Roblox Player Count Hits Record High as Top Games Clash

Roblox player counts have reached a new peak following a special weekend event that pitted the platform's two most popular games against each other in a "war" for player dominance.

Public data monitored by Fortnite.gg shows Roblox soared to a staggering high of 47 million concurrent players last Saturday, August 23rd. The surge coincided with an "admin war" between the enduring favorite Grow a Garden and the newer rival Steal a Brainrot, orchestrated by their creators to funnel the maximum number of players to each experience.

This event marked a new all-time player record for Roblox, capping off a summer of unprecedented engagement that has recently seen typical weekend peaks around 30 million players.

For context, the entire Steam platform recorded a peak of 37.9 million online accounts on the same day, with 11.2 million actively in-game (via SteamDB). Fortnite, by comparison, saw a daily peak of 1.6 million players. Steam itself first surpassed the 40 million online account milestone earlier this year following the launch of Monster Hunter Wilds.

Individually, on August 23rd, Grow a Garden achieved a peak of 22 million players, while Steal a Brainrot attracted 15 million. The viral phenomenon Grow a Garden involves players buying and cultivating plants, featuring rare varieties available for a limited time—a model that drives massive player surges as users rush to log in. Steal a Brainrot, on the other hand, challenges players to collect Pokémon-like creatures and steal them from opponents.

Roblox's rising popularity continues as the platform intensifies efforts to enhance player safety, responding to past controversies related to its predominantly young user base. Last month, Roblox introduced new age estimation technology to help verify teenage users and a feature allowing them to establish "trusted connections" for unfiltered chat.