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| '''''Adopt Me!''''' is a ] on the gaming platform '']''. The nominal focus of the game is a role-play wherein players pretend to be either parents adopting a child, or children getting adopted, but in reality, the game’s focus is around adopting and caring for a variety of different ], who can be traded with other players.<ref name=One/> As of July 2020, the game had been played upwards of ten billion times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/roblox-jumps-over-150m-monthly-142315233.html|title=Roblox jumps to over 150M monthly users, will pay out $250M to developers in 2020|website=]|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|date=July 28, 2020|accessdate=July 28, 2020|via=Tech Crunch}}</ref> DreamCraft, the ] behind the game employs roughly 30 people, and has accumulated a total of $16 million dollars in revenue, mostly from ].<ref name=Ling>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-21-adopt-me-interview|title=Adopt Me: The most popular game you've never played|website=Games Industry|publisher=]|last1=Handrahan|first1=Matthew|last2=Ling|first2=Josh|date=July 21, 2020|accessdate=July 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Study2/> | '''''Adopt Me!''''' is a ] on the gaming platform '']''. The nominal focus of the game is a role-play wherein players pretend to be either parents adopting a child, or children getting adopted, but in reality, the game’s focus is around adopting and caring for a variety of different ], who can be traded with other players.<ref name=One/> As of July 2020, the game had been played upwards of ten billion times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/roblox-jumps-over-150m-monthly-142315233.html|title=Roblox jumps to over 150M monthly users, will pay out $250M to developers in 2020|website=]|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|date=July 28, 2020|accessdate=July 28, 2020|via=Tech Crunch}}</ref> DreamCraft, the ] behind the game employs roughly 30 people, and has accumulated a total of $16 million dollars in revenue, mostly from ].<ref name=Ling>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-21-adopt-me-interview|title=Adopt Me: The most popular game you've never played|website=Games Industry|publisher=]|last1=Handrahan|first1=Matthew|last2=Ling|first2=Josh|date=July 21, 2020|accessdate=July 25, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Study2/> | ||
| ==Players== | |||
| The highest number of concurrent players ''Adopt Me!'' has achieved is 1.6 million.<ref name=Study2>{{cite web|url=https://docsend.com/view/yytafca42a83pbgq|title=Dubit Guide to Roblox for Brands|website=DocSend|publisher=]|last1=Douthwaite|first1=Andrew|last2=Warneford|first2=Matthew|last3=Pierce|first3=Matt|year=2020|accessdate=July 10, 2020|page=21}}</ref> The game was averaging 600,000 concurrent players as of June 2020, (But a big amount of those 600.000 players are bots made to make the game look more active then it is, adopt me is also known in the roblox community as the game that slows down servers because of the bots, therefore haven't adop me been qualified for any roblox awards) making it the most popular game on ''Roblox''.<ref name=One>{{cite web|url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/games-section/game-news/the-most-popular-games-on-roblox-episode-1-adopt-me/|title=The most popular games on Roblox episode 1, Adopt Me|website=Entertainment Focus|last1=Stevens|first1=Barry|date=June 7, 2020|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}</ref> Around a third of ''Roblox'' players on the ] play ''Adopt Me!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gamasutra.com/blogs/SimonCarless/20200723/366913/Analysis_Xbox_Demo_Fest_blasts_off.php|title=Analysis: Xbox Demo Fest blasts off|website=Gamasutra|last1=Carless|first1=Simon|date=July 23, 2020|accessdate=August 2, 2018}}</ref> Due to the presence of ] in the game and the target demographic being young children, there have been instances of children spending large amounts of money on ''Adopt Me!'', including one particular incident where a child from ] spent $8,000 AUD on the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/sydney-boy-racks-up-8000-bill-on-parents-apple-account-during-coronavirus-home-schooling/07998134-3cbe-4afd-b934-eb0123e84f3d|title=Six-year-old Canberra boy racks up $8000 bill on iPad without parents' knowledge|website=Nine News|last1=Halls|first1=Brady|date=May 20, 2020|accessdate=August 17, 2020}}</ref> | |||
| ===Scams=== | |||
| Due to the high cost of pets within the game, with some rare pets selling for up to US$100, a large subculture of ] has risen up within ''Adopt Me!''. As the primary user base of ''Adopt Me!'' is on average younger than the rest of ''Roblox'', they are especially susceptible to falling for scams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/games-section/game-news/some-of-the-worst-scams-in-adopt-me-on-roblox/|title=Some of the worst scams in Adopt Me on Roblox|website=Entertainment Focus|last1=Stevens|first1=Barry|date=May 26, 2020|accessdate=June 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theandroidsoul.com/roblox-adopt-me-scams/|title=Roblox Adopt Me Scams: What are They, and How to Avoid Them|website=The Android Soul|author=Will|date=June 4, 2020|accessdate=June 14, 2020}}</ref> One of the most common ways in which scammers carry out their operation is through "trust trades", in which the scammer convinces a user to trust them and trade a pet in return for nothing, with the promise of getting a better deal back.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52907809|title=Roblox: How to spot and avoid scammers in Adopt Me!|last1=Misbahuddin|first1=Sameena|website=]|date=June 3, 2020|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
Revision as of 09:45, 27 August 2020
Role-playing game on the Roblox game platform 2017 video game| Adopt Me! | |
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| File:Roblox Adopt Me Thumbnail.jpgOne of the thumbnails of Adopt Me! | |
| Developer(s) | DreamCraft |
| Director(s) | Bethink |
| Programmer(s) | NewFissy |
| Engine | Roblox Studio |
| Platform(s) | PC, Xbox One, iOS, Android |
| Release | July 14, 2017 |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG, Digital pet |
| Mode(s) | Multi-player |
Adopt Me! is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game on the gaming platform Roblox. The nominal focus of the game is a role-play wherein players pretend to be either parents adopting a child, or children getting adopted, but in reality, the game’s focus is around adopting and caring for a variety of different virtual pets, who can be traded with other players. As of July 2020, the game had been played upwards of ten billion times. DreamCraft, the independent studio behind the game employs roughly 30 people, and has accumulated a total of $16 million dollars in revenue, mostly from microtransactions.
Reception
Adopt Me! has received generally positive reviews from critics. PCGamesN, in an overview of what they considered the best games on Roblox, described it as "cute", and compared it positively to the Petz series.
References
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (December 9, 2019). "Roblox's 10 biggest games of all time — each with more than a billion plays". VentureBeat. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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Onewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - Perez, Sarah (July 28, 2020). "Roblox jumps to over 150M monthly users, will pay out $250M to developers in 2020". Yahoo! News. Retrieved July 28, 2020 – via Tech Crunch.
- Handrahan, Matthew; Ling, Josh (July 21, 2020). "Adopt Me: The most popular game you've never played". Games Industry. Gamer Network. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- Cite error: The named reference
Study2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - Shepherd, Harry (13 August 2018). "The best Roblox games". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.