They can then explore ROBLOX — interacting with others by chatting, playing games, or collaborating on creative projects. There is no cost for this first plot of virtual land.

In its IPO filing, the online gaming platform said its 36 million users spent almost $700 million in the first nine months of 2020--with a sliver of gamers-turned-gamemakers taking home big paydays.

Roblox is a game-creation engine, first released in 2006, that allows players to customize their own sandbox worlds, create mini-games on multiplayer servers and enjoy a second life online as ...