Someone remade your game on Roblox or Fortnite. What you can do about it.
Your game is on Roblox now. Same premise, same layout, sometimes your art, your item names, your achievements. It is free to start, it sells upgrades, and a player tells you it has more visits than your game has sales.
We know this one from the inside: a game we shipped was taken apart, rebuilt and sold by someone else. Roblox experiences and Fortnite islands are a common place for it to happen, because they are free to make, quick to publish and full of players looking for whatever is popular this month. This page covers how to tell whether you have a case, what to save, which Roblox route you qualify for, how Epic handles Fortnite islands, what happens after a report, and why public pressure is not a plan. It is not legal advice, and the places where a lawyer is worth paying are marked.
The short answer
- Decide whether it is a copy or a clone. Copyright covers your art, music, text, characters and levels. It does not cover your idea or your mechanics. A game that only plays like yours is usually not something a notice can remove.
- Save it before you report it. The experience or island address, the creator or group name, the description, what it sells and for how much, and a recording of what was copied.
- On Roblox, anyone can email a copyright notice to Roblox's copyright agent. No registration is needed. Roblox's own Rights Manager tool is faster for many links, but for enforcement alone it asks for a registered copyright or trademark.
- On Fortnite, use Epic's infringement page. Epic says it shares your phone number and email with the island's creator.
- Do not send players after the creator. Pressure has ended copies before, but it is not a process, it can reach a child, and it leaves no record a platform can act on next time.
1. Copy or clone
This decides everything else, so start here. Play the experience or watch someone play it, and sort what you see.
| What you found | What it usually is | The report that fits |
|---|---|---|
| Your art, models, music or sound inside the experience | A copy of those assets, however the game around them was built | A copyright notice listing each asset. The page on stolen assets covers proving each one. |
| New art, but your characters, item names, text, map layout or achievements | Often a copy of protected expression, even when redrawn | A copyright notice that points to each copied element |
| Your game's name or logo used to attract players | A use of your name | A trademark notice, if the name is registered. A copyright notice can still cover a copied logo. |
| A new game with its own art that plays like yours | A clone | Usually not a copyright notice. The page on clones explains what is and is not protected. |
Two things in the guidance from the platforms are worth knowing. Epic's Fortnite guidance says plainly that "Anyone can make a game that is similar to any published game", and that copyright protects only the specific way something is expressed. And Roblox's guidelines list things that do not excuse a copy, including that the person credited the original creator or did not earn money from it. A description that says "inspired by" your game is not permission.
Roblox also says you can report content that has been altered so it is not an exact copy, including by AI tools, as long as it still reproduces your protected expression. The more precisely you point to what was copied, the better Roblox says it can review the notice.
2. Why it happens there, and what that means for you
The best-known recent case is PEAK, the co-op climbing game from Aggro Crab and Landfall. In August 2025 a Roblox experience called CLIFF, which described itself as inspired by PEAK, drew attention for how closely it followed the original while selling in-game purchases. Aggro Crab posted that it would "rather you pirate our game" than play it. After players flooded the creator's profile, the creator announced it had "decided to shut down our game completely". The same report notes other PEAK-style experiences stayed up.
That case shows the pattern most developers meet. A paid game finds an audience, and a free copy appears on a platform where a large share of players may never buy a PC game. The copy earns through passes and upgrades. Removing one copy does not stop the next. And many developers assume the platform will not listen to them. In a 2024 Steam forum thread about Roblox copies of Lethal Company, players doubted Roblox would act for an indie developer at all. That doubt is understandable, but Roblox runs a copyright process open to any owner, and the rest of this page is about using it well.
3. Save it before you report it
An experience can be renamed, made private or deleted the day it gets attention. Save these first.
- The address. The full Roblox experience link, which contains its ID, or the Fortnite island code. Add links to every asset, avatar item or badge that copies yours.
- Who made it. The creator's username or the group that owns it, with links to their profiles.
- What it says. The title, description and any line that names your game. Screenshot it.
- What it sells. Passes, upgrades and their prices. A copy that earns money is easier to explain and matters more.
- How big it is. The visit count, favorites and current players on the day you found it.
- A recording. A few minutes of play that shows each copied element, beside the same moment in your game. A side-by-side image of each asset is the most useful single thing you can attach.
- Your own proof. Your store page, your release date, your source files or project history, and any registration certificate.
You do not need to open the experience's files to show copying. Playing it and recording what any player can see is usually enough.
