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What top Roblox games do differently
The 1,000 most-played Roblox games (7-day average of 1,463+ players) against the next 9,000, on every habit visible from outside. Refreshed every six hours; last Sep 26, 2026.
Top 1,000 update
every 2.3 days
Next 9,000: under 1 in 7 days
Updated in 7 days
78%
Next 9,000: 49%
Dev products, median
38
Next 9,000: 17
Est. session, median
13 min
Next 9,000: 10 min
What to do
- Update at least weekly
78% of the top 1,000 shipped an update in the last 7 days, against 49% of the next 9,000.
- Have something new ready for Saturday
Players in the top 1,000 peak on Saturday, around 15:00 UTC. It is also the day those games ship the most updates (19% of their update-hours).
- Build a deeper store of developer products
The median top-1,000 game sells 38 developer products; the next 9,000, 17.
- Refresh your icon and thumbnail
29% of the top 1,000 changed one in a few days of tracking, against 7% of the rest.
- Put what is new in the title
44% of top-1,000 titles carry a bracketed tag like [UPD], against 35% of the rest.
Top 1,000Next 9,000 (ranks 1,001–10,000)
Update cadence
The median top-1,000 game updates every 2.3 days; the median game in the next 9,000 updates less than once in 7 days. 92% of the top 1,000 updated in the last 30 days, against 71%.
Updated in the last 7 days
Top 1,00078%
Next 9,00049%
Updated in the last 30 days
Top 1,00092%
Next 9,00071%
When players show up, and when top games ship
Players in the top 1,000 peak on Saturday around 15:00 UTC; Thursday is the quietest day. The top 1,000 ship the most updates on Saturday, most often around 17:00 UTC.
Average players across the top 1,000, by day (UTC)
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Mon | 8.1M |
| Tue | 7.6M |
| Wed | 7.6M |
| Thu | 7.6M |
| Fri | 8.7M |
| Sat | 13M |
| Sun | 12M |
Share of each group's updates, by day (UTC)
| Day | Top 1,000 | Next 9,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 12% | 13% |
| Tue | 14% | 14% |
| Wed | 14% | 14% |
| Thu | 13% | 14% |
| Fri | 14% | 15% |
| Sat | 19% | 16% |
| Sun | 15% | 14% |
Store
The median top-1,000 game sells 38 developer products (2.2× the next 9,000's 17), at a median price of R$249 against R$100. Game passes: a median 5 per game against 5, priced R$229 against R$199.
10 or more developer products
Top 1,00084%
Next 9,00066%
Median developer product price
Top 1,000R$249
Next 9,000R$100
Median game pass price
Top 1,000R$229
Next 9,000R$199
Developer products by price (Robux), share of each group's products
| Price | Top 1,000 | Next 9,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 100 | 34% | 49% |
| 100–499 | 34% | 31% |
| 500–999 | 14% | 9% |
| 1,000+ | 18% | 11% |
Icons and thumbnails
In the days since we started watching (Sep 23, 2026), 29% of the top 1,000 changed their icon or thumbnail, against 7% of the next 9,000. Icons change more often than thumbnails.
Changed the icon
Top 1,00026%
Next 9,0006%
Changed a thumbnail
Top 1,00012%
Next 9,0004%
Titles
44% of top-1,000 titles carry a bracketed tag such as [UPD] or [EVENT], against 35%; 47% use an emoji, against 40%. Length is the same: a median of 21 characters.
Bracketed tag in the title
Top 1,00044%
Next 9,00035%
Emoji in the title
Top 1,00047%
Next 9,00040%
Session length and favourites
Estimated sessions run a median 13 min in the top 1,000 and 10 min in the next 9,000. Favourites per 1,000 visits run the other way (2.3 against 3.2), so a high favourite rate on its own is not what separates them.
Est. session length
Top 1,00013 min
Next 9,00010 min
Favourites per 1,000 visits (7 days)
Top 1,0002.3
Next 9,0003.2
Genres
Simulation is the largest genre in the top 1,000 (40%, against 36% of the next 9,000). Simulation is over-represented at the top (40% against 36%). Obby & Platformer is under-represented (7% against 15%): common, but rarely at the top.
Simulation
Top 1,00040%
Next 9,00036%
Survival
Top 1,00012%
Next 9,00011%
Action
Top 1,00010%
Next 9,0007%
Roleplay & Avatar Sim
Top 1,0007%
Next 9,0007%
Obby & Platformer
Top 1,0007%
Next 9,00015%
Party & Casual
Top 1,0006%
Next 9,0005%
Server size and age rating
Server size: a median of 16 players per server in the top 1,000 and 16 in the next 9,000. Age ratings: 61% rated Minimal and 34% Mild in the top 1,000, against 60% and 32%.
Max players per server, share of games
| Players per server | Top 1,000 | Next 9,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 1–8 | 25% | 24% |
| 9–16 | 30% | 26% |
| 17–30 | 30% | 29% |
| 31–50 | 12% | 16% |
| 51+ | 3% | 4% |
New breakouts
265 of the top 1,000 (27%) were created in the last 90 days, against 21% of the next 9,000. They update every 1.8 days (91% in the last week) and sell a median 41 developer products, against every 2.3 days and 38 for the top 1,000 as a whole.
Steal An Egg#1 · 63 days old1.9M avg
[🎉UPD 5] Anime Dice#24 · 42 days old45K avg
The Hunt: Roblox 20#29 · 12 days old37K avg
[Enhance]+1 Loot To Forge#34 · 45 days old31K avg
🍁 Clean all the Leaves#35 · 67 days old31K avg
Build and Kill Zombies#39 · 37 days old28K avg
[CLANS ⚔️] Search For The Needle#43 · 34 days old26K avg
Jump for Animals!#47 · 44 days old24K avg
[🔮UPDATE!] +1 Tongue Escape 😛#49 · 46 days old23K avg
Ball VS Ball#52 · 45 days old22K avg
Scream And Run [GRINCH UPD]#55 · 31 days old21K avg
[🍲] Karinderya!#59 · 50 days old20K avg
Roblox Events
Collection started Sep 26, 2026. So far we follow the communities behind 43 of the 898 group-owned top-1,000 games; this section fills in once there are 50.
Community announcements
Across 51 announcements from 51 top-1,000 communities, 20% link a game and 49% use emoji; the median runs 141 characters.
How we measured
Games are ranked by average concurrent players over the last 7 days among the active public games we track. Top 1,000: 1,000 games, 1,463 to 1,948,254 average players. Next 9,000: ranks 1,001–10,000, 9,000 games, 37 to 1,463. Every figure is a median or a share of the group.
Update cadence counts days with at least one published update between Sep 19, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026 (one full week, so each weekday counts equally), for the 970 and 7,913 games we tracked for the whole window; “updated in the last 7/30 days” uses each game's own last-updated date. Timing is in UTC. Players by day sum the hourly averages of the top 1,000 over the same window.
Store figures come from each game's public passes and developer products (6,917 and 68,907 priced items in the top 1,000; 6,847 and 212,497 in the next 9,000). Icon and thumbnail changes are counted since Sep 23, 2026, checked daily for both groups. Session length is estimated from players and visits; see the methodology. New breakouts are games whose Roblox creation date is within 90 days.