Blockchain games, also known as Crypto games, provide both gamers and developers with an innovative way to use Blockchain technology, Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFT’s) and Cryptocurrency to create and play engaging games. By leveraging a creative mix of NFT’s, smartcontracts, tokens and play to earn economics these games not only provide gamers with a good time, but also a rewarding way to generate income. Looking for a new game to play? Let’s have a look at the 10 best Crypto games of 2023.
10. Cryptopop
You know those games where you pop gems, bubbles, candies or similar color blocks by tapping the screen, and the more they are grouped together the more you will pop. Well, that’s this game, except now with the logos of famous cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Monero, and the possibility to earn Popcoin, the in-game’s crypto, and make some actual money.
9. Meme Kombat
You might have favorite memes, but are they the strongest? This game asks that very important question as it pits memes such as Pepe, Wojak and Doge in a fight against each other, that players can bet on. Our money is on Smug Pepe.
8. eTukTuk
Playing a game, earning money and doing something to help the environment and fight climate change? Is that even possible? With this project it is. Anyone who has ever been to a country like Thailand, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia or Sri Lanka will know these 3 wheeled vehicles all too well, but did you know that the auto-rickshaw, or Tuk-Tuk as it is better known, emits more CO2 than a regular car? The eTukTuk project, which has the support of powerful partners like Capital Maharaja Group and the Asian Token Fund, wants to do something about that, by replacing them with electric vehicles and building charging stations. Not only can you buy digital coins to support the project (and possibly your own wallet), but you can also play the game where you are a TukTuk driver on the streets of Sri Lanka, picking up customers and delivering them to their destination, before your competition can. Not only good for the environment but a really fun game as well.
7. Chimpzee’s Zero Tolerance Game
This initiative aims to generate funds that will be allocated to humanitarian and environmental causes. As of time of writing it has already planted over 20.000trees to save the rainforest and donated 15.000 dollars to animal conservation. In the game there is zero tolerance for poachers and the destruction of forests and there are ways to earn money, like achieving certain benchmarks or earning coins that can also be used to buy components and upgrade the player-character, all the while learning all kinds of interesting facts about mother nature.
6. Pikamoon
A play-to-earn role-playing game (RPG), set in a colorful world where you can build your special team of monsters to engage in Player v Player battles, online tournaments and complete quests, with a leaderboard where the top performers are rewarded with tokens from a liquidity pool. The in-game currency can be used to buy NFT avatars, boosts and treats.
5. Shrapnel
A first-person extraction shooter, developed by the BAFTA and Emmy award-winning game industry veterans at NEON. As an MEF (Mercenary Extraction Force) operator, you will experience a not-so-distant future where a mysterious substance known as Sigma has changed the balance of power. Your mission is to extract as much of it as possible and escape the area. If you die, you’re out, and you won’t be alone.
Officially this game will be fully released in 2024, but the early access in 2023 already shows that this is the triple AAA game to watch, possibly (and probably) ranking it up the list even higher next year.
4. Illuvium
A sci-fi adventure with seven unique alien landscapes where players can hunt and capture over a 100 different illuvials – dangerous NFT beasts, each with their own unique abilities. While completing quests, side-quests and tasks the players will not only collect illuvials, but also earn ILV tokens and farm items, thereby creating a varied marketplace to trade. The tokens can also be used to wager bets on matches in the PvP arena.
What gives Illuvium its edge over other similar games is that marketplace trades are gasless, greatly reducing barriers for entrance and making it much easier to get into for casual gamers.
3. Star Atlas
A grand strategy RPG full of space exploration, territorial conquest, political domination and a life of adventure amongst the stars wins the third place. As the player you travel the galaxy and build cities, in an AAA-quality interactive gaming experience. You can explore to find NFT items, and trade these on a market. You can form alliances with other players and even govern specific regions with the use of stronger and stronger NFT items that have a value similar to real-world assets.
2. Loaded Lions: Mane City
Winning silver is this very addictive and played by many city building simulator, where players can unleash their inner tycoon, putting their entrepreneurial skills to the test. Each NFT grants the player an additional plot of land to build their city upon and they can build businesses such as stores, gyms and movie theaters to generate passive income, which can be used to upgrade their properties even more, and when a maximum is achieved, the players can continue increasing the prestige of the businesses. Next to that the players can upgrade their own in-game mansion with furniture upgrades, which will level them up even higher.
There is also a competitive mode where players have limited time to build a city from scratch and the best players can win a share of the 100.000 dollar + prizepool.
1. Swords of Blood
A hack n’ slash RPG game that earns the first place with a captivating narrative and gameplay, where players take on various roles such as battle-mage or warrior in the fallen world of Ezura, and embark on quests with intricate storylines. It features a PvP mode where players can test their strongest builds and strategies against other players. What sets it apart from other games is that its main priority is clearly an enjoyable game, with monetization being a secondary concern.
