I don't expect to fully understand the magnum opus that is Roblox, but what I do know for sure is that Roblox is a game production tool, and Roblox is certainly a game production tool.

As The Verge noted, Roblox Corporation has removed any language that would suggest that Roblox is a game, such as the word "game" or the word "player." Previously, the site had a Games tab, which featured a variety of games created by Roblox's creators in the editor, each with a "maximum number of players." Now, the games tab has been renamed the "Discover" tab, and individual games are called "experiences" and instead have a "maximum number of players."

A Roblox spokesperson told The Verge, "The term 'experience' is consistent with how we have evolved our terminology to reflect the realization of the metaverse... Roblox is an online community where people do things together in virtual worlds, and over the years we have come to call these worlds experiences.

Roblox is not the first to call them metaverses, something Epic is also doing in its ongoing legal battle with Apple to prove that Fortnite is more than just a game. While the two may be related, it seems logical that Roblox would change its language to be more inclusive of the variety of things its creators are making.