The average Roblox user spends 2.3 hours on the platform every day, meaning that, for many of them, their in-game appearance — more than their real-world look — is how their friends perceive them.

Gamers have spent 16.7 billion hours into Roblox in three months. This online game platform boasts 77.7 million daily active users, 60 percent of whom are under 16 years old.

People Make Games’ analysis of Roblox’s economics highlights the chasm between Roblox’s promise as a way for kids to become game developers and the reality: It is very challenging to make ...

People Make Games has leveled up from covering minor gaming curiosities to investigating exploitation of child labor in “Roblox" and emotionally abusive indie game makers.