What Happened to Steal An Egg?
What happened to Steal An Egg, when it came back, and every update since.
Steal An Egg went from new game to Roblox's biggest in a few weeks, disappeared for a few hours, and came back. Here is what happened, in order.
Steal An Egg is up and running. 1.77 million people were playing at our last hourly check.
Live player count →Why it was taken down (August 24 to 25, 2026)
What happened
The game was pulled from Roblox hours after it reached #1, with more than 500,000 people playing.
It came back within hours with the Reels feed removed.
Why
At the time, players ran on a treadmill while watching a feed of short videos called Reels to earn Speed. The same day, Roblox announced a rule against games that combine a video feed, endless autoplay and rewards for watching, saying it is not right for younger players. Roblox never confirmed that this was the reason for Steal An Egg, but the timing matched.
Timeline
- Update 7: Enchanted ForestNew biome behind a 50B Speed gate, Wisp quests, the Enchanted Tree, Butterfly Bloom and the Enchanted Mutation.
- Update 6: the LaboratoryLab replaces the Rift machine, Extinction Egg, Mecha boss and a 100-tier milestone track.
- Update 5: Dr. ScrambleDrones every 30 minutes, Samples, Experiment Shop, the vault quest.
- Update 4: Angels & DemonsBiome that changes every night, Secret Shrine, Luminous Egg.
- Update 3: RiftsRift boss every 30 minutes, Boss Tokens, Rift sacrifices and banners.
- Update 2: Titan TempleNew endgame biome, Monster Egg, Hungry Frog event.
- Pulled from Roblox, then backRemoved hours after hitting #1; returns without the Reels feed.
- Update 1: Cherry BlossomNew biome, Sakura Incubator, Bloom and Spirit Bloom mutations.
- Release and first viral wavePlayers pile in and it climbs the charts.
- Roblox group createdThe group that runs the game is set up.
Update dates are the Saturdays each update went live, from fan update logs. Update 3 is approximate ("early September"). Full details on the updates page.
How big it got
Questions
What happened to Steal An Egg?
The game was pulled from Roblox hours after it reached #1, with more than 500,000 people playing. It came back within hours with the Reels feed removed.
Why was Steal An Egg deleted?
At the time, players ran on a treadmill while watching a feed of short videos called Reels to earn Speed. The same day, Roblox announced a rule against games that combine a video feed, endless autoplay and rewards for watching, saying it is not right for younger players. Roblox never confirmed that this was the reason for Steal An Egg, but the timing matched.
Is Steal An Egg coming back?
It is already back. It came back within hours with the Reels feed removed. About 1.77 million people were playing when we last checked.
When is the next Steal An Egg update?
Updates usually go live on Saturdays right after admin abuse, around 08:00 Pacific time. The countdown above shows your local time.
What is the Steal An Egg player record?
About 14.29 million people at once in mid September 2026, according to Rolimons.
Sources: Kotaku: Roblox cracks down on doomscrolling games · GamesRadar: Roblox takes down doomscrolling game · eGamers: Steal An Egg pulled hours after reaching the top · stealegg.wiki: update dates · Steal An Egg Fandom wiki: Updates. Written in our own words.