OCTOBER 22, 2025 –With news breaking yesterday that the Florida Attorney General will join the mounting lawsuits against Roblox*, many parents jumped to ask why. Below is a round-up of both our pieces here and other media to help families understand what happened with Roblox.

💥What happened with Roblox and predators?

💥How it affects your family

💥Setting up safety perimeters & below

💥How to talk to kids about predators from our friends at WeFightCyberCrime

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💥Clues your child might be at risk of grooming

How to Check for Red Flags in a Roblox Games Developer’s Reputation

💥how to approach the topic if you suspect they’re being groomed

One late night I did a deep dive into the economics of Roblox, mostly because our sons enjoy light coding and I was considering a holiday project to build their own Roblox game. Not to make money, just to lean into their interests.

Yeah, not anymore.

I’ll go deeper into the screwed up economics in another post, but here’s what to look for when researching a Roblox developer. Full disclosure: Roblox is still allowed in our house, but under strict supervision and without getting into the development of games for the platform. Some are obvious and others are less clear:

• Are they a small group doing this for their living and to build a portfolio, or are they a large company making money off the unpaid labor of their worker bees (sometimes even underage children)? This is hard to determine on a simple search, and I’ll see how well Out Think Media can track it on our site. You can’t count on Roblox to identify bad actors if their track record of dodging responsibility tells us anything.
• Are there pending lawsuits against the developers? So how can you research a game developer who built the game your kid likes to play? Although you can’t count on Roblox for content moderation, you can google the developer’s name and “lawsuit” to see any news. The Roblox Fandom Wiki will show you the most obvious offenders — if they’ve been brought to light — but it takes a LOT to prosecute these cases, and usually, areal physical assault has to happen. We’ve seen, however, that grooming doesn’t always have to end in a physical act for it to be dangerous.
• Do they make sexual games? Google the developer’s name and “condo games” to see if they make this kind of content:

condo games /noun/

Roblox sex games are commonly referred to on the platform as “condos”. They’re spaces, generated by users, where people can talk about sex – and where their avatars can have virtual sex. In these games, Roblox’s rules are thrown out of the window.

4. And lastly for now, monitoring Roblox isn’t enough. You must check that kids aren’t being directed to Discord or TikTok, where it’s as easy as a search term to find such condo games. It’s also an easy place for adults — including some developers — to groom underage children, as shown in this 23-minute video by YouTuber Visual Venture called “Roblox is Darker Than You Think“.

As you can see, letting your child play Roblox has a lot of layers to keep it safe. I’ll add more primers as soon as I can, so please subscribe to our OutThink Insiders community on Patreon to stay informed.

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More Resources for Roblox

OCT 17, 2025–Why Parents Are Panicking About Roblox in Today’s Parent

APR 14, 2025–Risks to Children Playing Roblox ‘deeply disturbing,’ say researchers in The Guardian

APR 10, 2023–Kids Are Obsessed with Roblox, but is is Safe? in PC Mag