You might have noticed a few changes to the Popular sort on the Games page. We made these changes intentionally with the purpose of showing content that is more relevant to you. Here are some additional details:
What is changing about the Popular sort?
Previously, the Popular sort was sorting by overall player count by platform. This change will now sort by highest player count based on other players in your age group (U13 or 13+) and your platform (PC, Mobile, Tablet, Xbox).
Currently, Game Tiles show player count by platform. Our plan in the near future is to standardize Game Tiles to show the overall player count, across all ages and platforms.
Why are you making this change?
As Roblox grows, our player base is becoming more diverse. By showing what is popular with your age group and platform, we can better serve a larger variety of players.
Please feel free to leave any questions, comments or concerns below.
Iâm not a fan of this being forced upon us. As a developer, I want to see what games are popular on the platform so I can cater to the player base. There should be an option to change how itâs sorted.
Makes sense to me, nice update, but as said above, this means Iâm going to have to login to a under 13 account to see what much of my target audience is interested in
I love this idea, so many younger audiences tend to have a different idea when it comes to their favourite games. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I am looking forward to seeing this update!
I have mixed emotions about this. As much as I think having an age-specific sort would be an improvement, I also just want to see which games have the most players online. This also means games like Phantom Forces wonât be showing up at the top of popular sort for U-13 players as the majority of its playerbase, I believe, is 13+, so it will be losing out on a lot of potential players.
Iâd rather cater to a fan base of U13s, obviously the majority of the player base, rather than 13+. Maybe we can get some options to configure the settings?
This is an interesting change, but, seeing how you guys are finally pushing the U13 vs 13+ changes is concerning, because that sounds like weâre getting closer to â13+ onlyâ games like what was talked about at RDC, and that system still scares the heck out of me from how it was launched at RDC.
Maybe leaving popular how it was and adding a new category on top for this new functionality would be the best course. Iâd be interested in seeing both without having to change a setting.
I agree with this, too. My games typically cater to an audience much younger than myself, and I want to see whatâs popular overall as this feels too forced and classed.
It would be nice if there was a way to choose our own filter. A dropdown with some checkboxes of what to sort and filter by similar to online retail websites could be a solution.
As others have said, as a developer, I want to be able to see what games have a lot of players on each platform so that I can use that information in designing my next game to fit current trends.
My roommate @FearMeIAmLag literally just mentioned this to me
To add, âPopular Near Youâ isnât very specific. I believe itâs country based and not region based, so living on the Eastern coast of the US we see the popular near you for ALL of the US, and not just the eastern coast.
