Rising
The games your friends have not found yet. We track smaller experiences with real momentum, the kind worth playing before the crowd arrives.
Roblox games on the way up
Growing games that are not yet household names: still under 50,000 concurrent players, ranked by how fast they are climbing.
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Scream And Run 25,923 playing · 86.1% approval · Escape ▲ 571%
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Grand Piece Online 19,553 playing · 89.8% approval · Action RPG ▲ 248%
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My Wood Farm 3,427 playing · 99% approval · Tycoon ▲ 243%
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Illegal Soccer 37,379 playing · 86.2% approval · Sports ▲ 174%
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DOORS 42,540 playing · 93% approval · Escape ▲ 158%
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My Hello Kitty Cafe 836 playing · 96.4% approval · Tycoon ▲ 124%
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Outcome Memories v0.2 14,187 playing · 88.3% approval · 1 vs All ▲ 119%
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Karinderya! 10,528 playing · 97.3% approval · Tycoon ▲ 99%
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Idle Mafia Game 6,002 playing · 88.6% approval · Incremental Simulator ▲ 91%
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TTK Testing 1,624 playing · 91.6% approval · Deathmatch Shooter ▲ 87%
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REDLINER 1,139 playing · 89.8% approval · Deathmatch Shooter ▲ 80%
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Grand Blue 12,176 playing · 98.7% approval · Action RPG ▲ 71%
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Peroxide 4,299 playing · 90.9% approval · Action RPG ▲ 70%
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Dungeon Lootr 8,048 playing · 95.9% approval ▲ 61%
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Hit a Golf Ball 3,485 playing · 88.9% approval · Incremental Simulator ▲ 58%
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Anime Squadron 6,743 playing · 95.2% approval · Tower Defense ▲ 56%
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Toilet World Roleplay 2 4,005 playing · 91.7% approval · Morph Roleplay ▲ 56%
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Overhang 1,460 playing · 83.5% approval ▲ 54%
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Bubble Gum Simulator 3,791 playing · 88.5% approval · Incremental Simulator ▲ 49%
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Chiidoku 983 playing · 91.7% approval ▲ 49%
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+1 Superhero Evolution 14,024 playing · 97.9% approval · Incremental Simulator ▲ 48%
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Dueling Grounds 8,268 playing · 96.4% approval · Battlegrounds & Fighting ▲ 45%
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Spin a Fem! 1,521 playing · 95% approval · Tycoon ▲ 45%
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Jump for Animals! 32,287 playing · 93.9% approval · Tycoon ▲ 45%
Player counts refresh every three hours. The percentage is the change in each game's typical daily peak. See the full live board →
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Up-and-coming Roblox games sit below the mainstream while showing the early signals of a climb: strong approval ratings, fast week-over-week growth, and developers shipping updates. Arriving early buys you an uncrowded community and a meta the players are still working out.
We surface these before the algorithms catch on, favoring smaller games with sustained momentum over one-day spikes. Each pick comes with what to watch for and why we think it has staying power, so you can decide which rising games earn your time now.
Frequently asked questions
- What makes a Roblox game "up-and-coming"?
- A high like ratio, rapid recent growth, and a small but climbing player base. That profile describes a game on its way up rather than one past its peak.
- Why play a smaller game instead of a popular one?
- Early communities tend to be friendlier and less competitive, and the developers answer their players. You also see the game before a huge audience reshapes it.
- Do all these games take off?
- No. Early bets work that way. We highlight the strongest signals we can find, and some of that momentum still fades.