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RetroStudio

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Creator

Retro Dev & robloxandtyler

Created

October 18, 2020

Last Updated

October 21, 2026

Genre

Simulation

Visits

181M+

ID

5846386835

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RetroStudio is a simulation game engine created by Retro Dev on October 18, 2020, then made public after testing sessions leading up to December 24, 2020. Although the menu is not based on actual older Roblox websites, RetroStudio lets players create their own game using a built-in 2013 Roblox Studio, the players may choose Early 2009 to Mid 2015 era for their games. The only effect of Eras on Studio is what kind of materials the developer can use.

RetroStudio's prequel is RETROBLOX, which focused on replicating the Classic Roblox mechanics for games from 2009-2013.

“	Nominated for Builderman Award of Excellence 2022 Create and play your own classic Roblox games. Our engine can simulate any time period between early 2009 to mid 2015!	”
	―RetroStudio

Home (removed) - Similar to when Roblox still had a "Welcome, [user]" page. Shows some stuff about what's going on. Deprecated 2023, with most of the features of this tab being moved to the Profiles page.
Games - This is where you would find games and the different page categories to choose from. The loading limit is 3 pages per minute.
Catalog - Here you can buy avatar items with Retrobux.
Avatar - Customize your avatar with items you bought in the Catalog.
Build - Shows games you've created; allows you to configure and test your games.
Retrobux - The game's currency. The Robux-to-Retrobux exchange rate is 1:10 or 1:12 depending on the deal purchased.
Event - An additional category with limited-time events and rewards.

Menu bar

Profiles - When a player ID is entered, it shows their games, statistics, badges, and avatar.
Messages (removed) - You could message players and get messaged back. Deprecated at the end of 2024 due to Roblox updates.
Promo Codes - Occasionally a code will be released which will either grant retrobux, a limited item, a prank, etc.
Rules - RetroStudio rules to abide by for gamers and developers. 12 rules and ROBLOX ToS.
Settings - Change the main menu theme, in-game settings, and the appearance of Studio.
Contests - Contests are usually building events. If there is an ongoing contest, a blog will appear here. Contest winners get prizes.

Time periods

Time periods make RetroStudio unique for the fact it can change the appearance and behavior of each game. 17 of the 20 time periods ever created are still accessible, ranging from February 10, 2009 to May 30, 2015. For more information, see the articles for these time periods in this category.

Time Periods
Time Period	Main Features	Status
David Blocks 1994 (Roblox version)	A pixelated simulation of Roblox in the 1990s. This time period is still playable on RETROBLOX.	Removed (12/29/2019 - 07/19/2022)
Early 2009	Circular studs. No bubblechat.	Useable
Late 2009	Square studs. New materials	Useable
Late 2010	Bubblechat Comic Sans(Cartoon) replaced with Arial	Useable
Early 2011	Inventory, Dialog, and ShiftLock. UI is less clunky and more sleek.	Useable
Mid 2011	Leaderboard changes	Useable
Late 2011	Main Menu, reset feature.	Useable
Early 2012	No significant changes	Useable
Mid 2012	A useless button in the menu was removed	Useable
Late 2012	Simplified Inventory	Useable
Early 2013	Emotes UI cleaned up, shrunken down Removal of Jump Cooldown	Useable
Mid 2013	Light objects added to Studio	Useable
Late 2013	Cursor and stud texture changes 6 new materials	Useable
Early 2014	Current skybox SurfaceGUIs(text on parts)	Useable
Mid 2014	Removal of SuperSafeChat 3 new materials Scrolling frames(for game UI)	Useable
Late 2014	Entirety of the UI revamped	Useable
Early 2015	Arial changed to SourceSans Bubble chat changed Sliding animations for UI added	Useable
Mid 2015	No studio restrictions UI revamped Taskbar moved to the top	Useable
Late 2015	Replaced DavidBlocks upon its removal Menu and leaderboards revamped	Removed (07/19/2022 - As recent as October 2022)
April 1, 2021	Had the UI and mechanics of the time. Rap music played consistently.	Removed (04/01/2021)

History

For a better viewing experience, studio updates and community/server events now have their own pages.

