Best Parental Controls for Roblox, Fortnite & Minecraft (2026)

The Parenting Dilemma

Your kids love Roblox, Fortnite, or Minecraft. These games aren't evil—they offer creativity, social connection, and genuine fun. But they're also designed to maximize engagement, and kids don't have fully developed impulse control.

The answer isn't banning games (that often backfires). It's setting up guardrails that allow healthy play while preventing excessive use.

Roblox Controls

Roblox has robust built-in parental controls:

• •Account Restrictions: Settings → Security → Account Restrictions (limits to curated games)
• •PIN: Add a 4-digit PIN to prevent kids from changing settings
• •Monthly Screen Time: Roblox now offers monthly reports and limits
• •Chat filters: Automatically enabled for under-13 accounts
• •Spending limits: Set maximum Robux purchase amounts

Fortnite Controls

Epic Games provides parental controls through their launcher:

• •Parental Controls PIN: Required to change any settings
• •Playtime Limits: Set daily or weekly hour limits
• •Playtime Reports: Weekly email summaries of play time
• •Social Settings: Limit who can send friend requests or party invites
• •Purchase Controls: Require PIN for any purchases

Minecraft Controls

Minecraft controls depend on platform:

• •Microsoft Family Safety: Set screen time limits across all Microsoft games
• •Xbox/PlayStation parental controls: Platform-level restrictions
• •Realms permissions: Control who can join your child's multiplayer worlds
• •Chat settings: Disable or limit multiplayer chat

Device-Level Controls (Most Important)

In-game controls can be bypassed. Device-level controls cannot:

• •iPhone/iPad: Screen Time → App Limits → Games category
• •Android: Digital Wellbeing → Parental Controls
• •Nintendo Switch: Parental Controls app on your phone
• •PlayStation: Family Management through PSN
• •Xbox: Microsoft Family Safety app