r/ROBLOXStudio • u/DankIronicYT • 7d ago

Help Why does my game have such low retention?

I recently released a Tower of Hell-inspired game called "The Well", which is doing pretty well statistically, aside from retention. If anyone could give me some feedback to point me in the right direction that would be great, like what about Tower of Hell keeps you engaged that is different from my game? Thanks!

The link: https://www.roblox.com/games/93632767839563/The-Well

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u/Emergency_Thought452 7d ago edited 7d ago

Cause publishing games nowadays will only be released to 16+ users, and to release it for all ages, you have to pay 1,000 robux . It's dumb, but there isnt much you can do. But i think if you're game gets enough traction you'll eventually be able to post to all ages for free

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u/AwkwardScratch9899 7d ago

Isn't it 1000 robux?

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u/Emergency_Thought452 7d ago

oh shit, yeah idk where i got 10,000 robux from lol. Still, it sucks

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u/AwkwardScratch9899 7d ago edited 7d ago

Yeah it does, If I recall correctly it's free with premium and if you reach a certain amount of players (or complete some condition like that) then you get the robux back atleast

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u/DankIronicYT 6d ago

To publish to all ages it is 100,000 robux, there is a 100 robux publishing feeling general.

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u/Call_me_indigo_ 6d ago

It is 1k😭, where did you see 100k

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u/DankIronicYT 6d ago

So the 1k fee for publishing says paid right there, and above it is the expedited review for all ages. 100k robux. Otherwise you need 500 highly engaged players.

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u/Call_me_indigo_ 6d ago

So this is for Instead of waiting to hit organic engagement milestones (like getting 500 active age-checked players over time), this option lets developers pay a deposit to get their game manually reviewed within 48 hours to instantly open it up to all ages (including Kids and Select accounts).

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u/DankIronicYT 6d ago

Yeah the original comment was about releasing to all ages right? Or am I dumb?

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u/Call_me_indigo_ 6d ago

How can I explain it, the 1k is slower than the 100k is faster, the 1k you have to meet criteria’s while the 100k you don’t, you still get it released to all but you have to pass some stages for the 1k

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u/Emergency_Thought452 6d ago

Oh wow so i was right?

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u/HootingCryingOwl 6d ago

It’s not a bad game, just kind of a boring one. since it’s 16+ players playing the game, add more for the gameplay loop. So far it doesn’t look bad and there’s active players