How much data does Roblox use?

Published by Stephen Kota

Roblox is a massively multiplayer online game where players interact and compete with each other in a wide variety of game modes, but you might wonder, how much data does Roblox use?  Like other massively multiplayer games, Roblox uses more data than the average online game. If you’re playing the game on a 4G LTE connection, then, you might need to monitor your data use to keep it below your monthly data limit.

Here’s how much data you use downloading, updating, and playing Roblox on Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Amazon, or Xbox One:

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Mobile data you use downloading Roblox

While the Roblox download size constantly increases as developers patch and update the game, it’s still tiny compared to the download size of other online games. As of March 2019, the download sizes for all platforms are:

Platform	Download size
Windows	170 MB
Mac OS	168 MB
iOS	126 MB
Android	78 MB
Amazon	78 MB
Xbox One	265 MB

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Mobile data you use updating Roblox

In keeping with the game’s tiny download size, Roblox updates are typically small. Game developers might make more frequent and larger updates to game modes, but updates that affect all modes are less common and usually don’t usually change all that much.

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Mobile data you use playing Roblox

Some gamers find that they use as much as 300 MB of data per hour playing Roblox, which is far more than a game like Minecraft uses. Other gamers find that they use closer to 100 MB of data per hour playing Roblox, which is comparable to what someone would use playing Minecraft.

This variation underscores how dependent data use is on other factors of gameplay like the number of players, the frame rate, and the server tick rate:

• The number of players in a mode has a huge effect on how much data you use playing Roblox. The more players in the mode, the more data your internet network needs to exchange with other players’ networks. This data includes information like the content of chat logs, as well as the current location and status of each player. On Roblox, games with a smaller maximum number of players use less data.
• A higher frame rate refreshes the game more often, so you exchange more up-to-date data with other players in your game. Roblox caps frame rate at a maximum of 60 fps. A lower frame rate will save you data, but make it harder for you to react quickly in the game.
• The server tick rate also affects your data use. A 128-tick server, which refreshes the game 128 times every second, uses about twice as much data as a 64-tick server, which refreshes the game 64 times every second.

As a general rule, anything that helps you reduce lags while playing Roblox will also help reduce your data use.

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Find out the hidden cost of online video gaming or compare data use for other popular games:

 PayDay 2, Call of Duty:Black Ops 4, Deep Rock Galactic,  Minecraft, Grand Auto Theft V, Madden NFL, Fortnite

 

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