Is 'Roblox' Really Shutting Down in 2022? Fans Are Freaking out Over the Rumor

Fans of the game design platform Roblox have faced many rumors of the platform's demise. There are countless videos and posts online claiming that the platform will be shutting down in any given year, and when one begins to make rounds again, players begin to worry.

So is Roblox really shutting down in 2022? Here's what we know.

Rumors that the site is shutting down started back in early 2020. The news that the popular block-based game was getting put out to pasture went viral — as users anxiously awaited any official confirmation from Roblox about its future. The site eventually responded to all of the claims that the game would be going the way of the dodo, and don't worry, despite the more recent rumors, the game looks like it's here to stay.

A bit of fake news that persisted well into the height of the COVID-19 pandemic prognosticated that the game would be experiencing a total shutdown in March of 2020, which sent Roblox users into a tizzy, dying to know whether or not the rumors were true.

This was despite the fact that on Jan. 14, Roblox broke its silence on Twitter and confirmed that the gaming platform would not be saying goodbye in 2020 — or anytime soon. And why would it? As of this writing, Roblox enjoys some 199 million monthly active players worldwide, so saying goodbye to that kind of userbase doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

The tweet that clarified all of the panic stated: "Let's set things straight: Roblox is not 'shutting down.' The same hoax (with a few details changed) goes around every year or two. Remember: Don't believe everything y'all read on the internet."

Now that the Roblox rumors are cleared up, we have to discuss how these intense rumors came to be in the first place.

One of the first moments of players worrying about the demise of the site came after an article from React2424 started going around in 2020. The article claimed, "Because of the population, the Roblox servers will shut down on March 22, 2020. It was a fun time, but we make less money now and we can’t hold the servers. We don’t have the money to keep them up."

Though we now know that the rumor was just a hoax, this report truly seemed like it might be the end of Roblox.

If you play your fair share of Roblox then you're probably very well-acquainted with the error messages that pop up whenever you're trying to just play the game and enjoy yourself for a little bit. In fact, server failures are such a common occurrence for gamers that it's become a bit of an online joke.

But that doesn't mean the game's going away, and even if you encounter these issues, it's usually only a few minutes before you're able to log back into your account and get back to Roblox-ing it up with your friends online.

The popular site will let you know if some of your favorite websites are experiencing any outages, and it doesn't just work for Roblox — you can try it with pretty much any URL you visit online. Try using it here to make sure your internet connection or account isn't the problem before you lament online about your misfortune.

Being that this is a game that allows full creation of your own choosing, people may be inclined to add things that may be unsafe or too mature for other creators to indulge in. In June 2018, a group of players came together and made their characters “gang rape” another character. The character in the game who was being sexually abused was a 7-year-old girl. After reporting what happened, the players were kicked off, and new safeguards were added to the game. 

Though there are some safety concerns surrounding Roblox, the service has still gained exponentially more users over time. At least now we know that this growth isn't going to make Roblox shut down. Rest assured, if Roblox were to shut down, you would likely hear it from the developers first.