Is Making Roblox Games in 2026 Worth It? My Developer Perspective

Do you want to make a game either you are new into game developer or you simply want to find a new game engine and you are asking if Roblox Studio is still worthy in 2026?
In my perspective as a hobbyist on Roblox Studio for around 4 years― it depends on what is your purpose. Since the beginning of 2026, I have noticed that Roblox’s situation based on their moderation, age verification enforcement, updated Roblox Studio and much more changes, so, we will be talking about these.

First, Roblox Studio is easy to use and has real time collaboration. Roblox Studio was the first 3D game engine I use. It’s not too heavy for mid-ranged device. The real time collaboration gives us a much efficient developing time and even for beginners, you don’t have to commit manually. However, as the latest update, you can’t collaborate with people who are below 18 years old or not in your age group and you MUST verify your age with facial age estimation or ID verification.
🗃️Source: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/age-requirements-for-team-create-in-studio/4539725

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Second, Roblox Studio is free but it has their own prices. Roblox Studio used to be completely free when joined Roblox for the first time until Roblox released a feature called Roblox Plus to replace Premium. Both of these are monthly subscription with similar prices but the perks are different. Roblox Plus is available from $5 per months. But, you still can publish your game publicly but it will be limited to 16+ players (player must be age verified user) without the Roblox Plus. Not only that, you have to do age verification just to set your game publicly. However, if your game is private, it should be not required. Despite being free, there is a cut from your gamepass income which will be cut by 30% before it will be sent to you within 5–7 days. Gamepass is the product you sell on Roblox that uses Robux as currency. However, Roblox offers free servers for your game, so multiple players can join your game and along with free storage for saving player’s data or game progress, which is 1MB per unique player and free 100MB for each of your map. Learn more about Roblox Extended Services for more information.
🗃️Source: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/age-requirements-for-team-create-in-studio/4539725

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Third, Roblox uses Luau an easy programming language and has classes. Luau is a direct derivative of Lua 5.1 which is quiet good. The syntax looked like this,

local MyNumber = math.random(1, 10)
local Dialog = "My number is: "

if MyNumber == 10 then
  print(Dialog..MyNumber.."(Lucky!)")
elseif MyNumber == 1 then
  print(Dialog..MyNumber.."(UnLucky)")
else
  print(Dialog..MyNumber)
end

Which you can try the code in https://onecompiler.com/lua to see the output. It is really readable so it is really nice! Roblox Studio also has lots of classes such as;
- Humanoid (to make character along with Health, Walkspeed, etc)
- Model (for grouping models and script)
- Particle Emitter (to create particle, this is really easy!)
- UIs such as UI Grid Layout, UI Stroke, UI Gradient, and much more!
- Scripts (including Client, Server and Module script) as node instead of having to attach and detach like in Godot.

So, is it worth it or no?

In conclusion, if you are just a hobbyist or wanting to learn about game development from zero, Roblox Studio is the best. There are tons of tutorials in the internet. If you want to get income from Roblox but you have no money or low budget, it’s not recommended because you will have to compete with lots of other developers at the front page. If you already well prepared with tons of budget, team and plans, then it is a good idea. However you must be aware that Roblox might be changing their rules in the upcoming updates or in the future and if you want to make a game that has a heavy theme such as extreme and realistic violence or has romantic theme, I would say no because Roblox don’t allow that.

So, that’s all! Thanks for reading my post! To be updated later.

Note: This post is written when the writer is still a high schooler. If you have a feedback or any questions, leave it politely in the comment :3