qualify for Kids/Select access earn more than the cost of the Plus subscription from those games.
- Subscription timing. You don't need Plus before evaluation completes — only once Roblox notifies you that your game qualifies.
- Group-owned games. Only the group owner needs the Plus subscription. Authorized group members need 2FA but not Plus.
- Open Cloud API. Publishing via Open Cloud acts on the authorizing user's behalf; only the game or group owner needs to meet all requirements.
- Vietnam. ID verification isn't yet available in Vietnam; Roblox is actively working on a solution.
What to do now
- Check your eligibility page. Go to create.roblox.com/settings/eligibility/publishing-permissions to see which games qualify, which are in evaluation, and which fall below threshold.
- Complete ID verification. Without it, you can't reach the under-16 audience regardless of subscription or fee status.
- Fill in the content maturity questionnaire for games you want evaluated. This determines your content label and which tiers you'll reach.
- Decide: subscription or fee. If you received the free 6-month Plus, you're covered for now. If not, the 1,000 Robux fee is refundable and may be the faster path for small teams.
The full announcement is on the Roblox Developer Forum. The alternate paths for Kids and Select are covered in a separate announcement.