Roblox is the most popular gaming platform

Roblox has a monthly audience of over 200 million active users, with a recent record of 6 million daily activity. There is data that about 75% of Americans between 9 and 12 years old already have an account in Roblox. However, not only children, but adults come here as well. Roblox Corporation was valued at 4 billion before the pandemic, after Roblox became over 60 billion and now it has overtaken Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard and Electronic Arts, being the most expensive game company in USA. The game has already become a phenomenon in today's mass culture, so when recently due to technical problems the Roblox servers were unavailable for three days, almost all the leading media wrote about it. So what is this phenomenal project such? Let's find out in our review.

In fact Roblox is not a single game in the usual sense, but a whole gaming platform, a platform - and to play a lot of different projects to your taste and color, to communicate with friends, to participate in joint events and even hold corporate meetings - there were such cases. And Roblox platform, as it is fashionable in the coolest MMOs nowadays, hosted concerts of famous musicians - for example, rapper Lil Nas X.

Conceived back in 2004 and released two years later, Roblox has always focused on giving users from all over the world a lot of different and overwhelmingly free games, the lion's share of which is focused on online. And multiplayer here is cross-platform - because Roblox runs on all major platforms, and thanks to the low system requirements is available to almost everyone. The reason is clear - the graphics here is not the most, let's say, modern and tricked out, reminiscent of the style of Minecraft, but it is quite pleasant and cartoonish.

The most important thing is that users can create games, including themselves, with the built-in editor Roblox Studio. There was data that projects for this site are made by more than 2 million developers from all over the world, including many children and teenagers. Both children and adults are attracted by the opportunity to create their own unique virtual world, invite other people into it, share it with them, and then, why not, make money from it. For example, as 20-year-old Ann Shoemaker did, who received $500,000 from the platform.

Yes, Roblox itself is free. You just create an account, go to the official website, and there in the catalog you choose what to play - a lot of options. And, as we said, basically all the games are free.

You choose where you want to go in the browser or in the app, then the client launches, and you're in a wonderful new virtual world. And you can get a lot of free items to customize your characters - avatars, clothes, emotions, and different visual effects like money and confetti constantly scattered around you.

But there's also the microtransactions. Each game has its own rules. In all of them you can get the usual virtual money just for the daily entrance to the game and for successful actions in it. But there is a special in-game currency robucks (Robux), which are purchased only for real money - once or on a premium subscription. The most basic one will cost about $5 a month and will bring in 450 coins every month.

Somewhere you can buy only cool and rare cosmetic items for robucks. And somewhere for the real money you get certain benefits, items that accelerate experience and resources, and so on - in Roblox there is complete freedom and market economy, where everyone is the master of his project and sets the rules himself, and it's up to you to agree or not. In general, we can say that even without actively investing your real money in the game, you will not feel like an outcast - free gifts and items also enough.

Also implemented trade between players. And to sell the created items and accessories only those users who have a premium subscription have the right. It is interesting that Roblox actively creates and sells not only a variety of accessories, but also body parts for characters - this is a trademark feature of the project.

In the menu of your account you can always view your avatar, list of friends, history of your trading operations, go to the inventory with received free or purchased items, visit the store. All menus here are in English, but you can chat in any language. And in addition, there are games that also support the great and powerful language of Pushkin.

Today there are about 20 million (!!!) user-created games in Roblox. Last year, there was a statistic that the most popular projects are played by more than 10 million active gamers every month. And in the local language, these are not even games, but "plays" - separate worlds where you go to have fun in a certain way or just to spend time. It's roughly the same principle that applies to Fortnite.

All genres and more are represented - shooters, role-playing games, strategies, adventures, sports simulators, various taikuns, horror, obstacle course, jailbreak, life simulators and so on. What's more, there are beauty contests, stand-alone comedy, medieval and even cowboy plays. Naturally, enthusiasts have been able to reproduce on the engine Roblox copies of the coolest hits - you can find their Counter- Strike: Global Offensive, Among Us, Minecraft, GTA Online and not only.

