My game is suddenly invisible

So I’m having an issue with one of my games becoming basically invisible in Roblox search.

When I search for the exact and specific name of the game (including unique words that shouldn’t clash with other experiences), it doesn’t show up at all. What’s strange is that this game used to be searchable before, and nothing major has changed recently.

Some extra details:

  • The experience is set to Public
  • It’s not a new game (it’s been around for quite a while)
  • The name hasn’t been changed recently
  • The game is still accessible via direct link, profile, and favorites
  • There are no moderation messages or warnings on the experience
  • It’s not archived, private, or under review

From the player side, it looks like the game just doesn’t exist unless they already have the link, which obviously hurts discovery and makes it really hard for new players to find it.

I’m wondering:

  • Is this a known issue with Roblox search indexing?
  • Can older experiences get unintentionally de-ranked or removed from search?
  • Is there some hidden requirement (activity, CCU, updates, etc.) that affects search visibility?
  • Or could this be related to some automated moderation or search filtering system?

If anyone has experienced something similar or knows how to force a re-index / fix this, I’d really appreciate the help. This is pretty frustrating since the game used to appear normally and now it’s essentially invisible.

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I’m not an expert, but personally my game was also pretty much at the bottom until I sponsored it. Once it got active players and decent views, it started showing up in search. To be exact, at around 5k visits it began appearing as one of the top 20 games when keywords were searched. Right now it’s at 20k.

But to be honest the game itself you linked is made with free models and has very little potential for players to play it themselves and to be pushed out, so that advice above is for your future project.

Yeah i used free models for UI as a temporary fix because of none of my UI works at the time this project i linked released

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