No more currency conversion, gaming platform Roblox to launch wallet to pay creators — What we know
Roblox Corporation, which operates popular gaming platform Roblox, said it will launch a new digital wallet to make it easier and quicker to pay creators, AFP reported.
Users create their own games and related content on the Roblox platform and then share it with others to play and purchase. It has millions of users, including children, the report added.
Some 123 million people played daily on Roblox in Q2-2026, up 10% year-on-year in the same quarter, but down steadily from a peak of 151 million in summer 2025, as per the report.
Announcing the “Roblox Wallet” at the company’s annual developer conference in San Jose, California, co-founder and CEO David Baszucki said the move is part of an effort to attract new players and retain creators, particularly adults who make up “an enormous part of the market”.
Roblox paid creators over $5 billion since 2013
“Roblox will not become a bank. The wallet is a financial account, not a bank account,” the American company’s chief commercial officer Enrico D’Angelo said at a press briefing.
The AFP report added that the company claims to have paid over $5 billion to creators since 2013, including $1.7 billion over the past twelve months. It estimates median earnings of the roughly 42,000 paid creators to be about $1,500 annually.
However, Roblox is forecasting a 14-18% drop in overall purchases made by players in the current quarter, and its share price has lost more than two-thirds of its value since its high.
Notably, the platform is also under close scrutiny around children’s safety and has been accused of failing to adequately protect children from sexual predators.
