Roblox is a gaming platform which does not allow you to play games and create games, but also it allows you to share your games with other people online. As a Roblox user, you may wonder who is able to join someone’s game in Roblox without being their friend.
Joining Someone’s Game in Roblox Without Being Their Friend
As explained on the West Games site that there are different factors which will decide whether you can join someone’s game in Roblox or not. To begin, you are able to be friends with them on the Roblox portal and you are able to request them to be added to their game. Let’s say that you have not added the other person as your friend on Roblox. You may still be able to join their game.
In Roblox, there is a game joining privacy. Roblox gives you a better experience by giving you the option that is able to help you secure your game and be safe from intrusions that you do not want from other people. If the owner of the game sets the game as private, it means that you are not able to access their game. So, you need to make sure that the game of the person does not make it private.
According to the West Games, the developer of the game of person playing has the ability to set the option to friends only or anyone. If you want to join someone’s game in Roblox, you have to make sure that they enable the option that anyone can join their game.
If the game is accessible for anyone, you will see a Join Game button where it permits other players to join the game. If it is accessible for anyone, the thing that you have to do to join the game is to click on the button and then you will be taken to the landing page of the game. When you are on the landing page of the game, customizing your character settings can be done by you and then you are able to enjoy the game.
So, it is important for you to know that whether or not you can join someone’s game without being their friend is totally at the player or developer’s discretion. They are able to change it anytime and they can restrict their game to be joined by friends only.
However, you are also able to find a lot of public games in Roblox. These public games are created for sharing to other people. It means that the developers of the games love and encourage other players to be able to join the games. You are able to find the public games that you want and then you can click on the Join Game button. Then, you are able to start playing the game.
On Reddit, there is a thread about how to join someone’s game without being friends. A user with username ‘Volugs’ says that it all depends on the other user’s Privacy Settings where they are able to let anyone join, only friends/ followers or nobody at all. He suggests trying to join them after you follow them and if it does not work, you have to be their friend.
Another user says that this is based on Privacy Settings where they are able to make it so “Everyone” can join them or “Friends” or “Nobody” can join them. In addition, he says that it is up to the Privacy Settings of the player.
Steps to Follow or Join Another Player in Games on Roblox
You have the possibility to play with your friends in a game that they are already playing. It can be done as long as your friend has the join in-game setting enabled as explained earlier. So, you will have the ability to join them in a game by clicking on the button.
How to join another player? According to the Roblox website, here are the steps to join another player.
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- The first thing that you have to do is to search for the username of the user or you are able to go to their profile page.
- Then, if you find that if the user is currently in a game and he is permitting people to follow them, there will be a Join Game option which appears on the search results or their profile page.
- The thing that you have to do now is to click on the Join Game and then you will be placed into the game with them.
It is important for you to note that you will be permitted to join the game if you have the necessary permissions to join the game.
Making Friends With Other Roblox Users
Even though the ability to join someone’s game depends on the privacy settings that they set on the game, however you may want to be friends with them so that you may have a bigger chance to be able to join their games. So, here are the steps to make friends with other Roblox users.
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- The first step that you have to take is to go to the Roblox home page.
- When you are on the Roblox home page, you have to log in or create an account. It is because if you do not have a Roblox account, you are not able to add other Roblox users to be your friends.
- After you login to your Roblox account, now the thing that you have to do is to type the username of the person that you want to send a friend request to. Type it can be done in the search bar which is located at the top of the screen.
- After you type the username of the person, you need to click on the ‘In People’.
- In this step, you will be given a number of results if you enter the name of the person. For example, you enter ‘Lila’ in the search bar, and then there will be a number of results of Lila accounts. So, you have to click on the right profile for someone that you are looking for.
- At last, you are able to click on the Add Friend button which is located at the top right side of their profile.
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