Roblox ( /ˈroʊblɒks/) is online plega yppe ond gamen-sceapennes bysen gewriten bi Roblox Teohhe þærbe meahten brucendas to writenne rngestreon ond to plegenne gamen Þe he hæbbað gesceappen bi hie selfum oþþe be ōþrum brucendum. Gesceappen bi Dauid Baszucki ond Yric Cassel in 2004 ond aleased in 2006 cumlíðaþ ðes rungestreon brucendgesceappen gamen in manigfealdum hadum gewriten in Lua þæm runweorcend spræc. ǣr in RobloxBysen:'s spēd, hit wæs ġemǣnelīċ lytel, bēgen swā ān stand ond swā ān gefērscipe. Roblox began to growan hrædlice in se þæt secg hālf ofer se þæt 2010s, ond ðes grōwan wæs accelerated bi se þæt COVID-19 pandemic. Roblox is freo to pleġan, wiþ in-game purchases āfēr þurh ān virtual gold genemned Robux. Swā ofer August 2020, Roblox hæfde ofer 164 þūsend monaðlic onbærnan users, including mā þonne hālf ofer eall American cild under 16. þēah Roblox hafaþ received generally gehyld reviews fram critics, hit hafaþ faced gecrīt for his innehaf moderation, microtransactions, ond allegations ofer exploitative practices tōweard cild.