Whether it serves as a chill escape from the onslaught of the real world or simply a way to beat vacation doldrums, a viral ...

They're probably on Roblox, playing "Grow a Garden," which, as I typed this Thursday, had more than 2.2 million people playing — four times as many as the next most popular game.

One game in particular—the record-breaking viral gardening sim Grow a Garden —drew a peak of 21.6 million concurrent players.

This Roblox Game Is Blowing Up In Popularity In just under two months, a Roblox user-created game called Grow a Garden has become a massive hit. By Blair Marnell on May 22, 2025 at 1:58AM PDT 1 ...

Technically an “experience” within the game-creation platform Roblox, it smashed its own record for concurrent users by reeling in 16.4 million active players on Saturday.