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'''''Roblox''''' is a [[massively multiplayer online]] platform that allows users to design their own games and play a wide variety of different types of games created by the developer or other users. Sometimes compared to ''[[Minecraft]]'', ''Roblox'' is a website and app that hosts [[social network game|social network]] virtual world games constructed of Lego-like virtual blocks.<ref name="cnet">{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-20070969-250/roblox-a-virtual-world-of-lego-like-blocks/ |title=Roblox: A virtual world of Lego-like blocks |publisher=[[CNET]] |accessdate=February 29, 2012|date = June 14, 2011|last = Needleman|first = Rafe}}</ref>

Founder and CEO David Baszucki started testing the first demos in 2004 under the name ''DynaBlocks''.<ref name="Hughes_Inc">{{cite news|last1=Neil C.|first1=Hughes|title=How This User-Generated Video Game Is Leading The Way With Innovation and VR|url=http://www.inc.com/neil-c-hughes/how-this-user-generated-video-game-is-leading-the-way-with-innovation-and-vr.html|agency=Inc Magazine|date=July 15, 2016}}</ref> In 2005, it was renamed ''Roblox'' and became available for [[personal computer|PCs]].<ref>{{cite news|last1name=Weinberger|first1=Matt|title=A video game you've never heard of has turned three teens into multimillionaires — and it's just getting started|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/roblox-how-teenage-developers-are-making-millions-2017-7|accessdate=October 10, 2017|work=Business Insider|date=July 25, 2017}}<"teen"/ref> The platform was officially released in 2006 by the Roblox Corporation.<ref name="DynaBlocks">{{cite web|last1=Fennimore|first1=Jack|title=Roblox: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/games/2017/07/roblox-youtube-free-download-corporation-baszucki-cassel-nerfmodder/|website=Heavy|accessdate=30 July 2017|date=12 July 2017}}</ref> {{As of |2016}}, ''Roblox'' has 30 million active monthly users.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/20/kid-gaming-company-roblox-builds-a-following/|title = Roblox: Is unusual virtual playground the next Minecraft?|date = October 20, 2016|publisher = The Mercury News|last = Wolverton|first = Troy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/12/20/at-10-roblox-surpasses-30-million-monthly-users-and-300-million-hours-of-engagement/|title = At 10, Roblox surpasses 30 million monthly users and 300 million hours of engagement|date = December 20, 2016|publisher = Venture Beat|last = Takahashi|first = Dean}}</ref>

== Gameplay ==