

The game owes its longevity to a high amount of replayability, due mostly to the branching number of choices players can make as they accrue points in the game (a topic we’ve touched on before - if you’re looking for tips on how to make your game more replayable, check out this article).Ĭomparing the top games from this past year to the top games of 2011 yields some interesting results - only three of the top games on the list were on both lists. On a typical afternoon, Base Wars: The Land is typically in the top 10 games on the Games page. The most popular game of 2012 was d4rk886‘s Base Wars: The Land, with more than 15 million game plays. It features about 30 character classes and, on top of that, vehicles to pilot and special weapons for each class that you can unlock through play. Monsters Vs Robloxians (Now known as Be A Superhero Go To Highschool) – 5,403,099 visits.

Sword Fighting Tournament – 6,477,147 visits.Build to Survive the Zombies – 6,645,146 visits.Build a Hideout and Fight – 6,812,161 visits.Welcome to the Town of Robloxia – 7,455,373 visits.Call of Robloxia 5 – ROBLOX At War – 8,184,995 visits.Rollercoaster Into a Black Hole Obby! (Now known as Jump Into the Ball Pit and Survive!) – 11,501,222 visits.Base Wars: The Land – 15,189,409 visits.Remember, we’re only counting data from 2012 - some of these popular games have millions more visits when you consider their lifetime stats.
We thought we’d take a look back at the top 15 most popular games of 2012 and, while we were at it, dig up some item and gear statistics as well. Along with the many product releases and events that came along, we released a bunch of new gear and saw our users create a bevy of new and unique ROBLOX games. 2012 was a big year for ROBLOX and our users.