Badges

Name	Rarity	Description
Welcome To The Club	Gamepass	Get this for being a part of the club!
Homestead	Rare	The homestead badge is earned by having your personal place visited 100 times. Players who achieve this have demonstrated their ability to build cool things that other Robloxians were interested enough in to check out. Get a jump-start on earning this reward by inviting people to come visit your place.
Bricksmith	Very Rare	The Bricksmith badge is earned by having a popular personal place. Once your place has been visited 1000 times, you will receive this award. Robloxians with Bricksmith badges are accomplished builders who were able to create a place that people wanted to explore a thousand times. They no doubt know a thing or two about putting bricks together.
Esteemed Architect	Very Rare	The Esteemed Architect badge is awarded for having one your places be put on the featured list.
Veteran	Uncommon	This decoration is awarded to all citizens who have played RetroStudio for at least a year. It recognizes stalwart community members who have stuck with us over countless releases and have helped shape RetroStudio into the game that it is today. These medalists are the true steel, the core of the RetroStudio history ... and its future.
Beta Tester	Unobtainable	You got this if you played RetroStudio in Beta!
Meet A Developer	Very Rare	Get this badge for meeting a Retro Dev developer!
Eggmin 2022	Event	Truly, the most delicate and sought after egg across the Eggverse, only wielded by those truly of it's power. Thank you to all RetroDev admins and Egg Hunt Contributors who put a real effort into this event.
Master Egg Hunter 2022	Event	You're a Master in hunting all the eggs in the eggverse!
Hallow's Eve Hero 2022	Event	No description available.
Christmas 2022 Santa's Helper	Event	Collect every single gift and collectible possible!
Dominus Paschae	Event	egg
Eggmin 2023	Event	This gracious egg can only be awarded out by the administrators of RetroStudio, who protect this platform under their wings.
Develeggper 2023	Event	This magnificent egg can only be awarded out by the Event Team at RetroStudio, who've spent several painstaking months delivering this great event to you.
Hallow's Eve 2023 Champion	Event	You've saved and kept Halloween protected in Bloxville under your arms by helping everyone out. As a token of our gratitude you've earnt the exclusive grand prize 'Baelzekkar'. Happy Hallow's Eve!
Eggmin 2024	Event	A legendary egg that is valued to any community member. One that can only be launched from the opportunity of meeting a RetroDev Admin, Event Team Member or Egg Hunt Contributor. Happy Egg Hunting!
Valkyrie of Olympus	Event	Congratulations on saving Yolktopia! Here is one final reward for your efforts created by the Guardian Angels hatched from the Egg of Olympus. Hat created by lotakune.
Eggmin 2025	Event	Tastefully pastel. Launched either from MVPs of the Egg Hunt, Developers and Contributors of the Egg Hunt and RetroStudio Administrators. Happy Easter 2025!
The Hatch	Event	Earn this badge by completing The Hatch quest in RetroStudio!
Summer Champion 2025	Event	Awarded to those who gained every prize in the Summer Minigames 2025 event.
A True Badger 2025	Event	You've went through all of the 16 games participating in the RetroStudio Giftsplosion 2025 Aurora Gift of Difficult Perseverance Promotion and came out a true badger. That's an accomplishment that any badger will look up to you for.
Gift Fanatic 2025	Event	Collect all 16 Gifts from the Giftsplosion 2025 Event that released from December 1st to December 16th of 2025. Some would call you insane, Santa would call you a wonderful little Gift Fanatic.
Carmeggsi, La Aterradora	Event	You beat the final boss of RetroStudio Egg Hunt 2026: Vast Eggspeditions, Carmesi! She may be a deadbeat, but at least she stuck to her word...
Eggmin 2026	Event	An egg only fit for true royalty, of course. Obtain this egg from RetroStudio Egg Hunt 2026: Vast Eggspeditions by collecting it from an admin, developer, or an event team member!
Last Egg of 2026	Event	The final egg of RetroStudio Egg Hunt 2026: Vast Eggspeditions... what a ride it's been. You've truly shown your strength as the next big egg hunter.

Incidents

December 2021 shutdown incident

On December 13, 2021, RetroStudio went under review for unknown reasons. Access was restored shortly.

May 2022 shutdown incident

May 8: Twitter and Trusted RetroStudio user "crazyblocks234" said: "there was a user who joined a game that a friend of mine made and was saying that he was going to make Retrostudio "go under review" and also said that he knew an admin."
May 24: The game is closed. Redirect brings a teleport error.
May 26: Crazyblocks: "We are working towards a solution regarding RETROSTUDIO. Thank you for your patience thus far."
May 27: Cristiano clarifies the game was not shut down by copyright or inappropriate content.
May 28: Crazyblocks specified it was not because of the user he mentioned on the 8th, nor was it a major update project. It would also take time to reopen due to the game closed on Roblox's behalf.
June 1: Game is reopened.

