Steal A Brainrot creator sues Fortnite dev who created Stealing Brainrots
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Key points
- Spyder Games, the developer of Roblox’’s Steal A Brainrot, is suing the developer of the Fortnite game Stealing Brainrots.
- Spyder Games is being represented by attorney Adam Starr, who claims Stealing Brainrots infringes intellectual property.
- The goal is to take down the allegedly infringing Fortnite game.
Roblox’s Steal A Brainrot developer, Spyder Games, took legal action against the developer of Fortnite’s Stealing Brainrots, alleging that the Fortnite game copies Steal A Brainrot gameplay design and thereby infringes on its intellectual property. Adam Starr is representing Spyder Games in the lawsuit. Spyder Games wants to take the game down and receive damages and profits related to the infringed content.
“We always prefer to resolve these matters cooperatively, but when necessary we will take appropriate legal steps to safeguard our IP,” Starr told the media outlet Aftermath.
As of writing, Steal A Brainrot is consistently within the top three games on Roblox, having surpassed 24 million concurrent players at its peak. The game set a record for the highest concurrent player count on a Roblox game ever, followed by Grow a Garden, which amassed 22,347,726 concurrent players.
The massively popular Roblox game Steal A Brainrot, which was initially launched in May 2025, is a simulator tycoon experience now embroiled in a copyright lawsuit. The game centers on players purchasing, defending, and stealing unique, meme-inspired characters called brainrots.
Gameplay begins with players receiving 100 cash, which they must use to start their operation. The core mechanic involves obtaining brainrots either by purchasing them from a red conveyor belt or by successfully raiding another user’s unsecured base.
Leaving a brainrot in one’s base generates a steady stream of cash, which is then reinvested in defensive upgrades and purchasing more characters. Steal A Brainrot is available on all platforms where Roblox is available — that includes the Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and 5, Windows PCs and macOS, Android and iOS smartphones, Meta Quest VR, and other VR headsets.
