What is Roblox and How Does it Differ from Other Gaming Platforms?

What differentiates Roblox from Fortnite, however, is that Roblox is not a single game, but rather a paradigm shift in the form of “human co-experiences”, all created by its community of players. Think of Roblox as a Shopify versus Fortnite’s Amazon. Roblox is a vibrant and expanding universe of creator-built content, with over 18 million... See more
Tabarak Khan • Roblox is at the Nexus of Digital Currencies & the Creator Economy
It’s important to clarify that Roblox isn’t a game. It’s a game-creation platform. Roblox has never published a single game; rather, its users create games using Lego-like building blocks in Roblox Studio.
Rex Woodbury • The Building Blocks of Tech
if you’re thinking about a game is a place where you’re competing to win, very few Roblox experiences are like that. They’re almost all cooperative, shared experiences.
Dean Takahashi • Craig Donato interview: How Roblox navigates brands, UGC, and the metaverse
One of the innovations that Roblox did is there was a relentless focus on removing the barriers to creating content on our platform. Not only did we give the tools away, but we hosted the content for free. We provide customer support. We translate it into five different languages. We automatically port it to all available platforms. It’s everything... See more