


It is available on classic Windows, Windows 10, Max OS X, iPad, Android, Xbox One, and Oculus Rift. The best analogy I can give to people who are unfamiliar with Roblox is that the game is like Legos but with a digital edge. Roblox is everywhere: classic Windows, Windows 10, Max OS X, iPad, Android, Xbox One, and even in VR on Oculus Rift. The ability to craft your own retro world with mechanics, strategy, goals, and more taps into the natural tendencies of a child's imagination. Instead of playing someone else's game you can make your own and share it with the world. Kids aged 8-18 flock to Roblox due to the creative aspect. While it does not cost anything to join or play, Roblox does have its own currency (dubbed Robux) that can be acquired through gameplay or in-app purchases ($1.99 will get you 160 Robux, for instance).

Technically, most of these are massively multiplayer online role-playing games (aka MMORPGs) where pacing is slower, and users can chat with each other in real time. Roblox is literally millions of user-created mini-games all played online. Roblox is really two parts: the builder end, where kids learn the fundamentals of coding, and the game end, where you can play the end products. However, that is where the similarities between Roblox and Minecraft end. While it is often erroneously compared to Minecraft, both games do share the same age demographic and "build your own world" modality with a focus on retro, block-style graphics. If you are over 30, you may not even know what Roblox is or why so many young kids use it. Roblox (Image credit: Windows Central) What is Roblox?