June 2023 shutdown incident

June 28: User Beyond_5D found a backdoor in RetroStudio which let him terrorize the front page. RetroStudio was privated in a hurry. It returned in several hours.
June 29:
Morning: Another user BT45 (there is no link between BT45 and Beyond_5D that is aware of) raided Retro Dev to announce he would use the same backdoor to overwrite games. Some reports in overwritten games saw maps of the original World Trade Center. Once again, RetroStudio was privated. It returned in two hours.
7-8 PM ET: Numerous times the game would close for several seconds.
8:08 PM ET: While having a game "RetroStudio is back party", another anonymous hacker inserted decals of Mario, later used by developers for trolling. While information is unclear, this likely resulted in the third shutdown.
9:00 PM ET: RetroStudio reopened. Before that, it was titled "RetroStudio [be back soon [again [again]]]", and alike for "We're back!"

Games that got overridden by this incident on the 28th and 29th of June 2023.

March 2025 content rating loss

On around March 19th 2025, [Unknown time], RetroStudio lost its Content Maturity rating for a brief moment before returning on March 20th.

May 2025 NSFW overwrite incident

On the morning of the 20th of May, all front page games were turned into NSFW condos. RetroStudio was immediately closed. AyRay was hospitalized at the time which delayed response. Beyond_5D was immediately suspected but he said he was dealing with exams. The hacker remains unknown.

November 2025 publishing place incident

On November 4, 2025, a publishing place bug resulted in RetroStudio being taken down for four hours. It was resolved across 8 pm CST^[1]

June 2026 age rating

On Wednesday, June 17th, 2026, at around 1 AM EDT, RetroStudio randomly had its age rating changed to 16+. The cause of this is most likely the new Roblox update. As a result of this, people in the Roblox Select category weren't able to access RetroStudio unless they asked a parent to unlock it. The game lost about 70% of its active players during this time.

At around 6 PM EDT, RetroStudio was re-opened again, but around 3 AM EDT on June 19th, RetroStudio was set as 16+ again for the same reason as the first time, however it was strange how it was marked as "Final Review" a second time after passing review the first time.

After the situation was resolved, the developers increased the daily login streaks for Retrobux for a short while until around the end of June.

Awards and nominations

RetroStudio has won 1 award.

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Roblox Innovation Awards 2022	Builderman Award Of Excellence	Nominated	^[2]
2025	The Creator Awards 2025	Best Tech Design	Won	^[3]

Icons

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Event Icons

Other Event Icons

Thumbnails

Regular

Trailer

These trailers are made for the Retro Dev Discord's RetroStudio Trailer Competition.

RetroStudio - JeffTheWhatever's Trailer

RetroStudio - Astro's Trailer

Thumbnail Contests

These thumbnails were made for the Retro Dev Discord's RetroStudio Thumbnail Contest.

Event

Trivia

The highest game to ever reach a record of players on the Front Page as a non-event is Retro Festival AFK Playtime Grinder^[4]. For games that dont break rules, its either RETROSTUDIO IS BACK PARTY^[5] or Can we beat the player record? (luckymatg), also known as Just a hotel.^[6]
RetroStudio was nominated for Builderman Award of Excellence 2022.
- Cristiano and Ayray were offered VIP seats at the RDC 2022, but neither Crisitano or Ayray were able to attend due to Cristiano not having a passport.^[7]
The original badge “A True Badger 2025” got private because of the bug that everyone received without doing anything.^[8]
The text in Eggstravaganza 2009's Event icon is misspelled, as it's written Eggstravaganza, not Eggstravagansa.

References

[1] ttps://devforum.roblox.com/t/publishing-and-saving-in-roblox-studio-automatically-moderates-place-assets/4046729/2

[2] ttps://discord.com/channels/645632117455323136/662393979072937994/1019364889610944512

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/live/IRbe7kYwGiw?si=PYHqgilLkof0lcd1&t=3006

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[7] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUqOaNxTyo&t

[8] ttps://www.roblox.com/badges/1430205373173962/unknown-badge-of-unknown-badges

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