"How much should I charge?" is one of the most common questions Roblox creators ask on developer forums — and underpricing is far more common than overpricing among newer scripters, mostly because there's no clear benchmark to work from. It's also a genuinely real market: Roblox's own Developer Exchange program lets creators cash out earned Robux for real money, with a fixed official exchange rate once they hit the minimum payout threshold. As a rough starting point: $15-40/hour covers most mid-level Luau scripting work, and $50-120+/hour is realistic once you have shipped, working systems to point to — but the hourly number matters less than how you actually price a project.
Why hourly rates alone mislead you
A flat "$X/hour" figure hides the real variable that determines what you should charge: how much responsibility and risk you're actually taking on. A quick script fix carries very different risk than a persistent DataStore system that can lose player data if it's wrong, or an anti-exploit layer that gets tested by people actively trying to break it. Price the risk and the skill required, not just the hours — a senior systems engineer with shipped titles reasonably charges $50-120+/hour precisely because the cost of them getting it wrong is much higher than a simple script tweak — broadly in line with general freelance game developer rate data.
Fixed price vs. hourly — and why fixed often protects you more as a beginner
Hourly billing sounds safer when you're new, but on a first project with a buyer who doesn't yet trust you, it can work against you — buyers get nervous about open-ended hours, and you can end up under-quoting your actual time out of worry about the total climbing. A clearly scoped fixed price, based on a real written brief, protects both sides better and forces the scope conversation to happen upfront rather than mid-project.
Your first few projects are pricing differently than your tenth
It's genuinely reasonable to price your first 2-3 projects slightly below where you'll eventually land — not because your skill is worth less, but because you don't have reviews or a public track record yet, and those are worth more to your long-term pricing power than a slightly higher rate on project one. Once you have a completed project, a strong review, and something concrete to point to, you have real leverage to raise your rate — our guide on landing your first client goes deeper into building that first portfolio.
Know what buyers are actually budgeting before you quote
Buyers commissioning Roblox work generally have a rough sense of what different tiers of complexity cost before they ever talk to you — what buyers are actually budgeting for a Roblox game breaks down the same ranges from their side. Knowing this helps you avoid two common mistakes: underquoting a complex system because you assumed the buyer had a tiny budget, or scaring off a buyer with simple needs by pricing like you're building a live-service game.
A rough framework to start from
- Simple script fix or single-purpose script: low end of the range, often a fixed price rather than hourly
- Moderate scripting — shop systems, basic DataStores, UI logic: mid-range, scoped clearly upfront
- Complex systems — multiplayer sync, anti-exploit, persistent economy: top of the range, priced closer to a small project than a quick gig
These aren't rules — they're a starting point to adjust as you build a track record and get a feel for what your specific skill set commands.
Once you've settled on a starting rate, create your seller profile on Genoplace and start getting real quotes in front of buyers who already understand what Roblox scripting work is worth — Genoplace's Roblox / Dev hub puts you in front of people actively looking to hire, not just browsing.