The currency a generation gets its allowance in.
Roblox reprices in steps, months apart. Currency markets reprice daily.
This page lives in the gap: who pays the most real money for the identical bundle, against the US at $9.99.
On the US web store, $9.99 currently returns 1,000 Robux under a standing bonus. This index prices the labelled 800 bundle. The method section says why.
The US bar at $9.99 is the line. Below it, money goes further than an American's. Above it, the identical purchase costs more.
Implied USD cost of 800 Robux by market · recalculated on page load against daily FX
Local price, converted at today's rate, measured against $9.99. Negative is a discount to the US. Positive is a premium for the same purchase.
| Market | Local Price (800 Robux) | Implied USD Today | vs US Baseline | Robux-Implied FX | Confidence |
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The rate at which the local bundle would cost exactly $9.99. Above the market rate: the tag has drifted cheap. Below it: that market is overpaying. The Economist runs this logic on a hamburger.
Argentina: Roblox sets no peso price. Purchases are billed in US dollars, and Argentine banks then stack a combined 65 to 75% of import taxes and withholding on top of the card charge. The number belongs to a tax authority, not a platform, so Argentina sits outside the main table. It stays on the page because it is the desk's argument in its purest form. The sticker is not the price.
Turkey: Turkey: no first-party storefront price exists; only reseller listings do. Turkey joins the table the day a primary source does.
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Vertical jumps were Roblox. Everything else was the market. Between adjustments, the real dollar cost of 800 Robux drifts with the exchange rate. This page captures that drift daily.
The UK pays more for everything on this desk. India pays less for most things. But the size of the gap depends entirely on how each publisher prices. Robux UK premium (+20.9%) is modest compared to Genesis Crystals (+34.4%) because HoYoverse charges the same nominal number in pounds as in dollars.
| Currency | United Kingdom | India |
|---|---|---|
| Robux | +20.9% | -16.9% |
| V-Bucks | +4.5% | -23.1% |
| Minecoins | +14.2% | — |
| Oneiric Shards | +34.4% | +3.9% |
| Valorant Points | +10.2% | -10.2% |
| Genesis Crystals | +34.4% | +3.9% |
Premium (+) or discount (-) vs US baseline · all six indexes · live FX · cost per 100 base units
If you are topping up Robux in India today, you are paying roughly 17% less than a US player for the same 800 units. In the UK, you are paying about 21% more. These differences are not arbitrage opportunities: Robux cannot be transferred across accounts, and Roblox sets prices in local currency as a deliberate policy.
For parents, the practical implication is this: the cost of the same top-up varies meaningfully depending on where you live, and it changes every day as exchange rates move even when the local sticker price does not. A family in the UK that topped up last month at +18% is now at +21%. The price tag did not move. The exchange rate did.
Since November 2024, $9.99 on the Roblox web store yields 1,000 Robux due to a 25% bonus. The 800-Robux SKU remains a distinct purchasable tier and is still the labelled bundle in most regional storefronts.
This index benchmarks the 800-Robux bundle. The distinction is intentional: the index measures the bundle price, not the effective yield after bonus.
The Robux Index is independent analysis by Llama & Griffin, not affiliated with or endorsed by Roblox Corporation. The Robux name refers to the product. Nothing on this page sells, resells, or advises on acquiring Robux.
For a large share of players under fifteen, a Robux purchase is their first sustained contact with a price that changes underneath them. The Big Mac Index endured for forty years because it turned purchasing power into a sandwich. This page does the same with the first currency a cohort ever budgeted. Not what 800 Robux costs. Who is asked to pay the most for the identical unit of play, and how quietly the answer moves.
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