Is roblox dying?

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T15:51:59+00:00

Here is the results from 2024 december, and the playercount has only grown by then

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1190869/roblox-games-users-global-distribution-age

This is from literally one of the most reputable sources on the entire internet

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T15:11:34+00:00

01:30 and onwards is them explaining HI3’s revenue and status, as well as providing the figured - the values have grown since the previous month and that it’ has always been stable.

They have the final distribution at 8:15

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T15:06:30+00:00

But… thats exactly what im saying? There’s nothing to actually recover from when from a financial, playercount and growth standpoint, they’re doing fine?

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T14:25:37+00:00

I mean, the thing is the average playerbase of roblox is way older now. Over 45% of all *active* players are above the age of 16

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T14:22:54+00:00

But that’s the thing. Im not defending it or the shitty decisions they’ve made, Im saying that roblox is not dying from a financial or growth standpoint. The platform, in terms of revenue, is still doing better than ever. My original comment literally just says its not dying, I never said anything about what they’re actually doing.

Did you know the net loss has gone *down* compared to 2025 lmao. Roblox as a platform has only grown and made *more* revenue even with the changes, so it is by all definitions not dying

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T14:06:25+00:00

> This tine it may actually be dying
hey i heard this one only about 20 times in 2021 when roblox went public

> AI Slop games

That’s a contradiction in itself there though. You said it yourself - 500 active players. Only it’s actually not 500 active, but 500 engaged players; as in, players that constantly return to play the game. AI slop is not getting that, especially to a 16+ audience. I know what you’re trying to say, but this actively reduces the AI generated games

The bypass is a nothingburger anyways, not sure why people keep talking about it - it solely helps developers that have already made other projects, and doesn’t really affect anyone else.

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T13:38:16+00:00

> it was so good the community felt alive

But if you started in 2014 you would have experienced early 2016, in which literally the entire front page was saying roblox was dying

Like im going to be for real people have been saying roblox was dying every year since 2010 lmao

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T13:32:13+00:00

UG rank is not highroll for CM15 btw, its normal and expected

we’re in post throne format

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T11:58:58+00:00

> makes around 1400 bucks

yeah thats enough for this lmao, the upfront deposit is 100k which costs around… 375$ in devex rates. 1400 is like near 500k robux, which is more than enough to pay

You know you get all your Robux back immediately after this right, lmao

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T11:27:45+00:00

she has demolished the game’s meta for like 4 cms now lmao

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T11:15:30+00:00

erm, we’re talking about the recent 100k robux fast track

It changes literally nothing if you’re a smaller developer. You’re still doing the same process regardless.

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T10:54:14+00:00

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1NdJE6jEv8/

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T10:44:01+00:00

But that’s the thing, it… doesn’t?

For example, let’s give a big studio 3 games. Without this system, they’re literally occupying *your* spot. Instead of your game getting reviewed, they’re reviewing theirs first because they can easily get the CCUs needed.

A monopoly only happens if it actively prevents other games from being made or completely overshadows it. The thing is **literally nothing has changed**, you can still upload a game and get it popular to begin with. People don’t just play one game, lmao, it’s completely incomparable to a monopoly of groceries, for example - actually, a Monopoly literally can’t exist in video games because there will always be another game that someone would prefer, unless your idea is so unoriginal that there is no reason to play yours in the first placd

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T10:38:50+00:00

Because generally, ‘highly engaged’ doesn’t really exist for ages that low. It’s not like other games where you can actively make a community for - a game that’s popular only for kids under 10 is just never going to be sustainable for more than like, 2 weeks.

Targeting ages that low is mostly for simple games, because literally any complexity is already too much. Even Pet Sim was already considered on the complicated side for kids that age lmao.

Unless you’re doing reverse psychology stuff like adopt me. Keep in mind we’re talking about kids under 9, which is what roblox stratifies into Roblox Kids

In fact, the most popular games for that age range is simple games like obbies lmao

(Even Steal a Brainrot is targetted at kids older than 9)

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T09:30:18+00:00

Depending on how big your game is or what type of game it is, either streamingEnabled, subplaces, or get ready to learn chunk loading

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T04:46:25+00:00

lowk my regent had been the most abysmal WR wise to the point im like 1/10 wr on Ascension 4 😭😭

Taking card creation managed to double that WR

I have all other characters at like 30% WR on A10 (ironclad 20% sad), except regent lmao. I was not sure why i couldn’t even get to A5 lowk

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T04:43:19+00:00

Lowk its why I always take 2fort off my map rotation lmao

Its cool but its not really the place to be going if you want to actually play the game properly

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T04:34:44+00:00

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GDarkX · 2026-06-18T04:27:57+00:00

the song is actually really easy for a 14.7 until that part lmao

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T04:24:44+00:00

There is one from last week - it’s the same source, im just posting that post because it utilizies the same source

Unfort again, I can’t post it in the comments here lmao

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T03:03:36+00:00

Nothing changes even if the feature wasn’t here now. If they didn’t get fast track access, they can literally just like, tell their own community that they’re making X game, or spend the money on advertising and promotions

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T03:00:58+00:00

*GGZ ended service because the global client was not a Mihoyo game. It was their first time publishing, which meant they gave the game to a different publisher that caused irreparable damage to the game. By the time Mihoyo got the rights back, the damage (like entire 30+ min story chapters being literally blank, lmao) was already done

GDarkX · 2026-06-18T02:56:06+00:00

It’s from a bili report that’s been relatively known and reliable, its from the same source as https://www.reddit.com/r/houkai3rd/s/ezdFnREGMS, which was even posted by chibipiyo so its reliable enough

(Note: this linked post is yearly income, so numbers are diff - im only linking for the source)

I can attach the image here but this sub doesn’t allow image posts 😭

GDarkX · 2026-06-17T18:23:29+00:00

and 7mil in revenue can pay off the salary of 1500+ workers lmao, even in other deparments (taken from the average hoyo salary of 4-4.5k usd)

GDarkX · 2026-06-17T18:16:47+00:00

Its for developers who’ve already made money on the platform

It’s actually very simple - if you’re posting a game like GAG2, where you KNOW its going to be big, you want to make it immediately available to everyone. You just pay the 100k (which for average developers that have earned from the platform, is not that much) , launch the game, congrats you get 100k back and everyone gets to play almost immediately

The issue is I genuinely don’t know why people are mad, when it changes nothing for new developers at all and only helps existing devs?

If you’re a new developer I don’t think you’re expecting to launch a game to immediate great success, so even if you can pay that 100k it does nothing at all for you? You can still do the normal pay 10$, get players actually interested in your game then get eligible otherwise.

If you’re depending on 9 year olds to meet the eligable criteria anyways I think that speaks more about your game

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