Don't Wake the Brainrots!

Don't Wake the Brainrots! is a stealth-survival tycoon on Roblox developed by Slime Vine Studios (verified), launched in August 2025. The game taps directly into the Italian Brainrot meme wave of 2025, riffing on the classic party game "Don't Wake Daddy" with a surreal meme-creature makeover. With 411.5 million visits and 8.34 million favorites - one of the highest favorite counts for any Italian Brainrot game on Roblox - it stands as the flagship title in this genre.

The core gameplay has players sneaking through environments to steal sleeping Brainrot characters before they wake:

• ⚔️ Sneak and steal - approach sleeping Brainrots quietly and collect them without triggering their wake state
• ⏳ Chase and escape - when a Brainrot wakes, it chases you and you must run to safety before losing your collected characters
• 💰 Tycoon progression - collected Brainrots serve as currency or income generators, building out a persistent upgrade and unlock layer
• 🎭 5-player servers - intimate sessions where each player runs their own stealth challenge with minimal inter-player interference

The 8.34 million favorites against 411.5 million visits (roughly 2%) reflects a loyal residual audience that formed around the game during the Italian Brainrot meme peak in late 2025. Current concurrent players are lower than the peak period, but Slime Vine Studios continues active maintenance with a last Roblox update in April 2026.

For a Halloween-themed variant of the same gameplay loop, Don't Wake the Spooky Brainrots offers a pumpkin-and-ghost aesthetic take on the genre.