Roblox adds 5-8 and 9-15 account tiers in June as safety pressure rises

Roblox is rebuilding its account system around age after months of pressure over child safety. An ABC report says the platform will launch two restricted account types in June: Roblox Kids for users aged 5 to 8 and Roblox Select for users aged 9 to 15.

The restrictions are not cosmetic. Roblox says updated age checks, including facial checks, will route users into the new account buckets. Roblox Kids users will only be able to reach experiences rated "minimal" or "mild," and chat is off by default. Roblox Select users will be limited to "moderate" rated experiences, with chat features introduced gradually and wrapped in safeguards for family, friends, or people of a similar age.

• Rollout starts in June 2026
• Roblox Kids covers ages 5 to 8, Roblox Select covers ages 9 to 15
• Parents will be able to block specific games and manage chats until a child turns 16
• Roblox says all games will go through review before the new rules take effect
• The platform plans to move to Australian Classification Board ratings later in 2026

The scale explains why regulators keep pressing. ABC says Roblox now reaches roughly 111 million daily users, with an estimated 40 percent under 13, and Australia is its second-largest market after the United States. Communications Minister Anika Wells put the company on notice in February after reports that children were being exposed to explicit material and grooming attempts on the platform.

Roblox is not directly named in Australia's under-16 social media ban, but other online safety rules still apply and can carry fines of up to $49.5 million for non-compliance. That is why this change matters beyond one platform update. Roblox is tightening ratings, chat, and parental controls in one of its biggest markets under active government pressure, not as a routine trust-and-safety refresh.