Roblox Custom Countdown Script

Building a roblox custom countdown script is one of those fundamental tasks that every developer eventually runs into, whether they're making a round-based minigame, a "coming soon" teaser, or just a simple lobby timer. It's the kind of thing that seems easy on paper—just subtract one from a number every second, right?—but once you start thinking about server-client syncing, time formatting, and what happens when the clock actually hits zero, things get a little more interesting. ...

January 19, 2026 · 6 min · Noberto Parrish