Creator

Create and publish games and places

When you open Studio and create a new game, your project starts with a single place that players load into when they first join the game. Games can have one or multiple places that each contain all components for that portion of the game, including its specific environment, 3D objects, and scripts.

Many creators create additional places within a game to organize assets for different gameplay areas. For example, if you want players to join a dungeon before teleporting to either a vast desert or spooky island, you can organize the assets for each area into their own place.

Every place is represented by a data model that stores and organizes:

  • All objects that make up the 3D world of a place, such as its parts, meshes, terrain, and lighting.
  • All objects that can control runtime behavior, such as scripts.

Understanding both the general structure of a place's data model, and how the Roblox engine uses it as the source of truth for a place's state is important for understanding where to store and configure different types of objects. For more information, see data model.

Create games

When you create a new game, it opens a start place that all players will load into when they join the game. The start place represents the overall game until you add additional places for different gameplay areas.

To create a game:

  1. Open Studio.

  2. In the Open a Template section, select a template with the objects you want to start working with for your game, such as:

    • Baseplate — Starts with a SpawnLocation and a baseplate.
    • Platformer — Starts with customizable platforms, coin pickups, and double-jump, dashing, rolling, and long jump character mechanics!
    • Racing — Starts with a working racecar and customizable track objects.

When Studio opens up the template, you now have Place1 that represents your overall game.

Publish games

When you publish a game, Roblox stores the data model of your start place as a .rblx file in the cloud. This is an important process because it connects the game to your account, allowing you to access and work on it from any computer.

By default, new games are set to private, meaning that they are only accessible to you as the creator, to users with Edit or Playtest access, and to group members with the appropriate roles and permissions. When you are ready to go live to everyone, you can release your game to the public and optionally mark it as a beta.

To publish a game:

  1. In the top-left corner of your computer, click File ⟩ Publish to Roblox.

  2. In the Publish Experience window, fill in the following fields:

    • Name / Description — The name of the game and a description that describes what a potential player should expect. See the metadata best practices dropdown at the bottom of this section for guidelines.
    • Creator — The creator or group (
      RECOMMENDED
      ) you'd like to attribute as the creator of the game.
    • Devices — Each applicable device type that you want to support. The default options are practical for most new creators.

  3. Click Create.

Your game's name and description create an important first impression and contribute to how easily players find your game through Roblox's dynamic discovery systems.

Game name

All games should adhere to the following best practices for naming:

  • Keep the name consistent – Renaming a game too often reduces the chances that players can find it using a previous name.

  • Avoid spamming – Frequent repetition of words or phrases may result in demotion of your game.

  • Use decorations cautiously – Decorating the name with one or two well-placed emojis isn't harmful, but misplaced or excessive decorations can confuse players who quickly want to identify the game.

Game description

A well-written description promotes the genre and unique qualities of your game while also providing the best context for both players and Roblox's dynamic discovery systems.

  • Summarize your game – Summarize what your game is about in the first sentence, as this is your opportunity to present the most accurate impression of its genre and content.
  • Provide keywords – Include all keywords that may be relevant to your game. This makes it easier for players and Roblox to understand the themes and genres presented in your game.
  • Avoid spamming – Avoid repeating keywords or adding irrelevant keywords. This may result in demotion of your game.

Create additional places

After you have published your game, you can add additional places for different gameplay areas. To create a new place within an existing game:

  1. Open an existing place file or create a new place from any Studio template.
  2. Select File ⟩ Publish to Roblox As….
  3. In the Publish Experience window, click the tile for the game you'd like to add the place to.
  4. Select Add as a new place, then click Create.

Whether you choose to have a single, large place or many smaller places is mostly personal preference. For more information, see design for performance.

Change start place

The start place of a game cannot be instantly swapped with another place, but you can overwrite the current start place.

To change the start place:

  1. OPTIONAL
    Save your current start place to a .rbxl file or to a new place within the game.

  2. Go to the Creator Dashboard and select the game with the start place that you want to change.

  3. Go to Configure ⟩ Places.

  4. Click Edit in Studio for the intended new start place. Studio opens and loads that specific place.

  5. In the top-left corner of Studio, go to File ⟩ Publish to Roblox As….

  6. Click the tile for the same game, then choose the current start place. Click Overwrite.

  7. OPTIONAL
    If the game is live, it's recommended that you restart its servers.

Make game public

By default, new games are set to private, meaning they are only accessible to you and your creator team who have Edit permissions (see manage collaborators).

