<s>
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
(	O
stylised	O
as	O
ADOPT	B-Application
ME	I-Application
!	I-Application
)	O
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Uplift	B-Application
Games	I-Application
on	O
the	O
gaming	O
and	O
game	O
development	O
platform	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uplift	B-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
the	O
independent	O
studio	O
behind	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
employs	O
roughly	O
40	O
people	O
and	O
earns	O
60	O
million	O
dollars	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
mostly	O
from	O
microtransactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
averaging	O
160,000	O
concurrent	O
players	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
and	O
successful	O
games	O
on	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Purchases	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
facilitated	O
both	O
by	O
Robux	O
,	O
and	O
through	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	O
s	O
virtual	O
currency	O
,	O
simply	O
called	O
"	O
Bucks	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
2018	O
,	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
had	O
been	O
solely	O
about	O
adopting	O
children	O
,	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
several	O
previous	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
games	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
two	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
users	O
who	O
go	O
by	O
the	O
usernames	O
"	O
Bethink	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
NewFissy	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
Fools	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
update	O
caused	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
achieve	O
680,000	O
concurrent	O
players	O
,	O
which	O
received	O
attention	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
three	O
times	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
game	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
concurrent	O
players	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Mount	B-Device
&	I-Device
Blade	I-Device
II	I-Device
:	I-Device
Bannerlord	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Uplift	B-Application
Games	I-Application
and	O
DreamCraft	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
Warner	O
Bros	O
.	O
Pictures	O
and	O
Warner	O
Animation	O
Group	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
CGI-animated	O
film	O
Scoob	O
!	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
highest	O
number	O
of	O
concurrent	O
players	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Around	O
a	O
third	O
of	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
players	O
on	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
play	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whenever	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
major	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
players	O
playing	O
can	O
triple	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
cause	O
platform-wide	O
disruption	O
on	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
PCGamesN	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
overview	O
of	O
what	O
they	O
considered	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
on	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
,	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
cute	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
compared	O
it	O
positively	O
to	O
the	O
Petz	B-Language
series	O
,	O
while	O
ScreenRant	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
role-playing	O
games	O
in	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
high	O
cost	O
of	O
pets	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
rare	O
pets	O
selling	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
US$300	O
on	O
off-platform	O
sites	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
subculture	O
of	O
scammers	O
have	O
risen	O
within	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
primary	O
user	O
base	O
of	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
on	O
average	O
younger	O
than	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
,	O
they	O
are	O
especially	O
susceptible	O
to	O
falling	O
for	O
scams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
5	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
released	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
focused	O
on	O
combating	O
scams	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
"	O
trade	O
licenses	O
"	O
that	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
earned	O
before	O
one	O
can	O
trade	O
pets	O
above	O
rare	O
rarity	O
,	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
pets	O
you	O
can	O
trade	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
viewable	O
trade	O
history	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
notifications	B-Application
to	O
the	O
player	O
if	O
the	O
game	O
detects	O
a	O
markedly	O
unfair	O
trade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
BBC	O
Newsround	O
released	O
a	O
guide	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
not	O
get	O
scammed	O
on	O
Adopt	B-Application
Me	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
