We’re thrilled to announce that Roblox is partnering with Xbox for the launch of ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, which were revealed at today’s Xbox Games Showcase 2025. For the first time ever, Roblox will be playable natively and optimized for gaming handhelds!
With Roblox on the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, you can tap into all the benefits of our platform across more devices, allowing you to bring your experiences to even more players.
Reach Dedicated Players: When we’ve launched on new devices, Roblox has consistently climbed the charts to become one of the top titles. This highlights the demand for Roblox and the platform’s ability to attract new users. ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X players represent a dedicated gaming audience, seeking fresh and immersive experiences to dive into. By optimizing your experiences for handheld, you gain direct access to this wave of players which can lead to new engagement and revenue potential for you.
Seamless Expansion, Maximum Impact: Staying true to our vision of making Roblox accessible everywhere, bringing your experiences to the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X will be easy. Our universal design philosophy means minimal (if any!) extra work is required. This effortless publishing process immediately broadens your audience and ensures your creative work can reach even more players.
Position Your Experiences for Future Success: Roblox is one of the largest immersive platforms available and as more devices are created our goal is to continue to be everywhere for our creators. This launch marks an exciting expansion for Roblox to handheld gaming devices, an increasingly important market segment that is experiencing robust growth. By optimizing for the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, you’re not just preparing for the influx of new players; you’re also positioning your creations for compatibility with future devices and platforms we may support. This ensures continued growth for your audience.
What’s Next?
To help you prepare for this launch, we will be sharing more information such as documentation, resources, and an emulator in Studio to guide you in optimizing your experiences for handheld in the coming months. We’ll also announce launch timing at a later date, so stay tuned.
roblox: “linux marketshare is too small. we will not support the steam deck or native linux installs.”
also roblox: “lets add support for the ROG ally!!”
i know the point of my reply is that for years (10+) we’ve been told “no, linux will not be added because the marketshare is far too small” when the steam deck is a WAY bigger handheld than the ROG ally
the “you’re not just ____, you’re ___” is a hallmark that this marketing post was entirely written by ChatGPT
i’m usually against calling random posts AI-generated but this is pretty unambiguous
edit: as for the announcement itself, this doesn’t actually really do much for developers. there will be a tiny increase in players but relative to main platforms i doubt major devs will see a change in statistics
I doubt there was much if any work to be done to add Roblox support since this is already running Windows 11. It makes more sense for Roblox to be added to this because of how easy it is to do it. This is more of a PR announcement for something that took a pretty low amount of effort just because the integrations are already there.
If Roblox can be added to all of these platforms, it can’t be that hard to maintain Linux support…? The main reason I don’t wanna switch is because I want to keep developing on Roblox.
I hope this isn’t controversial to say re: “why no Steam Deck/Linux support” comments on here that a a proper Windows handheld device partnered with Microsoft has the potential to replace the Steam Deck as the popular choice for people that want a hassle-free gaming handheld experience (with desktop experience included.) It makes sense Roblox would partner with Microsoft and the Xbox team for something like this. It really sucks that Linux is being left in the dust, though.
