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Roblox

software
Last discussed Oct 12, 2026

A popular online platform and game creation system that allows users to create and play games created by other users.

How Roblox compares

2 creators weighed in
sandbox building and exploration game

Both are among the top three biggest games by revenue, alongside Fortnite.

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2 creators
Tom Bilyeu

"Roblox, which is their main competitor, 4.89 billion, which was disclosed. So those three are still the titans of the game."

Compared to Fortnite (4-6 billion) and Minecraft (~1 billion) as one of three titans of gaming revenue

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Freya India

"Roblox, Minecraft, simulation, Sims, Animal Crossing, you nailed it. Candy Crush, Subway Surface, puzzle games, short sessions, low commitment, cozy games"

Listed alongside Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and other casual games

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Tom Bilyeu
mentioned

"A new generation of kids are learning to play friend slop and you can thank Roblox for that, and that'll just be what it is."

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"Roblox, which is their main competitor, 4.89 billion, which was disclosed. So those three are still the titans of the game."

"You know who the real competition is? These guys should all be worried. Exactly. One company, Roblox. And Roblox, nothing physical. These kids don'..."

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Amjad Masad
mentioned
Used for: Platform where young people learn programming and hacking; potential sandbox for cybersecurity talent discovery Praised: Organic environment where people learn programming skills

"He learned to hack on Roblox. And apparently there's a big trend where people learn programming and hacking on Roblox. I was talking to Dave, the founder and CEO of Roblox. It'd be really cool to have some kind of sandbox for these people to play ..."

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Peter Sellis
mentioned
vs: Mentioned as a younger demographic platform that feeds into Snapchat's user base

"Even Gen Alpha as they kind of graduate from Roblox and stuff like that."

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Mikey Shulman
mentioned
vs: Analogy for how AI-generated games/content platforms might evolve

"I would just look at the last revolution there, which would be Roblox letting people really start to make their own games. At the beginning it starts really small and people are really just playing their own games, and eventually that technology p..."

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Riley Brown
mentioned
vs: Used as a comparison point for a hypothetical AI game hosting platform, but R...

"It's a little bit like Roblox in a way, but I do think there should be no limitations on what you could create."

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David Baszucki
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Used for: User-generated multiplayer gaming and social co-experience platform Praised: Massive creator economy via Robux virtual currency; generalizable API; strong... vs: Compared to Club Penguin in early days; positioned against concept of a broad...

"We are just doing this. And everyone just says, 'Oh, I got it. Like, I can rally around that.' We're in the 3 to 4% of the global gaming market right now, and it's exciting because there's a lot of room beyond 3 or 4%."

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+2 more mentions from David

"We have well over 130 million DAUs, more and more of them can be creators. We expect more and more money to flow to our creator ecosystem. A lot of..."

"We thought 3D immersive digital stuff would combine communication being in the same place with storytelling and the rest. That's kind of how we got..."

John Coogan
mentioned
Praised: Network infrastructure and distribution as a durable moat vs: Used as a SaaS case study alongside Google, Meta, Spotify, Shopify, and Sales...

"Same thing for Roblox. Yes, you'll be able to vibe code a game, but having all the Roblox network infrastructure and distribution — that should be valuable in the future."

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"Studios are trying to find the next potential horror hit that already has proven its appeal to Gen Z on YouTube, Reddit, or — this is interesting —..."

"Roblox — it took a long time. Now it feels like you can move faster."

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Niko Bonatsos
mentioned

"They're turning every single player from Minecraft and Roblox into a game developer."

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John Gruber
mentioned

"You search for Roblox, or something that kids play, and there's like sometimes gambling apps that show up in number one. It's crazy."

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Mark Pincus
mentioned
vs: Used as analogy for a potential app container model that could work within Ap...

"Almost like a Roblox, but it's yeah, it's I — it hurts my brain to figure out how that's going to happen, and vibe coding."

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Brynn Putnam
mentioned
vs: Used as a comparison to describe Board's business model alongside Nintendo an...

"We're sort of like Nintendo meets Roblox meets Lego meets a great collectibles business."

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Joe Rogan
mentioned

"My kids were always into Robux for Roblox. So you could buy things in Roblox. But apparently now there's like pedophiles have been gotten into Roblox."

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TBPN
mentioned
vs: TBPN Simulator has similar aesthetics but was independently developed

"Someone says make it a Roblox game. This does have some Roblox aesthetics, but this is not this was vibe coded."

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"Roblox is the Roblox of vibe coding"

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Freya India
mentioned
vs: Listed alongside Minecraft, Animal Crossing, and other casual games

"Roblox, Minecraft, simulation, Sims, Animal Crossing, you nailed it. Candy Crush, Subway Surface, puzzle games, short sessions, low commitment, cozy games"

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Victor Boyd
mentioned
Used for: looking for warehouse simulation games

"I even looked on Roblox like I was looking on Roblox. They don't they don't have any like good warehouse games man."

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Albert Brotherton
mentioned

"You can look at someone like Roblox, right, that's done incredible creator currency, right? However, their games are 100% more long form, right?"

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"My oldest is 8 years old and likes to doing extra work and chores around the house for some cash so he can buy digital money on a game called Roblox."

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Donnell Rawlings
mentioned

"But I can just give him some Roblox money. He'll be all right."

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Casey Neistat
critical

"When we catch our daughter — she's not allowed to play Roblox — but we catch her in her bedroom hiding in the closet by herself with her iPad 6 inches from her face playing Roblox. This just feels so antithetical to that because it is about the so..."

TBPN
critical

"Down 50% in the last 6 months. Not good. Yeah, these things are very very bleak."

Joe Rogan
critical

"You know about the chat? I do now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like predators are trying to find kids through Roblox."

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