Roblox has been around since 2006, and it’s safe to say that it is a much different game now as it was back then. There have been a lot of changes to Roblox since its initial release, and you can argue that a majority of these changes were certainly for the better. At one time, Roblox was one of the most popular games in the world and had a very impressive regularly active player count.
Even now, the game is regularly played by millions thanks to the fact that it never gets boring, mainly because there’s always a new and great fan-made game to try out once you get bored of one. Roblox has also become popular enough to find its way across multiple different platforms and can be played in many different places other than the official website.
Is Roblox Cross-Platform?
Roblox is now available for all sorts of different platforms, such as Windows PCs, macOS, Classic Mac OS, Xbox One, and many more, including most modern smartphones which run on iOS or Android. You can play the game mainly free of cost on any of these platforms with millions of other players. But the main question that everyone has regarding the game is whether or not it supports cross-platform gameplay. A lot of today’s multiplayer games don’t support cross-platform which is quite annoying for all the people that have friends who play the same game but on a different platform.
However, you have nothing to worry about if you wish to play Roblox with your friends but all of you play the game on different platforms. Roblox fully supports cross-platform, meaning that you should be able to enjoy it with your friends regardless of what type of device you’re playing the game on. However, the process of getting into a party and playing cross-platform with other players can be a bit complicated.
For example, you obviously won’t be able to use the usual method of inviting players to a party if you’re playing Roblox on Xbox One and wish to play with someone using smartphones or PC. You will have to add these players by their exact username through the game itself and become friends with them. After this, you can play together with them whenever both of you are online. However, you’ll have to use a PC or smartphone yourself in order to accept or reject requests on Roblox, and if you wish to access some of the other few features which can’t be accessed through the Xbox version of the game.
But to answer the question, playing Roblox cross-platform is very much possible. There aren’t many restrictions either meaning that you shouldn’t be facing any issues with gameplay if you’re playing cross-platform with friends. So you have nothing to worry about at all, just grab your friends and start playing Roblox together straight away regardless of the platform that any of you are using.