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Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite in Education, Child Safety, and Metaverse Commerce: Scoping Review with ☸️SAIMSARA.

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Issue 3, Volume 1, 2026

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DOI: 10.62487/saimsaraa6021d78

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• Last update: 2026-05-18 21:56:23
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Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite are no longer just games — this evidence map shows how they function as learning spaces, social-development environments, advertising channels, and child-safety risk zones at the same time. Built from 46 references, 32 original studies, and 13,812 participants/sample observations, the full map helps readers separate measurable educational and social benefits from monetization, harmful-content, harassment, and gaming-disorder concerns.
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Abstract: To synthesize existing research on the socio-technical, educational, and safety dimensions of the Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite platforms across diverse global populations and laboratory settings. The review uses 46 references and builds its evidence map from 32 original studies with 13812 total participants/sample observations (topic-deduplicated ΣN). Across this scoping map, Roblox, Minecraft, and Fortnite emerge as dual-use developmental environments where measurable gains in language, social, and ICT learning coexist with substantive safety and monetization risks for young users. The dominant signal indicates that benefits—such as improved primary-school science outcomes under metaverse-based learning and strong associations between play intensity and adolescent social-skill development—are conditional on platform design choices aligned with children's developmental needs. At the same time, evidence highlights predatory monetization, harmful-content exposure, and clinical visibility in gaming-disorder cohorts as recurring concerns. These findings support a role for developmentally informed safety features, transparent monetization, and pedagogically intentional integration rather than blanket restriction. Future research should prioritize longitudinal, platform-disaggregated studies that test whether design-level interventions can preserve learning and social benefits while reducing harm exposure.

Keywords: Metaverse platforms; Sandbox games; Digital literacy; Predatory monetization; Social presence; Avatar customization; Linguistic proficiency; Normative dissociation; Metaverse-based learning; Digital safety

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