Players spent roughly 10,250,000,000 monthly hours in Roblox in 2025, analyst says—more than Steam, PlayStation, and Fortnite combined

Players spent roughly 10,250,000,000 monthly hours in Roblox in 2025, analyst says—more than Steam, PlayStation, and Fortnite combined | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Life Sim The cozy game boom is the clearest trend on Steam over five years of data Gaming Industry Videogames are ‘losing in the War for Attention’: Analyst says many of the industry’s biggest markets are spending less time on gaming Third Person Shooter ‘Arc Raiders is almost like a social experiment’: Embark Studios’ CEO reveals a neurology professor encouraged him to submit the game for scientific testing to study player behaviour FPS Highguard didn’t flop Horror Poppy Playtime becomes Steam’s global top seller and doubles its all-time peak player count record Roguelike ‘It’s weird in the industry right now’: Cult of the Lamb’s devs still have faith that the indie scene will continue dishing out ‘smash hits’ Games Tumbler Ridge mass murderer once created a mass shooting game in Roblox Gaming Industry Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: ‘I’d rather quit the industry than use generative AI’ Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders had nearly 1 million concurrent players in January, and around 6 million ‘weekly active users’, claims Nexon—putting the extraction shooter on par with some of the biggest MMOs RPG Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 failed to meet expectations for Obsidian, but Grounded 2 was a hit, and the future is looking positive for the Pillars of Eternity universe AI Google’s new AI ‘world model’ has seemingly spooked videogame investors, but it’s hard to know what it will actually lead to MOBA Valve spent 2025 ripping apart Deadlock and putting it back together, and it delivered better live service than most live service games Gaming Industry After its teen social media ban, Australia is swooping on Roblox following ‘ongoing concerns about online child grooming’ FPS ‘We don’t need [player counts] to be super huge in order to be successful’: Highguard devs respond to posters declaring it dead on arrival Gaming Industry Ubisoft shares plummet to lowest price in over 14 years amid its recently announced ‘restructuring’ centered on cancellations, layoffs, and generative AI PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Gaming Industry Roblox Players spent roughly 10,250,000,000 monthly hours in Roblox in 2025, analyst says—more than Steam, PlayStation, and Fortnite combined News By Lincoln Carpenter published 20 February 2026 Roblox alone accounted for 67% of the games industry’s growth outside of China in 2025. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Roblox Corporation) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 1 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter PC Gamer Get the PC Gamer Newsletter Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Every Friday GamesRadar+ Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you’re going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter As you may have heard, Roblox is big—but the scale of the platform’s dominance over the attention span of a significant portion of the world’s populace can be hard to comprehend. Thankfully, a report on 2025 games industry trends from analyst Matthew Ball puts Roblox’s relative prominence in concrete terms.And that prominence is, well, terrifying. According to an early access release of Ball’s report, Roblox accounted for more of 2025’s games industry growth and player engagement than the combined totals from some of the world’s biggest gaming platforms. (Image credit: Epyllion)As has been the case since 2022’s descent from the industry’s pandemic peak, Ball says data from analytics sources like Ampere, Newzoo, and Circana indicate that games industry revenue growth, particularly outside of China, was stagnant in 2025—but not for Roblox. Roblox alone accounted for 67% of all non-China growth, as its share of total consumer spending in 2025 across PC, console, and mobile exceeded 4.5%. Related articles Analyst firm says the games market is expected to reach a record-breaking $197 billion by the end of 2025, ‘driven primarily by stronger-than-expected performance on PC and mobile’ Videogames are ‘losing in the War for Attention’: Analyst says many of the industry’s biggest markets are spending less time on gaming After its teen social media ban, Australia is swooping on Roblox following ‘ongoing concerns about online child grooming’ It goes without saying, but a single platform being responsible for over t