How to publish a Roblox game

Publishing saves your game to your Roblox account. Only you and people you've given Edit access can open it. Releasing it is what lets players in, and that's what has changed: Roblox now asks for an age check first, and your answers decide who can play.

1. 1

   Open your game in Studio

   A map you opened from a file works too: here's how.

2. 2

   Choose File, then Publish

   File, then Publish (Alt+P on Windows). The Game details window opens.

3. 3

   Fill in the details

   Upload an icon and a thumbnail (the sizes, and a free resizer), then add a name, a genre and a description.

4. 4

   Save it

   Click Save. Your game is on your account now, and still private.

You can invite up to 10 friends of a similar age to preview your game before you release it. They see a watermark saying it's a preview. Watching someone play for ten minutes teaches you more than anything else you can do at this point.

To invite them, choose File, then Publish, and click Invite.

1. 1

   Do the age check

   It's by face or government ID, and your account has to be in good standing and at least 2 days old.

2. 2

   Choose File, then Publish

   The Publish window opens. Click Continue.

3. 3

   Answer the first question

   Roblox asks whether your game has age-restricted content. Answer honestly.

4. 4

   Click Publish

   Your game is out, and it gets a label from your answers.

• If you answer No: your game gets the Content May Vary label and goes to age-checked players 16 and over.
• If you answer Yes: you fill in the whole questionnaire, and it goes to age-checked players 16 and over or age-verified players 18 and over, depending on what's in it.

• You, and people with Edit access

  What you needPublish it.

• Up to 10 friends you invite

  What you needPublish it and invite them.

• Age-checked players 16 and over, and Trusted Friends

  What you needAn account in good standing that's at least 2 days old, an age check, and an answer to the age-restricted content question.

• All ages, including Roblox Kids and Select

  What you needAll of that, plus verification, 2-step verification, the whole questionnaire with a Minimal, Mild or Moderate (9+) rating, Roblox's review, and either the fee below or Roblox Plus or Premium.

To release to all ages you need one of these, on top of the rest of the table:

• Roblox Plus or Premium: an active subscription for 2 months in a row.
• A 1,000 Robux publishing fee: once per game. You get it back if your game keeps 25 highly engaged players for 60 days without being moderated. If it's taken down in that time, you don't.
• A 50,000 Robux expedited review: for a launch on a set date. You can ask for it back after 90 days, if your game is in good standing with 25 highly engaged players.

Under 18, verification is by facial age estimation. At 18 or over, it's by government ID.

Check your icon and thumbnail on a phone, where most players will see them first. When you're ready to earn from it, here's how to make a game pass, and the tax calculator works out what to charge.