Play to earn crypto and NFTs (My experience)
2021 will be the year of Blockchain games in which you get to earn money while you play. There are so many newly released and upcoming games and some still in alpha are already breaking records. Here are some with which I have experience. I am also planning to post a monthly earnings income once I make a full month in all and post a list of upcoming play-to-earn games I will definitely check out.
Games I am currently playing:
Axie Infinity ($$$) - The number 1 blockchain game and it is still in alpha. It is the game in which you can earn the most money on a daily basis. The trading volume in their marketplace is $3,000,000 a day (it’s insane) and more than a thousand axis are being sold every hour. In the game, you can play Adventure (PVE) and Arena (PVP). You also have energy that replenishes over time and can use it in Adventure to level up your Axies or in Arena to earn SLP on every win. You also earn SLP by winning in Adventure (it doesn’t require energy to earn SLP there!) and on certain levels you get 200 and 300 for completion. At first, you will be getting 1 or 2 energy and it will gradually increase to 10-20 per win. There is also a daily limit for how much you can earn in the arena and it is 100 SLP. I reached it on the first day with a bit of a grind but now it takes me under an hour to hit it (I have been playing for a bit over a week). You also get a daily quest that gives you 50 SLP but you will need 5 arena wins for it. In the arena, you can also play without energy and it will count towards the quest but you won’t be earning SLP on a win. I am currently earning 8 SLP for each win but it can go up to 12 in higher ranks. According to calculations with a 75% win rate in Arena, a top player could earn up to 690 SLP (currently $98) daily and the theoretical limit for a top player daily SLP earnings is 1,590 SLP ($224) but it will require 100% win rate and spending all energy in the arena. I as an average player with a good team am earning my 150 SLP from Adventure and the daily quest and winning some Arena. Today I earned 262 SLP ($37) and I am quite happy with it. SLP was trading for a lot higher at $0.41 and if it rises again the daily gains will increase too. Of course, it is not that easy… Here is the unpleasant part. To even start playing you need 3 Axies (NFTs) and each of them costs anywhere between $100 and $300 for good ones. My budget was $500 and I was lucky to secure a decent team to get me above average win rate in the Arena. You can also breed Axies and sell them. I strongly advise anyone who wants to try it to do research and ask in their discord for suggestions. It can be played on PC and mobile but I think the iOS beta version is currently full. This is getting too long but there are also scholarships that don’t require an initial investment. More on that in their discord.
Discord server: https://discord.gg/axie
Splinterlands ($) - It is a cards game in which you set your strategy before the game and then it plays out. It is pretty fun and you earn money playing it in the form of DEC tokens which you can withdraw afterward for USD. You earn DEC on each win and it increases as you rank higher. You also get daily quests which have a 33% chance to give you a card, 1% chance for a pack of cards, 33% chance for a potion and 33% for DEC (Once got 900 DEC from it so not complaining about the DEC but usually it is just about 10). You can also earn from $2- $30 at season end if you are in the top 20 in Bronze. It gets higher with the leagues Silver, Gold, Diamond and Champions which gives the top player 200,000 DEC ($190). You can also participate in tournaments and get cool stuff there too. I personally have earned almost $30 so far and it is mainly from DEC, I just haven’t been lucky to pull a really rare card. This game also requires an initial investment of $10 which unlocks the quests and DEC earnings. You can try it for free though. It can be played in the browser and on mobile (Android and iOS). The cool thing is that you own all the cards and if you quit you can sell them. If you join in with a referral you get 1 free card.
Referral link: https://splinterlands.com?ref=weakbot
Non-referral link: https://splinterlands.com
Astral Entities (FREE) - This is a project for a few games soon to be released. They are planning first to release a cards game, then a tower defense, RPG and a few more afterward. They are giving away NFTs for certain contests like Lord of the Rings riddles, invite contests and others. There have been some rare ones and I managed to secure an Elite Discordian which is one of 50 only. It is pretty cool and if you want to be early you should check it out. Many more contests to come. If you get an NFT you can use it in all of their games or sell it in the Atomic Market. Some Redditors already got 2 from my previous post.
Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/h9k8Fvh25S
Coin Hunt World (FREE)- This is a game I can’t wait to get a global release. It is currently available on Android and iOS in the US and Canada. I have friends playing in the US and it looks so promising so far. It is similar to Pokemon go but instead of Pokemons, you earn crypto by walking around. There are keys and vaults and if you match their color you are presented with a quiz question. If you answer it correctly you get crypto. The most common vaults give about $0.10 the next ones give $1 then $10, $100 and the last purple one gives $1000. There is that one guy in the discord who went to Hawaii with his wife to get that purple $1000 vault. There are also a lot of other cool stuff like buddy quests, cranes and so on. Sadly I am from the UK and am getting a quiz a day (it is only available for iOS users outside of the US and Canada). It is just a test version through Test Flight but am still earning $0.10 a day for one question, I am pretty sure once I got a whole dollar tho. The even worse thing is that I can’t even check how much I have earned or withdraw them until they release it globally. People in the US and Canada can withdraw their earnings tho, don’t get me wrong. Overall it is an extremely cool game that doesn’t require any initial investment. It is mobile-only.
Games I have tried but not playing currently:
Townstar (FREE) - From the creator of FarmVille, it is a farming simulator but with a twist. You start over each week and compete with others. You get to place your town somewhere on the world map and run your farm for a week. You get points by selling good to towns nearby and their prices and points change every contest. The prizes there are huge, especially last month. The total prize pool was $1m and first place got $10,000 and gradually decreasing to 401-499th place getting $75 and again 500th lucky guy got $10,000. It is completely free so if you think you are a good farmer give it a shot. Can be played on PC and mobile.
Nano Royale (FREE) – This is the play-to-earn game I started with. It is a really cool game in which you control a blob and kill other blobs, simple as that. If you win you get some Nano. The cool thing is that there is no threshold and you can withdraw at any time and amount directly to your nano wallet with 1 click. You should start with the faucet game cuz it is free. When you win you get on average 0.0001 Nano. When you collect 0.002 you can stake it and earn a lot more. They are introducing tournaments now and other cool stuff. I however think they are now in the process of changing it to their own crypto so prices should increase. Make sure to give it a try. I earned $10 there and used them to start Splinterlands. It is played on PC in the browser.
Wallem (FREE) - Similar to Coin Hunt World but instead of crypto you earn tokens which you then redeem for physical items or vouchers. I got 2 Armani watches and 2 Armani sunglasses from it so I am pretty happy with it. However, it got struck by some regulations because of covid and all events were postponed. They started again last month but it just feels different. They have their crypto Pteria and you collect it in the game but you cannot withdraw it. Instead, you use it to join events. It is mobile-only
Wenano (FREE) – It is not like a regular game but more like an app in which you have to get close to specific locations in the real world and get free Nano from it. That’s basically it. Free nano around you distributed by other people. Here in the UK, there are some places giving 5 Nano and I am pretty happy with it. It really depends on where you live though. It is mobile only.
Notable games I have tried but don’t know much about or have only researched:
Lightnite ($) – The name says it all, it is similar to Fortnite but when I tried it I was killing some covid parasites and earned just a bit of BTC that I never really withdrew. Maybe it just wasn’t my type. I will definitely check it again when they update it though. There are some people earning a good amount there so you can check it out. It is still in BETA and it costs $20
Vulcan Forged – It was suggested in my previous post and I quite like the idea so far. Will definitely dig deeper and let you know my experience if I get on it.
Gods unchained (FREE) – You can only earn NFTs there and sell them. Some people are earning quite a lot there and it seems like a really cool game but I prefer ones in which you earn crypto too as earning just NFTs means that you have to be waiting for someone to buy them from you.
Lost relics (FREE) – Same as Gods unchained. You can only earn NFTs. Really fun game though.
Farsite (FREE) – You can earn crypto there but I still haven’t looked really into it. It is on my to-do list If you have let me know what you think about it.