Dead experiences that had potential?

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#1

We all know that ideas are a crucial (and arguably the most fun) part of game design. Everyone has their own theories on what makes a good experience, but I’m looking for something a little more objective.

What are some fun currently-dead experiences that have at least 1 million visits, and why do you think they died?

For further clarification, we can define currently-dead as under 100 concurrent players. I know there are some arguably great experiences with less than that, but we have to draw the line somewhere.

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#2

I remember when Slaying Simulator was popular when I joined ROBLOX in 2018. It even got attention of a few content creators. It was also the first game I favorited.

Edit: 76 mil visits too jeez

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#3

Vehicle Simulator. Not completely dead but died a lot compared to its peak.

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#4

Sandbox (1) and Sandbox (2) for sure, that game was fun, and it was huge. now it caps at 35, 40 if it’s lucky, and 47 extremely rarely.

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#5

Yeah, I remember it’s peak days. I think it started to decline since the massive map update.

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#6

plaza x ):
and the plaza as well

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#7

It was a super fun game I use to play as a child. Ohhhh the memories.

It has 11 million visits.

Undersiders is a capture the flag game which involves mining and building tunnels to get to the enemy base. It has lots of cool weapons as well.

Older version with players:

Newer version with no players:

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#8

Here is another super amazing Roblox game I use to play:

Noob Smacker!

Best and unique simulator in Roblox ever. Its basically kick the buddy but allot funner I reckon.

It’s a solo game I believe but I think theres multiplayer modes.

It has 10 million visits and 7 players active right now.

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#9

I’ve been trying to remember what that game was called oh my god…

#10

I had a game that got to exactly 1mil visits based around Votekicking.

…The game died because everyone votekicked eachother.

Was a financial failure. Moral of the story: If your game literally deletes it’s own playerbase, it’s going to be very hard to keep it populated.

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#11

this game is underrated and fun with friends
but the game didnt update for 3 months
ive heard they’re gonna update soon but i dont think so

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#12

Starscape is a really cool space game that kinda fell apart due to lack of updates and internal developer issues. The game has amazing potential to basically be a Roblox version of No Man’s Sky, but lack of funding kinda broke the development cycle. Definitely worth a play though

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#13

This game too as well.
It has 5 million visits but 0 concurrent players.

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