SAN MATEO, Calif. — Roblox has debuted a new games content category for users 17 and up, which includes select adult-oriented topics.
According to a Fast Company report, the new category will include “crude humor,” more graphic violence, “romantic themes and topics” as well as references to alcohol and to gambling.
The new adult category will not allow nudity and sexual content during its initial rollout.
Roblox’s Chief Product Officer Manuel Bronstein described the new category as a natural next step for the platform, noting that the platform user base has aged up. Users 17 to 24 now constitute 38% of daily active users as “the fastest growing population segment on the platform,” Fast Company reported.
“You can think about horror or action games that become a little more photorealistic,” Bronstein told Fast Company. “You could imagine that a game gets a little more realistic because in the city, they’re adding a casino or they’re adding a bar that you walk through and there’s some experience there.”
Fast Company said users 17 and up will be subject to a new age verification protocol to access the new category by uploading an image of an ID and a matching selfie. Roblox stated that they will not store the information after verification.
Bronstein added that users within the same household will have to use separate verified accounts.