On July 16, 2025, streamer Felix "xQc" found himself amidst back-to-back jump scares while playing Grow A Garden on Roblox.

Grow a Garden has released its Summer update 1.11.0, propelling the Roblox game to comfortably the highest recorded concurrent player count in video game history. The patch notes are below.

Roblox has introduced age verification, trusted connections, screen-time tools, and parental oversight to enhance teen safety in chat and gameplay.

Among the updates are age-estimation technology based on video selfies, the rebranding of Roblox users’ “Friends” to “Connections,” safeguards for a new teen-only “Trusted Connections” chat function, ...