Roblox plan to grow their absurd gaming empire even further by letting devs release games as "standalone apps", potentially via Steam, Epic, and GOG
Not content with pulling in daily active user counts roughly equivalent to the population of Japan, game creation platform Roblox are planning to let developers release their games "as standalone apps across mobile, PC, and consoles, with Roblox powering the technology and services underneath." The news comes via this year's Roblox Developers Conference. They are calling the new initiative…
Roblox has announced an initiative called Roblox Everywhere, which will allow creators to publish their games on mobile, PC, and console as standalone apps. The company will power the technology and services behind these standalone apps. This feature will initially be tested with a select set of gaming developers and storefronts before being rolled out more widely by the end of 2026.
Additionally, Roblox will enable offline solo play, which will enter early access before its full release by mid-2027. The company's engine will also receive updates including an orthographic camera, animated image containers, direct sprite-sheet imports, and enhanced UI features and gradients. An AI creation layer will be added to Roblox's cloud operating system to handle the complexity of games.
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