Roblox Stock News

A gardening game created by a teenager on online platform Roblox has attracted a record 21 million simultaneous players, a figure rarely seen in the industry.

What an incredible past year it's been for shares of video-game firm Roblox (NASDAQ:RBLX), which are now up close to 180%.

Shares of Roblox (RBLX -1.94%) have soared to a three-year high following a series of better-than-expected quarterly results. In the last reported first quarter, the social-gaming giant posted a 31% year-over-year increase in bookings for the period ended March 31 amid strong engagement from a record 97.8 million daily active users.

Roblox (RBLX -0.50%) is one of the surprise breakout stocks of 2025. This top gaming stock has nearly doubled since the beginning of April and recently was sitting close to a 52-week high.

Roblox's (RBLX -0.50%) stock has been unstoppable of late, up by 185% in the past 12 months. A series of strong financial results have caught investors' attention, causing many Roblox observers to change their view on the game developer's prospects.

Surrounded by virtual cliffs and a cascading waterfall, dragon riders on Roblox's massive online gaming platform immerse themselves in a memorable scene from "How to Train Your Dragon."

After dipping by more than 10% each earlier this year, the major stock market indexes are once again on the upswing. As of this writing, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq Composite, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are between 2% and 6% below their all-time highs.

Investors are often bombarded by floods of information about macroeconomic indicators and political events. Such news and the short-term impacts it can have on markets can distract them from what's more important from an investing perspective -- buying strong growth stocks and holding them for the long term.