I don’t mind new categories, but I don’t understand why Roblox keeps dancing around having a proper discovery system. I’m sure this has been mentioned countless times over the years, but please consider taking heavy inspiration from how Steam works. I think this is one of the biggest changes that Roblox needs.
However, because this has yet to happen, I worry if there’s some alternative reasoning for not doing so.
Edit:
Steam’s Store page:
I’ll give some proper examples though to avoid incorrect assumptions, albeit unlikely. If you even just open up Steam to store page, ideally on your own account, there’s already so much more going on. You can see any major site-wide events going on, such as the current Visual Novel Fest. Then there’s a large section with just featured and recommended content. Then below that are special offers that show major discounts going on. Then you can see popular categories and so on.
What Roblox lacks:
You could argue that Roblox does some of this already to some extent, but I think the largest difference is the lack of tags and Roblox’s seeming refusal to add such a system, at least so far. Steam’s tag system is what allows its recommended section to actually be individual players will likely want to play. This is because, where Roblox has to make AI assumptions, Steam has actual data behind what those games are (based on what the developer has tagged their game as well as players). Steam is extremely data driven, which I think is why it’s the dominant PC platform for games, and probably will be for the foreseeable future. Not only is it really easy to find new games that you may have never seen before and would want to play, but it also knows what games are similar to the ones you already play. This may be due to matching tags, but there’s also data regarding what players of one game will also likely play, which gives even more accurate recommendations when combined.
Short version:
My main point being that Roblox is too AI driven, making far too many assumptions about what things are, compared to Steam that has hard data. It also has a solid review system that only continues to improve, however I did see that Roblox is planning to add a review system in the near-ish future, so we’ll have to wait and see in regards to that. Please add a proper tagging system and revamp the home/charts pages to be more accurate, engaging, and just more useful in general.
Sales/Event system:
Oh, and a sales feature would also be nice, to set specific items, gamepasses, etc, to have special sales/deals. This could be either set manually for certain dates or to coincide with holidays or even site-wide events by Roblox. Then show these sales on the home/charts pages. Just make sure to have a system to prevent items from being on sale 24/7 to exploit this system. Though a tag system is more important.
