When will Roblox standalone apps be available?

Roblox has not given a date. The company said at its September 2026 developer conference that the Roblox Everywhere programme is coming "soon" to mobile, PC and consoles, but no launch window, list of first titles, or store submission process has been published.

Do I need to download a new app to keep playing Roblox?

No. The Roblox app works exactly as it does now and nothing has been removed from it. Standalone apps would be an additional way to reach some games, not a replacement for the main client.

Can you play Roblox in a browser without installing anything?

Not yet, but Roblox says it will be possible by the end of 2026. Players will be able to join a game in Chrome directly from a link on its experience page, with no app or install needed. Offline modes are planned for mid-2027.

How much have Roblox creators actually earned?

Roblox says creators have earned over $5 billion on the platform since 2013, including about $1.7 billion in the 12 months ending 30 June 2026. Those are company-reported totals across all creators, not a typical individual income.

Who can use Roblox Wallet?

At launch it is limited to independent creators based in the United States who are 18 or older, arriving later in 2026. It pays out in real currency every business day as holds clear. A UK and EU rollout is signalled for the first half of 2027.

Roblox Standalone Apps Coming to Mobile, PC and Console

Roblox will let creators ship their games as standalone apps on mobile, PC and consoles, the company announced at its annual developer conference on Thursday. The change means a Roblox game could arrive on the Play Store as its own download, with its own icon, rather than living only inside the Roblox app.

Three children sitting on a living room floor playing a Roblox game on a wall-mounted television — Roblox is played on phones, PCs, consoles and TVs. Image: Playing Roblox (48707377571) by Henry Burrows from Winchester, United Kingdom, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

The programme is called Roblox Everywhere. Games stay built on Roblox's engine and keep using its servers and back-end services, so a small team does not suddenly have to pay for infrastructure or rebuild an app from scratch. Roblox has not given a launch date beyond "soon".

What changes for players?

Nothing immediately. The Roblox app works exactly as it does today, and no existing game has been pulled out of it. What is coming is a second route in: over time, some titles you currently reach through the Roblox catalogue may also appear as separate installs on Google Play, the App Store and console stores.

A closer change lands sooner. By the end of 2026, Roblox says players will be able to join a game in a Chrome browser straight from a link on an experience page, with no app and no install. Offline modes are slated for mid-2027.

That browser route matters most on borrowed or locked-down machines — a school laptop, a work PC, an older device that struggles with the client. If you have been juggling storage to keep games installed, our roundups of Android games under 100MB and games for low-end phones cover the same problem from the other direction.

What changes for creators?

Money, mostly, and how quickly it arrives. Roblox announced Roblox Wallet, an account that pays eligible creators in real currency on every business day as holds clear, instead of the slower conversion cycle creators use now. It is limited at launch to independent US-based creators aged 18 and over, arriving later this year, with a UK and EU rollout signalled for the first half of 2027 and wider availability after that.

A companion Roblox Card, built with payments firm Airwallex, is set to roll out in 2027 so creators can spend earnings directly.

Roblox put figures behind the pitch: creators have earned more than $5 billion on the platform since 2013, including roughly $1.7 billion in the 12 months to 30 June 2026.

Is the AI game-builder actually shipping?

Partly. Build, the tool that generates a playable game from a text prompt, moves to public alpha in Serbia and Singapore after starting in New Zealand. Roblox says about 9,000 games have been published with it so far, and that 71% of the people who used it had never opened Roblox Studio before.

Treat the demo numbers with the usual caution. A conference stage showing a game generated in 10 to 15 minutes from one prompt is a controlled demonstration, not a measure of what the tool does in ordinary hands, and Roblox has not published independent quality data.

What is confirmed and what is not

Confirmed: standalone apps across mobile, PC and console; browser play by the end of 2026; Roblox Wallet for US creators later this year; the Roblox Card in 2027; Build expanding to Serbia and Singapore.
Not confirmed: a firm date for standalone apps, which games get one first, whether store listings will be curated or open to any creator, and what the payment split looks like when a game sells outside Roblox.

That last gap is the one to watch. A Roblox game sold as a standalone app on Google Play runs into Google's own billing terms, and Roblox has not said how its revenue share works once a platform store takes its cut. Until that is spelled out, the creator-economy case rests on the Wallet payouts rather than on app-store sales.

For now the practical advice is unchanged. Roblox stays a single app on your phone, freebies still come through the in-game redemption box rather than any new storefront — our Roblox promo codes guide covers what currently works — and if you want a private space to play in, hosting a private server still runs through the existing client. Players hunting something to try in the meantime can start with our list of the scariest Roblox games.