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BS “No coding experience, I’m a finance major — make money on Roblox” — true story, survivorship-bias opportunity
The claim“Had no coding experience before making this, I’m a finance major. Roblox development has never been easier — check out my game to see what YOU could do in under a month.”
That an individual built a simple game with no prior experience is plausible and fine — Roblox Studio genuinely lowers the barrier. But the implied “anyone can make money” is survivorship bias. In 2025 Roblox paid out roughly $1.5B to creators, yet the distribution is brutally skewed: an estimated 60% of all earnings go to the top ~500 experiences, and only a small fraction of the tens of thousands of developers ever qualify for or execute a payout. The overwhelming majority earn essentially nothing. “No coding, easy money in a month” hides that a tiny elite captures nearly all the money.
What holds up
- Roblox Studio really does let beginners build games — the low barrier is real
- Roblox paid ~$1.5B to creators in 2025 — the money pool exists
- Learning game design on Roblox builds real, transferable skills
What doesn’t
- Income is brutally concentrated — ~60% goes to the top ~500 experiences; most devs earn near zero
- “Under a month” hides the marketing, iteration, and audience-building real earners put in
- Showing one person’s game as proof “you could do this” is textbook survivorship bias
The catch
One creator’s game isn’t evidence you’ll earn — it’s the visible winner in a lottery where almost everyone else made nothing.
How to actually do it
- Build on Roblox to learn design and dev skills — a real, transferable win — not as an income plan
- If income is the goal, expect the same marketing and iteration grind as any product
- Ignore “no coding, easy money” framing — the money lives with a tiny elite, not the median builder
Real that a beginner can build; false that it’s an income path — a tiny elite takes nearly all the money.
- Confidence
- High
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- @bennettbenito
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