Do I need to pay to try Egg Hunt 2026?

No. The introduction and Chapter 1 are free from launch on July 29, and Chapter 2 goes free on August 5. The full game with all chapters is a $30 purchase.

Can I play Egg Hunt 2026 with friends?

Yes — it is built as both a single-player and multiplayer 3D platforming adventure, so you can hunt eggs solo or together.

Where do I find the game on launch day?

Through the official links on studiokoikoi.com/egghunt2026 or by searching the game's name on Roblox. Use official links to avoid fake lookalike experiences, which appear around every big Roblox launch.

How to Play Egg Hunt 2026 on Roblox: Free Access & Platforms

To play Egg Hunt 2026: The Grand Eggspress, you need a free Roblox account and the Roblox app — the game itself launches July 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET, with the introduction and Chapter 1 playable for free and the full game available as a $30 purchase. A playable demo is already linked from the official site.

Step 1: Get Roblox (any major platform works)

The game runs inside Roblox, which is free on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Xbox and PlayStation (allthings.how tracker lists all of these as supported targets). If you already play Roblox, there is nothing extra to install.

Step 2: Find the real game

Official hub: studiokoikoi.com/egghunt2026 — it links directly to the Roblox experience (“Play Demo” and “Buy on Roblox”).
Or search the full game name on Roblox once it is live on July 29 at 3:00 PM ET (exact time in your timezone).
Big Roblox launches attract copycat experiences with near-identical names. If an experience is not linked from Studio Koi Koi’s official site or accounts, don’t buy anything in it.

Step 3: Choose free or full access

Option	What you get	Cost
Free	Introduction + Chapter 1 at launch; Chapter 2 free from Aug 5	$0
Full game	All story chapters + full egg hunt	$30

Source: Studio Koi Koi release press release. If you bought through Kickstarter or the presale, your purchase is delivered as a game-access code — see the codes page for what that is (and isn’t).

What Egg Hunt 2026 gameplay is like

It’s a story-driven 3D platformer: you travel between worlds aboard the Grand Eggspress train, clear platforming challenges chapter by chapter, and collect the uniquely themed eggs hidden across each world — over 100 are planned, each designed by a UGC creator (official game page). It supports both solo play and multiplayer, so you can hunt with friends. The story spans 6 chapters, each set in its own world — here’s the full worlds list.

Specific mechanics — movement abilities, egg-tracking UI, checkpoints, difficulty options — are not yet confirmed publicly; we’ll document them from in-game testing at launch. The launch build also ships post-completion content: a challenge map and a boss fight were announced in the release press release.

What the public badge list already reveals about gameplay

The game registered 159 public Roblox badges before launch — 115 of them eggs — and the non-egg badge names and descriptions sketch out the systems you’ll be playing with. All of this comes from public badge data and gets verified in-game at launch:

Century Shards drive the story. Each world has an “obtained a Century Shard” badge — Comet Point through Sunnyside — matching the announced plot of chasing Century Egg fragments, and a badge for the restored Century Egg itself exists.
Tools unlock as you progress. Badges name a Sledge Hammer, Climbing Picks, a Spectral Lantern, Ancient Bellows, and a Mecha Drill — one flagship tool per world, which suggests egg routes that open up as your kit grows.
Each world hides a collectible set. Badge descriptions name Crystal Mushrooms (Florentine Forest), Crystal Carrots (Songhua Station), Crystal Bones (Crêpey Castle), Crystal Corals (Meringue Oasis), Crystal Leaves (Sunnyside City), and Crystal Basalts (Pavlava Ruins) — a “find them all” hunt layered on top of the eggs.
Timed minigames and races. Badges reward beating an Ice Sliding minigame, a Water Wheel balance challenge, a Volleyball combo, Treasure Digging, Hole in the Wall — and repeat races against a character named Nitro Jen across three worlds.
A coin economy exists. Badges for collecting 250, 1,000, and 5,000 coins confirm a pickup currency; what coins buy is not yet confirmed.
Completion chasers are catered for. Badges exist for 100% completion (“every golden egg and special egg”) and for finishing the story within a time limit — so speedrunners and completionists both have official targets.

Smart first-day plan

Convert the launch hour to your timezone — in Asia it lands in the early morning of July 30.
Try the free intro + Chapter 1 before deciding on the $30 purchase.
Expect launch-hour server load; the event runs a full month to August 29, so nothing is missable on day one (based on the announced schedule — any limited-time drops inside the event are not yet confirmed).
Keep our egg database open — per-egg guides start rolling in once eggs are found and verified.

Changelog

July 29, 2026 — Added the badge-data section: tools, collectible sets, minigames, coins, and completion badges revealed by the game’s public Roblox badge list (pending in-game verification).
July 28, 2026 — Initial pre-launch version. Gameplay described only as far as officially announced; hands-on details to be added after launch.