Despite the huge excitement over The Hatch 2025 Egg Hunt, there are many developers backing out of the event just weeks before it's due to start. If you're wondering why, there are multiple reasons, but some are definitely worse than others.
To be able to explain everything, we first have to talk about the whole setup for The Hatch event. As confirmed by Roblox, this newest Egg Hunt iteration is also going to be the biggest one yet. From what is known, 1000 developers are supposed to be involved in this event. This seemed a great number initially (the more the merrier), but playing through such a large number of games in just ten days seems a bit impossible.
While it seems impossible for us, it doesn't seem any better on the side of the developers. According to @LightningSplash, one of the Devs behind the iconic horror game DOORS, one of the biggest problems is that the developers only got contacted about participation after the event was announced.
That's barely enough time to develop an event properly, and, as mentioned in the tweet, with so many developers included, no one can ask for help from Roblox. This is one of the many reasons why games like Doors, 3008, Pressure, Piggy, Untitled Tag Game, and many more are backing out of the 2025 Egg Hunt.
Another thing is, you'd think participating in an event like this would be amazing for games with a lower player count. However, the way the event is organized, people will only be spending a few minutes near your spawn point or in your lobby looking for a randomized egg and then leaving. That means they won't even have time to check out your game, as there will be 999 more eggs to look for in a short time span.
Now, the way the event is organized is a big reason why games are backing out of the Hatch, but there's an even bigger reason. When choosing the 1000 developers to join the event, whether it was manual or automated, Roblox invited a creator infamous for making child inappropriate games. His rooms disguised as innocent acts lead to explicit content which children should absolutely not be a part of. He was banned and unbanned multiple times from the platform, yet his games still remain up.
We have information that he was removed from the event, but no further action to permanently remove him from the platform has been made. This has lead many game owners and developers to retract their participation and join the #BoycottTheHatch movement in an effort to make Roblox improve the safety of the platform, especially considering how much it's geared towards children.
An Egg Hunt is not more important than the safety of minors on the platform. While Roblox has yet to do anything official apart from remove the creator from the event, we also have news that Fifteam (the team behind The Great Yolktales) is going to making a Yolktales sequel. The wait may be long, since the event is going to go live around Easter 2026, but it is definitely something to look forward to, whether Roblox officially supports them or not.
You can also check out the games that have participated in the recent Mega Hunt event which was highly successful and set up a standard to how official events should be led.
Hristina is the Assigning Editor for Pro Game Guides. She has a Master's degree in English Language, Literature and Culture from the University of Belgrade. She's used her love of English to write blogs, anime quizzes, books as well as work as a Content Editor before starting at PGG as a Staff Writer. She lives for the horror genre and you'll often find her playing Dead by Daylight, Lethal Company, and Phasmophobia. Hristina's comfort games are Outlast, Last of Us, and Until Dawn, which she has played or watched other people play more than 10 times each.