With 12 million users last month, Roblox lets people create their own virtual immersive experiences, like modeling in a fashion show or making pies at a pizza parlor. Users buy virtual currency ...

“I’m wondering if they could be the next Minecraft.” Minecraft, of course, is the virtual world game that has more than 100 million users. Microsoft bought it two years ago for $2.5 billion.

Roblox was released in 2006, three years before Minecraft was released in 2009. Both games share a DNA influenced by Lego toys, but aside from their blocky aesthetics are relatively separate games.

Roblox. Many gamers, especially if they don’t have kids, have probably never even heard of Roblox but according to its makers it now has over 100 million monthly users, which is more than the 91 ...

Roblox isn’t so much a single game as a platform for lots of different ones. Users can log in and choose from millions of different options. The app is free and so are most of the games.

Home Children Minecraft and Roblox: The digital playground of today’s gen Joni Mitchell said it right in her song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ that ‘ They paved paradise and put up a parking lot’.

Minecraft content creators are migrating to Roblox, a platform for user-generated content, discovering different games and beaming them to kids, potentially making the creator rich in the process.