Roblox is retiring Premium. The company has confirmed a new subscription called Roblox Plus, launching globally on 30 April 2026 at $4.99 USD per month, and it’s taking over as the main paid membership on the platform. New Premium sign-ups stop on the same day, and some long-standing Premium perks are being switched off at the end of May.

The pitch is different from what Premium offered. Instead of handing over a monthly Robux stipend, Roblox Plus leans into discounts on purchases, free paid private servers, and fee-free Robux transfers between users. The monthly Robux many Premium members rely on will be available as an optional add-on bundle, but not until May.

What Roblox Plus Actually Gives You

The headline benefit is a 10 percent discount on in-game items, avatar items, developer products, passes, and developer subscriptions paid in Robux. Stay subscribed for three consecutive months and that discount doubles to 20 percent from month three onward. Roblox covers the cost of the discount itself, which is the bit that matters for the wider economy, since creators still receive their usual revenue share on each purchase.

Paid private servers are the other big draw. Subscribers get unlimited access to paid private servers across supported games at no extra cost, which removes one of the more persistent recurring fees for players who game in closed groups.

Roblox Plus members can also send Robux to other users with no transaction fee, though the company has built in safety rails around this. Anyone aged 18 or under needs parent or caregiver approval for every transfer, and users 18 and over need to pass an age check before they can send or receive Robux. One important caveat on transfers: Robux received through this feature cannot be cashed out through DevEx.

Marketplace access rounds out the core benefits. Subscribers can trade and resell limited items, and publish and sell avatar items of their own. Subscribers also get a distinct Plus badge on their profile.

How It Compares to Roblox Premium

The simplest way to see what’s changing is to line up the two subscriptions side by side. Premium is structured around a monthly Robux allowance and a small bonus on top-ups. Plus is structured around stretching your Robux further on the things you already buy.

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What Happens to Existing Premium Subscribers

If you’re already on Premium, your subscription continues. You won’t be kicked off and you won’t be forced onto Plus. You will, however, get a one-month free trial of Roblox Plus stacked onto your existing Premium subscription, with a claim link emailed to you on launch day at the end of April.

Two Premium perks are going away on 30 May 2026. The 10 percent bonus on Robux top-ups ends, and the Premium profile badge disappears. The monthly Robux stipend, the ability to trade items, and the ability to publish and keep avatar items on sale all stay for current Premium members. One thing to note for anyone thinking of cancelling: if you drop Premium, you won’t be able to resubscribe, because new Premium sign-ups end when Plus launches.

How Roblox Plus Affects Creators

Roblox has built Plus as a two-sided product, and there are three distinct earning paths for developers.

Revenue Share on Discounted Purchases

Because Roblox absorbs the cost of the 10 to 20 percent discount, creators earn the same per-purchase amount they would have without Plus. The economic argument from Roblox is that lower effective prices should lift conversion, meaning subscribers stretch the same Robux balance across more purchases. Developers who hard-code prices in their games are being nudged to switch to the GetProductInfoAsync API so discounted pricing displays correctly to Plus members.

Sign-Up Bonuses Through the New API

A new PromptRobloxSubscriptionPurchase API lets creators trigger the Plus sign-up flow from inside their games. If a player subscribes through your game, you earn 250 Robux per month for their first three consecutive paying months, up to 750 Robux per new subscriber. Trial months don’t count toward the bonus. Your sign-up payouts start when the user begins paying after their trial ends.

Paid Private Server Payouts

Subscribers get paid private servers for free, but creators can still earn from them. On each successful Plus renewal, Roblox looks back at the previous 30 days and pays creators when a subscriber has spent 60 cumulative minutes or more in a game’s paid private servers. Roblox considers the top five paid private servers where that user logged qualifying time, and pays out based on the server price, capped at 100 Robux per subscriber per server. The company says most players who use paid private servers already clear the 60-minute monthly threshold.

The Add-Ons and Extras Coming After Launch

Plus isn’t shipping with everything promised on day one. The monthly Robux add-on, which lets subscribers bundle a recurring 500, 1,000, or 2,000 Robux package onto their Plus subscription in a single payment, arrives sometime in May. Roblox has also signalled that more features and benefits are on the roadmap post-launch, though specifics haven’t been detailed.

Alongside Plus, Roblox is pushing new agentic AI tools for creators, including a Planning Mode that breaks complex prompts into editable tasks, procedural model generation that intelligently rescales objects like bookshelves to fit their environment, and AI playtesting agents that can run through a game as simulated players. These are separate from the subscription itself but part of the same broader push to grow creator output and keep players spending on the platform.

Is Roblox Plus Worth It Over Premium

For anyone who currently relies on Premium purely for the monthly Robux drop, Plus is a different value proposition and won’t feel like a straight upgrade until the Robux add-on bundles arrive in May. For players who buy a lot of avatar items, game passes, or use paid private servers regularly, the discount and the free server access likely pay for themselves, especially once that 20 percent tier kicks in at month three.

The bigger picture for Roblox is that Plus is designed as a recurring-revenue engine for the platform and its creators, with the Robux stipend model being phased out of new sign-ups in favour of a subscription that rewards ongoing engagement. Whether that trade lands with long-time Premium users will depend on how quickly the optional Robux bundles, and whatever else Roblox adds post-launch, close the gap.

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