Gaming platforms within the metaverse have turn into a vital a part of youthful generations’ day by day digital lives as they provide a extremely interactive solution to join and socialize nearly, with a heightened give attention to personalization. Roblox is without doubt one of the largest metaverse platforms at 80+ million lively customers day by day spending a mean of two.4 hours on the platform, which is extra time spent day by day than YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Netflix mixed. With over half of the neighborhood youthful than age 13, the platform affords manufacturers a chance to achieve youthful audiences by constructing {custom} Roblox experiences.
Roblox customers signify themselves as one in every of two kinds of avatar types, and personalize them by way of branded avatar items referred to as UGCs. Starting from clothes and niknaks to hairstyles and make-up seems, the digital objects Roblox avatars can put on are extremely customizable. As gamers discover totally different model worlds, they increase consciousness and visibility of merchandise they’re sporting.Â
The variety of manufacturers and retailers creating gamified experiences and promoting digital items on Roblox is rising quick, gaining consideration from high-profile multinational manufacturers trying to attain its highly-engaged, youthful viewers. Roblox monetizes experiences by permitting manufacturers and creators to promote digital objects of their in-game shops or on its avatar market in return for its digital foreign money, which customers should buy utilizing real-world cash.Â
Right here Are 7 Roblox Model Experiences:
1. Walmart Found
Walmart developed their Walmart Found activation to emphasise the significance of creators on Roblox—spotlighting 300+ neighborhood creators for customers to find, store and vote on throughout departments. The retail-giant needed to empower Roblox gamers to seek out one thing that resonated with them, encouraging them to find new UGCs and experiences. In Walmart Found, gamers may navigate the immersive area with their sidekick digital cart, nominate their favourite UGCs and experiences to indicate creators their assist, play varied mini-games towards buddies, unlock exclusives like backgrounds in your avatars to take footage with and extra.Â
2. Fenty Magnificence + Pores and skin Expertise
Fenty Magnificence launched a limited-time Roblox expertise that includes key merchandise from Fenty Magnificence, Fenty Pores and skin and Fenty Perfume, to interact followers of the model. The expertise featured unique UGCs similar to a digital beanie (additionally accessible IRL in keychain format), {custom} branded mini-games and a dynamic leaderboard displaying the highest fan-made lip glosses of the week. Each week, gamers may create fully-custom glosses, designing every part from the bottle design and shade title to substances and results. The distinctive glosses had been then displayed on the selves of the digital Sephora Expertise for others to vote on. On the finish of the four-week activation, Rihanna herself voted on her favourite lip gloss to create IRL by way of Fenty Magnificence.Â
3. The amikaverse
Haircare model, amika, launched the amikaverse as an extension of the model’s function, embodying their dedication to inclusion, duty and sustainability. The sweetness model additionally highlighted self-expression within the expertise, that includes unique digital wearables from vibrant hairstyles to a hair dryer jetpack. Amika even held a digital sweepstakes providing customers the prospect to obtain a limited-edition, vibrant jacket impressed by the model’s iconic packaging.Â
Upon getting into, guests are greeted with a Bestie to assist them navigate the immersive, play-driven world—every resulting in a unique part of the expertise similar to their character: Stylist, Gardener and Recycler. Stylists information gamers to the Salon, the place they might hone in on their hair experience and tackle the various set of hair issues introduced by varied NPCs. With Gardener besties, customers enterprise to the Backyard the place they develop and harvest substances of various amika merchandise. The Recycler path highlights the model’s dedication to sustainability, empowering gamers to discover the amikaverse and acquire supplies to mix into packaging. As soon as customers have the hair care data, substances and packaging, they’re capable of faucet into their creativity and create {custom} merchandise to present to buddies inside the expertise. Be taught extra concerning the amikaverse, developed by Obsess.Â
4. My Hi there Kitty Cafe: Tycoon
Japanese leisure firm, Sanrio, adopted the favored tycoon fashion for his or her Hi there Kitty expertise, permitting Roblox gamers to create, handle and adorn their very own cafe, rain or shine. Guests are greeted with Sanrio’s famously lovable, kawaii characters within the immersive expertise, earlier than hopping behind a counter to serve different gamers or store different tycoons’ outlets. By finishing challenges and enjoying {custom} mini-games, customers may unlock rewards or win unique UGCs by getting into giveaways. Hi there Kitty made the expertise additional immersive by that includes a dynamic surroundings: updating dĂ©cor for holidays, showcasing seasonal adjustments similar to climate and alternating between evening and day. Â
5. Barbie Dreamhouse: Tycoon
Construct your individual Malibu dreamhouse with Mattel’s Barbie Dreamhouse Tycoon Roblox activation. With as much as 4 flooring and 30 rooms, starting from a yoga studio and walk-in closet to a helipad, gamers can construct a dream house solely present in Barbie’s world. Similar to Barbie herself, Roblox gamers can attempt totally different careers through mini video games within the expertise or simply seashore and hand around in Malibu City Sq.. Much like IRL Barbies, the gamified expertise highlights the power to customise and decorate—from the enduring blonde ponytail to fabulous outfits and make-up, there isn’t a scarcity of UGCs for these avatars.Â
6. The Ralph Lauren Winter Escape
Ralph Lauren ventured into Roblox with a limited-term expertise referred to as “The Ralph Lauren Winter Escape” that supplied a digital assortment of gender-neutral clothes. Avatars may put on as much as eight sportswear seems and choose objects from the present collections. Ralph Lauren’s Roblox expertise had new product drops on a weekly foundation, from new seems to limited-edition equipment and shock bonus objects. Christina Wooton, Roblox’s Vice President for World Partnerships, commented, “This new digital expertise is supposed to additional specific Ralph Lauren’s give attention to digital innovation, following its digital retailer expertise [by Obsess].”
7. Crocs World: Tycoon
Crocs World: Tycoon on Roblox permits gamers to harness the ability of creativeness and personalization in a park revolving across the iconic footwear—with {custom} colours, shapes and Jibbitz charms. Gamers can discover the beach-themed park in a Crocs Automotive or through Crocs Jetpack and earn likes inside the recreation to unlock new sights and customization prospects. Additional leaning into personalization of their digital endeavors, Crocs launched a digital Jibbitz Expertise with Obsess, centered round self-expression, gamification and schooling. The Obsess-powered digital expertise showcases the model’s iconic Jibbitz charms with revolutionary options such because the custom-built claw recreation and the groundbreaking 3D Jibbitz Customizer, empowering shoppers to create their very own distinctive pair of Crocs to be bought instantly within the digital surroundings.
Obsess develops shopping-focused, Roblox experiences for manufacturers on the platform, leveraging tactical merchandising and {custom} mini-games to advertise purchases. Every side of an Obsess-powered digital expertise on Roblox is designed primarily based on years of 3D spatial knowledge from 350+ digital shops. Obsess additionally extends ROI of Roblox model experiences by pairing them with a digital retailer, empowering shoppers to buy each bodily and digital merchandise. Whereas the Roblox platform doesn’t at the moment permit customers to buy bodily objects within the digital expertise (coming 2025 with the launch of the Shopify partnership), Obsess-powered digital shops do through e-commerce integration. Making a digital expertise that’s accessible throughout platforms extends the attain of a single activation and speaks to totally different viewers teams wherever they’re.Â
Roblox offers an enormous alternative for manufacturers to interact youthful generations within the metaverse. Ahead-thinking manufacturers are organising digital worlds in Roblox and on their very own web sites, similar to with digital shops. To be taught extra about making a {custom} model activation on Roblox, guide a demo or electronic mail contact@obsessvr.com.Â