To make your game publicly available to anyone outside of the creator team, you have to meet the publishing requirements below.

Audience

A game's target audience can be set through its Audience setting:

  1. In the Creator Dashboard, select your game.

  2. Navigate to Configure ⟩ Settings.

  3. Under Audience, choose from the options below:

    AudienceDescription
    PrivateAvailable only to users who have Edit permissions for the game.
    Limited

    Available only to those who are part of the selected category of users. Not discoverable to the general public on Roblox.

    • Playtesters — Available to users who have playtest permissions for the game.
    • Friends — Available to the game owner's friends. This option only appears for user‑owned games.
    • Community Members — Available only to group members. This option only appears for group‑owned games.
    PublicAvailable and discoverable to the general public on Roblox.

  4. OPTIONAL
    For Public games, you can choose Enable Beta Mode to omit the game from the Recommended For You category on Roblox. Beta games are still public, but they have more limited reach and exposure. To widen your audience while still remaining in beta, create an ad campaign as outlined in Ads Manager. If you enable sponsored ads, the game's analytics charts might show some users from Recommended For You.

  5. Click Save Changes.

Publishing requirements

Publishing requirements depend on the target audience and apply to all publish actions:

  • Publishing a new game.
  • Updating an existing public game (publishing a new version of a place).
  • Publishing to a different game via Publish to Roblox As.
  • Setting your audience to Limited (any option under Limited) or changing it from Public to Private.

Private games

A game published as Private is only available to the owner or users with Edit permissions.

Those with playtest permissions can't play private games. To enable their access, make sure you meet the requirements for Public games and then set the audience to Limited ⟩ Playtesters.

Public/Limited games

Publishing to a Public audience or Limited audience (playtesters, friends, or community members) has various requirements.

To reach 16+ and Trusted Friends:

To reach all ages including Roblox Kids and Select, you must meet all of the previous requirements plus:

Optional fees

If you do not have a Roblox Plus or Roblox Premium subscription for 2 consecutive months and you want to publish a game to users of all ages, you have the option to pay either a publishing or expedited review fee.

Publishing fee

The publishing fee is a one-time, refundable fee of 1,000 Robux per game that allows you to publish and expand the reach of your game to users of all ages. This fee is intended to make it expensive and logistically difficult for bad actors to create large numbers of accounts and flood the platform with spam.

If your game maintains 100 highly engaged players for 60 days without moderation, you will receive a refund of the publishing fee. However, if your game is permanently moderated or taken down for not meeting Roblox's Community Standards within the 60-day period, the fee will not be refunded.

To pay the publishing fee:

  1. In the Creator Hub, select the game you want to release to users of all ages.

  2. In the left-hand navigation, navigate to Audience > Reach.

  3. Under Experience reach, navigate to the Refundable publishing fee section, then click the blue Pay button. A pop-up dialog displays.

  4. Click the Pay 1,000 button to confirm your payment.

Expedited review fee

The expedited review fee is a one-time, refundable fee of 100,000 Robux per game that allows you to accelerate the safety and compliance reviews required to publish your game to users of all ages. This fee is intended to provide launch flexibility and financial accountability for qualified creators who haven't yet met the highly engaged age-checked player requirement for Kids and Select accounts.

After 90 days, you can request a refund. As long as your game remains in good standing and maintains 100 highly engaged players, you can withdraw your fee and maintain Roblox Kids and Select eligibility. If your game hasn't hit those organic milestones yet, you can leave the fee in place to maintain your eligibility for Kids and Select audiences. However, if your game is permanently moderated or taken down for not meeting Roblox's Community Standards, the fee will not be refunded.

To pay the expedited review fee:

  1. In the Creator Hub, select the game you want to expedite for a safety review.

  2. In the left-hand navigation, navigate to Audience > Reach.

  3. Under Experience reach, navigate to the blue alert, then click the gray Pay button. A pop-up dialog displays.

  4. Click the Pay 100,000 button to confirm your payment.

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