The gaming industry is now at the peak of popularity, a tremendous increase in players began simultaneously with the onset of the pandemic, however, most of the games are partially or fully paid only for the use of content.
The concept of Play-To-Earn games among the huge variety of games is attractive because it allows its users to earn money. To this end, blockchain and NFT technologies are used in the development of the games.
Play-To-Earn emerged as an alternative to the Play-To Win scheme.
The main difference is that the player becomes the real owner of what he created in the virtual world. This happens thanks to the blockchain technology. In Play-To-Earn the player earns tokens for his efforts and time.Everything that is created in the game turns into tokens or NFT, which can then be converted into real money.
Features of Play-To-Earn
The player can own characters, unique items, voting rights (if he owns control tokens) and part of the investment.
Assets can be sold on the exchange.
It is possible to combine real business with business in the game, for example the owners of the store of cell phones, computers, clothes and other things can create a virtual version in the metaverse and promote their brand there.
In these games you can participate not only gamers, you can buy real estate or do steaking – keep the money on deposit.
In some models of games, users can control the process of the game. Basically these games are decentralized and open source (DAO).
Features of Play-To-Win
Owner is the developer, players have no ownership rights.
The user has no right to dispose of the assets.
All for gamers, the rest have nothing to do here.
Buying in the game does not bring profit in real life.
Before you start playing, carefully select the project by these criteria:
- Developer
- Blockchain platform
- Supported wallets
- Game rating
- Number of users
- Capitalization, the value of the tokens.
- Star Atlas
Website: staratlas.com
Release Date: 2022
Blockchain: Solana
Tokens: Atlas, Polis, NFT
A strategy game dedicated to the exploration of space, the conquest of territories in space and political domination. Here and the NFT objects and spaceships, construction of stations, participation in hostilities, search and accumulation of resources. Three races: the human, alien androids are fighting each other for dominance in the world of the future in 2620.
The game is supported by the FTX exchange. Star Atlas is built on the latest Unreal Engine 5, also supported by the Serum project and others.
The main and rather difficult activity is space exploration and attempts to survive in unpredictable space, competing with opponents. If the player will work out his strategy for victory, will find resources, and builders will create from them new technologies, the player enters a new level. With each new level you can strengthen your ships, strengthen the ability to extract resources, etc. Resources can be sold for ATLAS or for in-game currency Star Atlas.
Market Cap $19,520,896
2. Wink
Website : wink.org
Release Date: 2019
Blockchain: TRON
Token: WIN
It is not just a game, but a decentralized platform that brings together participants from all over the world. It runs on the Tron blockchain and offers its users different games: sportsbooks, slot machines, live games.
Here players can communicate and make bets in several blockchain ecosystems.
The platform has its own digital asset WIN, which is based on TRON cryptocurrency. This is the first decentralized TRON-based application to be launched on Binance blockchain.
At the moment Wink has several online gambling games such as slots, poker and craps. Wink is also actively involved in charity through the Binance poker tournament.
Wink is in its early stages of development and while the platform offers some Play-To-Earn gaming options, the size of the Tron blockchain ecosystem is small when compared to networks like Ethereum or BNB Smart Chain.
Wink plans to increase its offerings to players each month by updating its games. At the moment Wink is focused on the user interface (UI) of its wallet and airdrop development.
Wink is the largest decentralized app in the world in terms of user base and transaction volume.
It should be remembered that all online gambling and lotteries carry a certain financial risk and can be addictive, so it is necessary to approach such games with great responsibility.
Market Cap $119,233,220
3. Axie infinity
Website: axieinfinity.com
Release Date: 2018
Blockchain: Ethereum
Token: Smooth Love Portion (SLP), Axis Infinity Shard (AXS) and NFT
Axie infinity is an ecosystem built around an online game, very popular in gamer communities, making a lot of noise in its time. Many users have been able to make good money from it.
Gameplay takes place in a virtual environment populated by creatures Axie. Players need to cross them, creating new and unique characters. The rarer the unique character the user manages to create, the more he can earn by selling it. Also, users can earn by participating in battles with virtual creatures.
In the meta universe of the project, there are territories that belong to the players. These areas are used for resource extraction and gameplay, and they can also be rented or sold.
The project was based on Ethereum. A full ecosystem was deployed on the Ronin sidechain.
ERC-20 tokens are Axie Infinity Shards (AXS) and Smooth Love Potion (SLP) and Ronin Coin (RON).
The platform allows you to add AXS to Staking. The exchange of ERC-20 tokens in the Ronin network takes place with DEX Katana / The exchange allows you to interact with AXS, SLP,USDC and WETH, as well as invest in liquidity pools .
A cross chain bridge is used to move assets between Ronin and Ethereum.
Currently, the game has 600,000 active users per month. Partners of the project are Binance, Ubisoft, Samsung.
Market Cap $1,267,010,835
4. Illuvium
Website: illuvium.io
Release Date: 2022
Blockchain: Ethereum
Tokens: ILV, sILV , NFT
Illuvium is an open world role-playing game where players travel the universe, catching fantasy creatures of illuviums, pumping their characters and making quests.
The main task is the players pumping their illuvials and participation in PvP-battles on the system Preset Buttle. Illuviales are divided into 5 generals and 5 classes and are represented as NFT in the game. The player develops his character and then can sell him.
You can get ILV tokens for completing quests or selling items on the internal exchange.
Players are also rewarded for harvesting land, but they have a time limit of 1 year, during which they are blocked. To bypass the blocking, they have to be withdrawn with sILV tokens.
There is an Immutable X option with which you can issue your own NFTs and sell them with a zero gas fee.
The platform has an internal decentralized exchange, IlluviDEX. All NFT assets are traded on Binance and other exchanges.
Market Cap $84.47M
5. Blankos Block Party
Website: blankos.com
Release Date: 2020
Tokens: Blanko Bucks
Blankos Block Party game is an analogue of Roblox, but the design is more pumped. The basis of the game are parties, to get an invitation to perform various tasks.
For the received tokens Blanko Bucks can buy items NFT and trade them then on the internal stock exchange Mythical Marketplace. The game design is great, Blanko created by the best contemporary artists and designers. You can create your own levels in the game. Gather your squad and play user-created mini-games called Block Parties. Or complete quests in The Junction and unlock unique accessories to decorate your Blankos.
The large investment in the game also attracts a large number of users. The game will use the Eos.io token for its blockchain.
The Play To Earn format is exciting and promises many opportunities for users, it can be used for investments, entertainment and earning. However, one should not forget that it is a game, and allow time for it, keeping in mind that real life is also hungry for achievements.
Market Cap $17,362,723,179.581
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