Roblox Year in Review: 2025

Another year has concluded, and this was a big year for Roblox when it comes to updates and new features released—some beloved, some controversial. Let’s recap the top 4 releases of each month in 2025…

January

• Friend limit increased to 1,000 ↗

• New features for publishing and selling on the Avatar Marketplace ↗

• Unified Lighting in Studio ↗

• Advertise paid access & restricted (17+) experiences ↗

February

• Text chat begins rolling out on consoles ↗

• Sell Developer Products outside of experiences (Store page) ↗

• Expanding eligibility for Price Optimization to more experiences ↗

• New app color scheme and darker dark theme ↗

March

• Adjust Neck, Shoulder, Front, and Back accessories in Avatar Editor ↗

• Upload 10 videos a month, up to 60 seconds long ↗

• Feedback Dashboard ↗

• Roblox Cube (AI Model Generation) ↗

April

• Gift Robux to other users ↗

• Create, publish, and sell Shoes on the Avatar Marketplace ↗

• Revamped Asset Manager in Studio ↗

• Parental Controls: Block individual experiences and Friends ↗

May

• Shop IRL merchandise in experiences with the Commerce APIs ↗

• Acoustic simulation (beta) ↗

• Expanded asset sharing of images, decals, meshes, mesh parts, and models with friends and groups ↗

• An update on automated action against modified clients ↗

June

• Creator Rewards Program ↗

• Party API ↗

• Regional pricing for avatar items on Marketplace ↗

• Occlusion culling now supports terrain ↗

July

• PBR Textures for accessories on Marketplace ↗

• Video Captures API ↗

• Hide online status ↗

• New camera movements for freecam ↗

August

• Create, publish, and sell Emotes on the Avatar Marketplace ↗

• Full release of Forums in Communities ↗

• Verification levels for joining Communities ↗

• Join music and entertainment experiences in The Block ↗

September

• RDC and RIA 2025 ↗

• Voice Chat on PlayStation ↗

• Photo-to-Avatar API early access ↗

• Increased lighting distance ↗

October

• Server Authority early access ↗

• Regional pricing for Developer Products ↗

• Change default properties for new parts inserted in Studio ↗

• SLIM (Scalable Lightweight Interactive Models) ↗

November

• Custom matchmaking ↗

• Create accessories and layered clothing directly within an experience ↗

• Configs and Experiments ↗

• Updated requirements for obtaining Verified badge ↗

December

• ID verification or purchase required to publish and update public experiences ↗

• Early test launch of age check requirement for chatting ↗

• Sell Models on the Creator Store for real-world currency ↗

• Experience Betas ↗

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Roblox also released a 2025 Replay, featuring the top searches, trends, and experiences on the platform this year. Visit the Newsroom to check it out:

about.roblox.com

The 2025 Roblox Replay: Decoded Through Search and Style | Roblox

What 50 Million Daily Searches and 274 Million Daily Avatar Updates Taught Us About Roblox Users

In case you missed it, check out the winners of the second annual Bloxy (News) Awards, showcasing the best (and the worst) features and events on Roblox this year, entirely voted on by you, the community.

www.bloxynews.info

2025 Bloxy (News) Awards: Full Winners List

Honoring the best (and the worst) updates, events, and news personalities of 2025.

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That’s a wrap! What was your favorite feature Roblox released this year? Is there anything you’re hoping to see from Roblox in 2026? Roblox will be celebrating 20 years in 2026, so it should be a big one. Until next year, keep on creating and being awesome. 😎