What games is the best way to start with Roblox? One of the most popular playthings is Adopt me, the local version of Tamagotchi - we raise our own virtual pet - a kitten or puppy. And even more - they allow you to adopt...a child (also virtual, of course). There's also a marketplace where you can sell your pet to buy a cooler one, or spend money on your own home improvements, pet care products, and so on.

Something similar is presented in Brookhaven RP. This is also virtually a "life simulator", where the player is given a house, a car, the opportunity to work (or not work), socialize with friends, sell things, and so on. The main feature - the need to play a certain role (hence the RP in the name, that is Role Playing). If you have, for example, chose to work as a sheriff, then behave accordingly to this role - that is, to catch criminals, and not to help them. And vice versa. And if you became a kindergarten teacher (yes, you can do that in Brookhaven RP), then you must take care of the children, and not leave them in the middle of the day to drive your luxury car around town. The game enforces these rules.

For the Russian-speaking audience will suit Map City - it is also a simulator of rather carefree virtual life, where they allow you to go fishing or to school (whichever is more to your liking), but the interface is translated into the great and mighty. If you are not satisfied with such quite measured adventures, you can try to overcome many obstacles in the style of parkour in Tower of Hell - it is enough hardcore platformer, where the allotted time to get to the top of the tower. Each time the platform is generated randomly, which makes each attempt unique. And the player does not just need to jump, and to think through the perfect route of ascent. Received as a reward for the experience and currency can be spent on the development of his character. Win by investing your real money is not particularly possible - the element of "pay to win" is almost not presented. Although there are built-in stores in almost all games.

Those who want to tickle their nerves, you can advise horror Murder Mystery 2, which is considered a local version of the popular board game "Mafia" - here you have to hide from a homicidal maniac and help the sheriff to find the villain. And in Flee the Facility you have to escape from a maniac from a closed building. If you want to try something in the spirit of Among Us - welcome to Impostor! And players who missed Minecraft often go to Islands, which presents cubic islands with their houses and separate locations with monsters - to defeat them, we gain experience and resources, and then sell them on a huge trading floor.

Connoisseurs of exotics should pay attention to Bee Swarm Simulator, a bee simulator, where the first task we get...from a bear, to Spring: Work at a Pizza Place, a pizza place worker simulator, or, for example, to Elemental Battlegrounds - a network RPG, focused on magical battles between players, who with the proper effort can learn to fly and create a tornado.

One of the main advantages of Roblox is that not only are all of these games simple and affordable in terms of system requirements, but you don't need to have the skills of John Carmack and other cool game developers to create them either. Everything is quite simple, convenient and democratic. First of all, you need to learn one of the most logical and simple programming languages - Lua, which never has super-complicated tasks, and then download Roblox Studio editor by this link. There, too, everything is done for the convenience of the user - there are, in particular, templates, ready-made 3D models, programs to change the landscape, and testing your creation to catch bugs before it goes to press. In addition, you can find many free step-by-step tutorials on working with Lua and Roblox Studio. And when deciding on the theme of your playthrough, it's important to remember that Roblox is still aimed at children and teenagers.

If you want to make money from your game, then first you need to select the monetization settings in the special section. And when your account will start dropping the long-awaited Roebucks, then surely you want to exchange them for real money? Then keep in mind that for this you need Premium status and 100 thousand or more coins in your coffers - only then you'll be allowed into the special DevEx application, which will allow you to start the way to the real enrichment.

But is it possible to earn Roebucks for free without creating games? Yes, there are different services for this purpose (like the official easyrobux.today), where you will get paid for performing certain actions and tasks, as well as for joining groups of those who give out such tasks. The main thing is not to fall into a trap of scammers, who will promise you a great deal of free money, and even a chance to hack Roblox - so beware of such dubious offers. If they ask for your account data, it is also better not to take the risk, because you may lose it. So it is better to check the address and name of the service, read reviews about it.

Roblox is a truly unique gaming platform that provides a lot of opportunities and almost complete freedom of creativity. Yes, players can bet everything on striving to make real money. But no one prevents you from creating completely free games without monetization or with a minimum of it - there are also such games here. You can not create, and play - while investing real money and strive to be at the top of the ratings, to look the coolest. Or you can just have fun and enjoy chatting with your friends.