Roblox has been banned in Egypt, marking yet another country the game has been banned in. However Roblox is one of the most popular games on the planet, it's certainly not without controversy.
Roblox has billions of registered players, and no shortage of active ones, either, with the game reporting over 100 million active daily users as recently as September 2025. Roblox trying to prove it's a safe platform for kids to play games on, bans like these continue to call those efforts into question.
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Roblox is banned in Egypt
A new Bloomberg report has revealed that Roblox has been banned in Egypt by the country's Supreme Council for Media Regulation. This move follows Egyptian Senator Walaa Hermas Radwandid calling for regulation of Robloxshare concerns regarding the game's impact on children's morals and educational values, as well as the ability for children to have direct communication with strangers. Roblox has notably revised its restrictions in recent history, limiting which age groups can communicate with each other and requiring age checks in Roblox through selfie videos to try to make sure users are the age they pretend to be.
As with previous cases of bans and lawsuits against the game and the developer, Roblox officials responded to the latest ban with a statement saying it uses safeguards that “go beyond those of many other platforms.” It added that the company is currently contacting Egyptian authorities in an effort to restore the gaming platform and resolve the issues the government has found with the game, adding that Roblox has worked with other regulatory rules and officials to “build localized capabilities aligned with their cultural values.” Whether Egyptian officials are open to negotiations is unclear.
Egypt Roblox Ban is one of many
Despite the huge player population of Robloxthe game is banned in a number of countries around the world. In 2025 alone, Algeria, Iraq, Palestine, Qatar and Russia introduced bans on Robloxwhile nationwide bans in previous years include North Korea and Turkey. Some of these bans have stemmed from direct concerns about the game's impact on children, while others have stemmed from nationwide bans on specific content or children using social media, online gaming, or both. Roblox however, has managed to reverse bans on its gaming platform in Jordan and Kuwait, so it is not out of the question for Egypt to do the same.
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Despite Robloxs efforts to take steps to protect children, it is also subject to criticism and problems with the law in its home country, the United States, as well. In 2025, a family sued Roblox after a 13-year-old was allegedly kidnapped by someone they met in the game. The states of Louisiana, Texas, and Kentucky have also individually filed lawsuits against the game's developers, citing concerns about children's safety. With these processes currently underway, it remains to be seen whether the courts will see it that way Robloxs efforts are sufficient to protect minor users.
Although the biggest concerns with Roblox appears to be the potential online interaction between adults and children, it is far from the only game that has been banned over the years. Titles like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and gambling gameplay in games like Red Dead Online and Grand Theft Auto Online have been banned or blocked in some countries, but similar decisions have also affected some offline games. Grand Theft Auto 6 facing a potential ban in Russia, Silent Hill b was effectively banned temporarily in Australia, and other titles have had to make changes to meet region-specific regulations and guidelines. Some games have managed to get around outright bans by censoring or removing offending content, which may end up being what happens to Roblox in Egypt.
- Released
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September 1, 2006
- ESRB
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Teen / Diverse Content: Discretion Recommended, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), User Interact
- Developer
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Roblox Corporation
- Publisher
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Roblox Corporation
