Roblox is a game that surpassed Minecraft in 2017 with more than sixty million users per month . Since then it has gained a good and bad reputation, where they point out that it is a copy of its number one rival: Minecraft.

The controversy, meaningless, made many people argue among themselves defending their favorite game. Now we will take care of clarifying this issue .

If you haven’t played any, you may wonder which one to start with and which one is better , right? Do not worry. Just keep reading to understand everything. You will not imagine how different each one is …

Is Roblox a copy of Minecraft?: Roblox vs Minecraft

It is necessary to emphasize this point, and clarify that Roblox is not a copy of Minecraft . In fact, the game was released in 2004, while the other one in 2009.

This controversy was born because Minecraft was more popular. In other words, their advertising campaigns were more effective, leaving Roblox in the dark for several years.

6 differences between Roblox and Minecraft: Roblox vs Minecraft

Although both have taken elements from the other, neither is a copy . The reality is that they are different video games . You will notice this distinction immediately when you start playing them, or even now, that we will tell you what their 6 differences are.

1. Style of play: Roblox vs Minecraft

The most relevant thing is the style of play or the proposal that each one offers. That is why we will talk about them individually in this section:

Roblox

On the Roblox side, you have a game where the community can develop their own games and publish them on the platform so that others can play it.

This published game will remain “alive” as it gains or loses popularity. It is something similar to YouTube . On this platform, anyone can make a video, publish it and receive visits.

If you make a very good game and it gains relevance in the community, it will rank among the best.

With a little practice you can use Roblox Studio to create your own games, and if you have programming knowledge in Lua you can make them more interesting.

You can see Roblox as a kind of marketplace , where you can play, post, buy, sell, and trade items.

Finally, it should be noted that in Roblox you can choose between hundreds of thousands of video games to play. You will be surprised to see the great variety.

Minecraft

In Minecraft things are very different, for example, in it there are not millions of games , but five modes: survival, extreme, creative, spectator and adventure.

In each one an infinite random world is generated with different landscapes, minerals, fauna and flora. Your goal is to survive looking for materials and food.

You have the possibility to build whatever you want, such as a castle, building, river, pyramid, etc., and do activities such as exploding a mine, fighting against zombies, exploring thousands of places, etc.

What is the difference at this point?

• On Roblox you can play thousands of different games (regarding scenarios, gender, weapons, objectives…) and make your own.
• In Minecraft you can build whatever you want and survive, but always in the same world, only that the location of the elements changes in each game.

2. Price

The price involved in playing each video game also makes a key difference. In the case of Minecraft it is higher, since you must pay $ 26.95 to download it. Although then you do not need to pay more, unless you want special things. In general it is not that expensive. Think of it as a console game .

With Roblox you don’t need to pay anything to start enjoying it, however, you will be a bit limited . For example, if you don’t pay for the Roblox Premium membership , you won’t be able to play exclusive games or create more than one video game.

The Roblox Premium membership has three plans:

• $ 4.99
• $ 9.99
• $ 19.99

Depending on the plan you hire, you will have more or less benefits. But in general you can sell, buy and exchange objects , as well as being able to create more than one game and access exclusive content.

With the Roblox Premium subscription you will have opportunities to win real money . For example, there are people making hundreds and thousands of dollars a month. And the best part is that many are between 16 and 22 years old. Not bad, huh?

As you can see, Roblox is free, although limited. You spend more money (not required) than in Minecraft, but in return you can earn income doing something you enjoy.

3. Graphics

Compared to Minecraft, Roblox is more realistic. Many people say that their graphics are the same, but they are wrong.

Roblox looks more like Lego characters than Minecraft. On the other hand, in Minecraft you can improve the textures, in Roblox not.

4. Social part

Roblox is a game that gives importance to the social aspect , that is, they provide facilities for one or more users to get in contact and create a community. You can add friends, join groups, talk online, follow players …

Minecraft also offers some of these things, although it is not its strong point. He prefers a solo game more .

5. Skins

Regarding the skin Roblox has a huge inventory with options to customize your character. You can change his face, clothes, put accessories like wings, emotes or weapons and even modify the thickness, height and color of it.

Minecraft, despite having the possibility of placing skin on the character, does not have so many varieties.

6. Beginnings of the game

This part is not entirely important, but it is worth highlighting. Minecraft was released as a standalone game , that is, a game made by less than five people on a low budget. In Roblox there was a group of professionals and a budget to carry out the project.

Conclusion: which is the best?

It is impossible to determine which game is better . As you may have noticed, they do not share the same style and are very different. They have their things the same, but nothing to write home about.

Saying which is better is subjective. Depending on your tastes, you will choose one or the other. We want to clarify that this article is designed to eliminate the controversy that exists between both games, not to judge the quality of each one. It is a fact that they are both very good .

If the video games were the same, at least in the subject, it would be possible to recognize the most outstanding, but since this is not the case, it is up to you to do so.

If you have not played any yet, we leave you a list with its strengths:

Roblox strengths:

• thousands of different games
• ease of creating games
• interact with other users
• earn real money on the platform (you can make a living from it)

Minecraft strengths:

• survival
• explore a huge world
• freedom to build, create, discover …

Minecraft Rap vs Roblox

Before concluding, we would like to share with you this famous rap made by the Hispanic youtuber EspañolTNT , in which he compares the two games in a … funnier way: