A quick guide to Roblox, for adults – AKA the latest 'next Minecraft'

Some might be baffled by the cheapo Lego art style and janky controls - but, for kids, playing a game that doesn't always work properly is all part of the fun

If your kids aren't playing Fortnite - the colourful, cartoonish shooter that has recently become a massive after-school (and work lunch-break) craze - they are probably playing Roblox. Like Minecraft, which colonised the minds of basically all school-aged children around 2012-15, Roblox lets players get creative and build things. But it goes further than Minecraft in that you can create entire games in Roblox, from racers to haunted-house adventures to competitive battle arenas. According to the developer, it has 56 million players.