API reference · Lists

List the most played games

GET/api/v1/games/top

Roblox games ranked by players right now, or only the games that came out in the last 30 days. Optionally one genre.

Parameters

liststring: most_played ranks every game. new ranks games that came out in the last 30 days.Default most_played
genrestring: Only one genre or subgenre, like Simulation, Tycoon or Tower Defense.
limitinteger: How many to return.Default 10 · 1 to 25

Example

curl "https://roterminal.co/api/v1/games/top?limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ROTERMINAL_API_KEY"

import RoTerminal from 'roterminal'

const rt = new RoTerminal({ apiKey: process.env.ROTERMINAL_API_KEY })

const { data } = await rt.games.top({ limit: 5 })

from roterminal import RoTerminal

rt = RoTerminal()  # reads ROTERMINAL_API_KEY

data = rt.games.top(limit=5)["data"]

Response

{
  "data": {
    "list": "The most played games right now",
    "as_of": "2026-10-23T23:02:00-04:00",
    "link": "https://roterminal.co/games",
    "games": [
      {
        "place": 1,
        "id": 10563114921,
        "name": "Steal An Egg",
        "developer": "and Collect Rare Pets",
        "genre": "Simulation",
        "playing_now": 1250305,
        "change_24h": 47.4,
        "high_last_24h": 1640150,
        "link": "https://roterminal.co/g/10563114921",
        "spark": [860151, 943402, 1030095, 1064062, 1107602, 1165846, 1177460, 1216826, …]
      },
      {
        "place": 2,
        "id": 66654135,
        "name": "Murder Mystery 2",
        "developer": "Nikilis",
        "genre": "Survival",
        "playing_now": 1181430,
        "change_24h": 85.8,
        "high_last_24h": 1223250,
        "link": "https://roterminal.co/g/66654135",
        "spark": [637102, 622300, 607845, 628473, 655496, 682669, 696517, 714359, …]
      },
      {
        "place": 3,
        "id": 1686885941,
        "name": "Brookhaven RP",
        "developer": "Brookhaven by Voldex",
        "genre": "Roleplay & Avatar Sim",
        "playing_now": 461326,
        "change_24h": 79.6,
        "high_last_24h": 675033,
        "link": "https://roterminal.co/g/1686885941",
        "spark": [260190, 243331, 235767, 229499, 226722, 233577, 244255, 255713, …]
      },
      …
    ]
  },
  "link": "https://roterminal.co/games",
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T23:02:00-04:00"
}

Fields

The fields in data. A field with nothing to say is left out.

liststring

Which list this is.

as_ofdate-time

When these numbers were read (New York time, ISO 8601).

linkuri

Its page on roterminal.co.

gameslist of object

The games, in order.

11 fields

placeinteger: Its place on the list, 1 being the top.
idinteger: The game’s universe ID on Roblox.
namestring: Its name, as Roblox shows it.
developerstring: Who makes it, as Roblox shows it.
genrestring: Its genre on Roblox.
playing_nowinteger: Players in it right now.
change_24hnumber: Players now against the same time a day ago, in percent.
high_last_24hinteger: Most players at once in the last 24 hours.
linkuri: Its page on roterminal.co.
sparklist of integers: Its players over the last day, oldest first, as evenly spaced readings, for a small chart.
came_outdate: The day it came out on Roblox.