Roblox boasts 79.5 million daily active users (DAUs) in Q1 2025, while Minecraft had 140 million monthly active users (MAUs) in 2023, with no updated 2025 MAU available.

Roblox and Minecraft are two games that seem to take much of the same inspiration. Roblox even has entire game modes modeled after Mojang's popular sandbox game.

Snatch Squad is an upcoming co-op heist game that looks like a combination of GTA, Minecraft, Roblox, and Schedule 1.

Minecraft and Roblox cater to today’s youth to create, explore, build and share with others in the community.

Roblox, however, offers a free-to-play model with optional premium memberships that provide Robux, the game's currency, and additional features.

Roblox, the free-to-play multiplayer game, has hit 100 million monthly active users across 200 countries surpassing Minecraft, its biggest rival.

This article will break down the similarities and differences between Minecraft and Roblox and will determine which game is better to play in 2021.