4. Pick your Roblox route
Roblox has more than one door, and which one you can use depends on what you hold. All of these are described on Roblox's Intellectual Property Guidelines and its pages for rights holders, read on 17 October 2026.
| Route | Who can use it | What it needs |
|---|---|---|
| Copyright notice by email to copyright_agent@roblox.com | Any copyright owner or their agent. Under 13s need an adult to send it. | The six elements below. No registration. |
| Rights Manager in the Creator Hub | Rights holders over 18 who register with a valid ID and verified email | For enforcement only, a registered copyright or a registered trademark for the game. Roblox reviews your proof before you can file. |
| Trademark notice by email to trademark_agent@roblox.com | Trademark owners or their agents | The country of registration and the registration number |
| EU Digital Services Act notice by email to dsa-ip-reporting@roblox.com | Owners, licensees and agents where the Act applies | The right claimed, the countries where you claim it, and a registration number if the right is registered. Includes a six-month appeal. |
Rights Manager is the better tool once you qualify. A single request can list up to 250 links to the creations you are reporting, each request shows as pending, approved or rejected, and a rejected item can be filed again with more information. To register, Roblox accepts documents such as a copyright registration certificate, a trademark registration, an assignment of rights, or a notarized statement of authorship, and it says it usually asks for a copyright or trademark registration when it rejects a submission.
If you have no registration, the email route is the one open to you today, and it is a real route. Registering your game's copyright in the United States is covered here. It also matters for reasons beyond Roblox, including your options in court.
5. Write the notice
Roblox's guidelines list what a copyright notice must include. They follow 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):
- Your physical or electronic signature, as the owner or someone authorized to act for them.
- A description of your work. Name the game and link its store page.
- A description of the copying material and where it is, with the address.
- Your physical address and email address.
- A statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized by you, your agent or the law.
- A statement that the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act for the owner.
The description of the copying is where most notices are won or lost. This is our advice: do not write "this is a copy of my game." Write a list. "The climbing stamina meter art at 0:42 in the attached recording is the image from our game shown beside it. The item named X has the same name, icon and description text as our item X." A reviewer who can match each claim to a picture in a minute will act on it. A reviewer who has to play both games to understand the complaint may not.
Leave out the mechanics. Listing your movement system or your win condition next to your art weakens a notice, because those parts are not protected. If mechanics are all that match, the notice is the wrong tool.
A notice is a sworn statement. Roblox warns that a knowingly false notice can create liability under section 512(f), and that abuse of its process can lead to delays and lost access to its tools. If you are unsure whether something you are claiming is protected, that is a good moment to ask a lawyer.
6. What happens after you report
- Removal. If Roblox finds the notice valid, it says it will act quickly, remove the content and tell you. It may ask you for more information first.
- Your details. Roblox may share your name, and other details of the notice, with the creator so they understand why the content came down. It suggests sending notices through a lawyer or enforcement company if you are worried about privacy.
- A counter-notice. The creator can answer with a counter-notice. If Roblox finds it valid, it forwards it to you and says it generally restores the content within 14 business days unless you show you have filed a lawsuit to stop it. The page on counter-notices explains that window from the other side.
- Repeat copies. Roblox says it suspends or ends accounts that repeatedly or egregiously infringe, in appropriate circumstances. If the same creator or group returns, say so in the new notice and include the earlier reference.
- Abuse. If you think a counter-notice is abusive, Roblox asks you to reply to the message that told you about it.
Roblox's process covers content on Roblox. It says it generally cannot act on what happens elsewhere, so a copy's Discord server, its video channel or a page selling its items need their own reports.
7. Fortnite islands
Epic's process is similar in shape and different in the details that matter to a small developer. From Epic's guidance for island creators:
- Where to report. Epic points to its Reporting Infringement page. Only the owner of the copyright can file, and Epic warns it may end the account of anyone who files false notices.
- What is shared. You must give your full name, address, telephone number and email address, and Epic says your telephone number and email address will be shared with the creator. If that worries you, use a lawyer or agent, or a business phone line and email.
- What happens to the island. On a notice, the island is unpublished. If the creator does not send a counter-notice, they receive a copyright strike, and strikes can suspend their eligibility for engagement payouts and can end in a ban.
- Who answers for a team. The team owner is responsible for what the team publishes, even content another member imported.
- Players cannot report for you. Epic says no one can report an island for infringing someone else's rights. The report has to come from you or your agent.
