Roblox Plus subscribers get paid private servers without paying for them. That benefit changed today, September 24, 2026. This page sets out what Roblox's own help articles say about the change, read on the same day, and the two things they leave out.
What changed
Roblox's help article on Roblox Plus describes the benefit and the change in one paragraph. Its wording:
> "Subscribers will have access to free private servers across all supported games. Private servers allow players to create and manage their own instance of a game, giving them more control over who they play with. Starting on September 24, this benefit will transition to include one free private server per game. If you currently have multiple free private servers in a single game, you will keep only one. Any extra free servers will start to expire on September 24."
So there are three facts:
- One free server per game from September 24.
- If you have more than one in a single game, you keep one.
- The extras start to expire on September 24. The article says "start to", so they may not all disappear at the same moment.
Servers you paid for are not affected
The same paragraph ends with a note that matters if you have a mix of servers:
> "Any private servers purchased separately outside of your subscription are entirely unaffected. They will continue to run and renew through their original payment method."
A private server you bought with Robux keeps renewing the normal way. Roblox's Private / VIP Servers FAQ explains that way: the price is set by the game's creator, there is "an initial charge when you first purchase a private server, followed by a recurring monthly charge on the same date of each month", and the renewal comes out of your Robux balance automatically. If the balance is short on the renewal date, "the server will expire and can no longer be used", though you can buy a new one.
Which free servers these are
It helps to be clear about what "free" means here, because Roblox has two different kinds of free private server.
The first is the Plus benefit. Roblox's documentation for creators describes it as "Free paid private servers": in a game where private servers normally cost Robux, a Plus subscriber can create one without paying. The change on September 24 is about this kind.
The second is a server that is free for everyone because the game's creator made it so. The creator documentation tells developers they can disable "Requires Robux" to "make private servers free to all". Those servers are the creator's decision and are not part of the Plus change.
If you are not sure which kind you have, the question is simple: would you have had to pay Robux for it without Plus? If yes, it is a Plus server and the one-per-game rule applies.
What Roblox does not say
Two things are missing from the help articles, and it is better to know that than to guess.
Which server you keep. The Plus article says you will "keep only one" free server per game, but it does not say how Roblox chooses which one. So if one server in a game matters to you, for example because your friends' access and settings are set up on it, check its status on the game's page rather than assuming it will be the one that stays.
How many free servers you can have in total. The Private / VIP Servers FAQ, updated today, gives two reasons you might see an error when creating a server: "you already have a free private server for the same experience, or you've reached the limit for active free private servers." Its fix is to "deactivate an existing free private server before creating a new one." So there is a limit across all games as well as the one-per-game rule, but the FAQ does not give the number. Neither does the Plus article.
One more inconsistency to be aware of. Further down the same Plus article, the comparison table between Roblox Plus and Roblox Premium still lists "Free and unlimited private servers" as a Plus benefit. That line does not match the paragraph above it. The paragraph describing the September 24 change is the more specific statement, and it is the one this page follows.
How to check your servers
The FAQ gives the path. On a game's page in the Roblox app or website, scroll to the Servers section at the bottom. If the game has private servers turned on, you will see a Private Servers section listing the servers you created or belong to.
- To see a server's details, click the Menu button (the three dots) to the right of it and choose Configure. The configuration page shows the renewal and expiration dates.
- On the same page you can rename the server, choose who can join (up to 50 individual users, or your friends list), and create a join link.
- To stop a server you no longer want, the FAQ's instruction is to deactivate it, which it says you must do before you can create a new free one.
Go through each game where you had more than one Plus server and see which are still active. That is the only reliable way to know which one Roblox kept.
Rules that have not changed
The age rules for private servers are the same as before. The FAQ says that by default, users under 13 "can only join their friends' private servers, and only their friends can join their private servers", and that users 13 and up "can also restrict who can add them to private servers". Changing those settings applies to all existing and future private servers.
Why creators do not lose out
If you run a game, a Plus subscriber opening a free server in it does not simply cost you the sale. Roblox's creator documentation says it pays creators based on the time a Plus subscriber spends in the paid private server they created. At each subscriber's renewal, Roblox looks at the previous 30 days, takes that subscriber's top five paid private servers across Roblox, and counts a server if the subscriber spent at least 60 minutes in it. A qualifying server can earn its creator up to 100 Robux from that subscriber. The documentation's worked example has three qualifying servers priced at 100, 200 and 50 Robux earning 70, 100 and 35 Robux, a combined 205. Only the server owner's time counts, not time spent by invited players.
The short version
- From September 24, 2026, Roblox Plus gives one free private server per game, and extra free servers in the same game start to expire.
- Servers you bought with Robux are unaffected and keep renewing from your Robux balance.
- Roblox does not say which of your extra free servers it keeps, and it does not publish the overall limit on active free servers.
- Check each game's Servers section and the server's Configure page to see what is still active.
For the basics of what a private server is and when one is worth paying for, see what is a private server. For how Roblox Plus compares with the Premium subscription it replaced, see Roblox Premium is closed: what it means.