The Top 10 BNB Chain Games
The popular cryptocurrency world external to Bitcoin was initially created in opposition to the centralization of gaming assets.
I don’t think it’s necessarily about players owning their gaming assets; they want control over what they pay for — or inversely, they don’t want someone else to have control and power over their property. There are also clear examples of players not even caring to own any assets for a game to grow and thrive.
As is often the case, the value of a construct isn’t apparent until facing a challenge. It’s then you realize the obstructions of whatever the current system happens to be.
Regardless, most gaming projects in the space are excuses to have tokens to pump and dump on their user base. As is the case with most projects in the space. Is there real value and utility to blockchain gaming? Yeah, in some ways. But that’s for another article.
In 2023 GameFi — blockchain and smart contract-powered gaming — is an ever-growing and vital subset of the Cryptocurrency ecosystem.
In exploring building my project Dendrite Games on BNB Chain, I took a quick tour of some of the top games on the protocol.
Here are the top 10 BNB Chain blockchain games by popularity. This will be a quick overview of their gameplay and revenue design — in ascending order.
1. GAMETA
Launch Date
2022
Gameplay Type
Multiple casual games with some variety. Apparent focus on simple 3D games with one core task.
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace and token $GDO
Gameplay Model
Buy a Hippo NFT with $GDO included in the cost to play games. Use $GDO to sustain the Hippo for continued gameplay and $GDO earnings.
2. Era7
Launch Date
2022
Gameplay Type
NFT card game
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace and token $ERA. E-sports initiative.
Gameplay Model
Buy cards and build decks to battle opponents. Earn dividends from participating in the ecosystem.
3. Tiny World GameFi
Launch Date
2022
Gameplay Type
Multiple games focused on card auto-battlers and resource games like farming.
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace for runes and $TINC token.
Gameplay Model
Buy runes to summon NFTs. Use $TINC in-game for purchasing and as a gameplay resource.
4. X-World Games
Launch Date
2018
Gameplay Type
Multiple games focused on NFT card battling
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace for runes and $XWG token.
Gameplay Model
Buy NFT cards for battle from marketplace. $XWG is the governance token.
5. MOBOX
Launch Date
2021
Gameplay Type
Sidechain and multi-game network with NFTs and cross-game rewards.
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace for native and user-created content. $MBOX token.
Gameplay Model
Users can play games and product games and NFTs for the network. Network-wide tournaments, leaderboards and prizes.
6. WAM
Launch Date
2021
Gameplay Type
Multiple game network and user producing gaming with NFTs.
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace and $WAM token.
Gameplay Model
Play and launch games across the network with tournaments included. $WAM used across the network and marketplace.
7. Top Goal
Launch Date
2022
Gameplay Type
NFT card soccer manager game / battler
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace and $TOPGOAL token.
Gameplay Model
Buy NFTs of players and participate in matches and tournaments.
8. SecondLive
Launch Date
2022
Gameplay Type
Metaverse feel gaming network with avatars. Multiple battler and adventure games.
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace and $BEAN token.
Gameplay Model
Buy NFTs, battle and adventure and win tokens. Create avatars and spaces for your in-game network metaverse.
9. BinaryX
Launch Date
2021
Gameplay Type
Multiple battler and resources games with an NFT hero.
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace and $BNX token.
Gameplay Model
Users buy an NFT hero and play native games across the network.
10. Tap Fantasy
Launch Date
2022
Gameplay Type
NFT social avatar resource game and battler. Network for 3rd party games.
Revenue Focus
NFT marketplace and $TAP token.
Gameplay Model
Buy NFT avatars, skins and land. Players battle and collect rent on land.
What are the common themes? NFT marketplaces and a token. Card game battlers. Do we just keep re-inventing the same game and yell at the marketplace that blockchain gaming is not only necessary but advantageous in some meaningful way?
I think all builders deserve a ton of credit. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to generate something from nothing. The popularity and appeal these projects have achieved is impressive.
It’s difficult to capture the true utility of what distributed systems, opaqueness and relatively unobstructed digital ownership bring to the marketplace.
These games are great steps in the right direction.
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