The same line between copy and clone applies. Epic's guidance says the idea, the title and the methods of play are not protected, and only the specific expression is.
8. Public pressure, and talking to the creator
CLIFF came down after a public post and a wave of player anger, not after a notice. It is tempting to take that as the method. This is our advice: do not.
- The creator may be a child. Roblox's own rules account for users under 13 needing an adult to act for them. A crowd does not check ages.
- It does not last. The CLIFF creator told players their payments would come back in another game. A shutdown by choice leaves no record, and nothing stops the same work returning under a new name.
- It can turn on you. Roblox treats harassment as a safety matter, handled separately, and asks people to report harassment or threats straight away. You do not want your name on the other side of that.
A short, polite message to the creator is different, and sometimes works faster than any form. Roblox itself suggests the two sides may resolve a removal directly. Say what was copied, ask for it to be removed or replaced by a date, and keep a copy. If you would prefer a share of the earnings to a removal, Roblox's License Manager exists for that, but it requires exclusive worldwide rights and either a portfolio of five or more commercial works or an existing license with an established Roblox creator, and its communication rules forbid negotiating terms in platform messages. For most single-game developers, any deal would be made directly and is worth a lawyer's review.
9. Before the next one
None of this stops copies from being made. It makes the next report fast and the next reviewer certain. This is our advice.
- Register the copyright. On Roblox it opens Rights Manager for enforcement. Everywhere, it is strong proof and keeps U.S. remedies open. The registration guide covers how.
- Consider registering the name. A registered trademark lets you send trademark notices, which reach copies that took your name but redrew your art. The trademark page covers the cost and timing.
- Keep an evidence folder. Your proof of ownership, dated source files, your best side-by-side images and a list of every copy with its reference number.
- Search on a schedule. Once a month, search Roblox and Fortnite discovery for your title, your characters' names and your most distinctive items. Copies are easiest to remove before they grow.
- Tell players where the real game is. One line on your store page and site naming every official version, and saying you have no Roblox or Fortnite version if you do not. If you warn players about a copy, name it rather than link it.
- Set a time limit. The page on pirate sites has a way to decide how much time this deserves each week.
If the copier is outside your country, the notice route above still works, because the platform is the one acting. The page on copies abroad covers the rest. And if the copy reaches the stores as well, the takedown playbook and the phone-store page pick up from here.
Common questions
Someone copied my game on Roblox. Can I get it taken down?
If it copies your art, music, text, characters or levels, yes. Email a copyright notice to Roblox's copyright agent, or use Rights Manager if you have a registered copyright or trademark. If it only copies the idea and mechanics, a copyright notice is usually the wrong tool.
Do I need to register my copyright to report a Roblox game?
Not for the email route. Roblox's Rights Manager asks for a registered copyright or trademark if you use it for enforcement only.
The Roblox game says "inspired by" my game. Does that make it legal?
No. Roblox's guidelines say crediting the original creator does not prevent infringement. What matters is what was copied.
Will the creator see my name and address?
Roblox may share your name and parts of the notice with the creator. Epic says it shares your phone number and email address. A lawyer or enforcement company can file for you if that is a concern.
How long does a counter-notice keep it down?
Roblox says it generally restores content within 14 business days of a valid counter-notice unless you show you have filed a lawsuit.
Can my players report the copy for me?
Not as a copyright report. Epic says no one can report an island for infringing someone else's rights, and Roblox's notice must come from the owner or their agent.
The creator is making money from it. Can I get that money?
Not through a notice, which only removes content. Recovering money means a legal claim, and that is a question for a lawyer.
It came back under a different name. What now?
Report it again, name the earlier notice and the same creator or group, and keep every reference. Roblox says it acts on repeated infringement against accounts, not only content.
This page describes Roblox's Intellectual Property Guidelines, its Rights Manager page, its rights-holder registration page, its EU Digital Services Act reporting page and its licensing FAQ, as read on 17 October 2026, and Epic's Intellectual Property and DMCA Guidelines for Fortnite Island Creators (dated 22 March 2023), as read the same day. Epic's infringement page is linked as the place its guidance points to and was not read directly. The PEAK and CLIFF account, including both quotes, comes from Deltia's Gaming's report of 5 August 2025. The Lethal Company thread is cited for what players said in it, not for any outcome. The advice on writing the notice, on public pressure and on the next copy is our own and is marked as such. It is general information, not legal advice about your situation.