Top 4 Play-To-Earn Games to Watch In 2022

It is safe to assume 2022 will be a tremendous year for play-to-earn blockchain gaming. Players want to explore AAA titles and make money while doing so. Several games are currently in development, and they all bring something new to the table.

Play-to-earn Gaming Is Booming

Whereas play-to-earn gaming was a relatively foreign concept a year or two ago, it is the talk of the town today. Dozens of projects compete for traction in this vertical to help empower video game enthusiasts worldwide. Players can tap into new gaming environments and earn rewards from progressing through the game modes or defeating other players. In addition, all in-game assets exist as non-fungible tokens, enabling true ownership and convertibility to real money.

The market capitalization of play-to-earn gaming has risen significantly. The in-game assets and tokens represent a market cap of over $28 billion today. That does not mean the projects or companies are valued at that amount, although numerous projects have secured millions of dollars in funding to turn their vision into real-world products and services.

Top play-to-earn titles include Decentraland, Axie Infinity, The Sandbox, My Neighbor Alice, MOBOX, etc. All titles aim to establish their iteration of the Metaverse, a virtual world where players can game, engage in social activities, unlock revenue, and more. It is a strong start to a relatively novel industry, even though there is much room for future growth.

An industry as innovative as play-to-earn gaming is about much more than established titles. New games and experiences are in development and will come to market over the coming months and years. Therefore, keeping tabs on up-and-coming ventures is essential, as the future of gaming is constantly evolving.

Plutonians

Developing an MMORPG for the play-to-earn industry can attract a large audience. Plutonians will bring its MMORPG to the Metaverse, featuring strategy RPG, multiplayer PvE, and social alternative reality elements. The game is Web3 enabled and built on Solana, enabling players to own, swap, and trade in-game items without friction. More importantly, there is a wide variety of content for players to explore, with more to be unlocked over time.

Accessing that extra content is possible by acquiring the free expansion packs by burning in-game tokens. Additionally, players can leverage the various editors to create new assets, worlds, and stories. They can then sell that new content to others or make it freely accessible. The user-generated content plays a key role in establishing the Plutonians Expanded Universe.

Furthermore, Plutonians introduces a token burn for players to move their spaceship. Burning more fuel tokens will help players unlock bigger ships and transport missions with better rewards. Establishing a sustainable in-game economy is crucial for play-to-earn games to succeed.

WonderHero

The WonderHero Metaverse encompasses a role-playing game focusing primarily on building communities through guilds. Establishing in-game guilds ensures players can help one another and engage on adventures together, unlocking further progression and better rewards. WonderHero aims to become the go-to play-to-earn game in blockchain gaming and launched with ten guilds initially.

Such outspoken guild-based support has put WonderHero at the forefront of guild-based play-to-earn gaming. Today, the game spans roughly 50 guilds, confirming solid player growth and retention. Every guild can help scholars explore the game by renting out their in-game assets and sharing the rewards. Some of the world's top P2E blockchain gaming guilds have established a presence in WonderHero, including YGGSEA and PGG.

Other notable successes for WonderHero to date include:

• raising over $2 million in funding
• surpassing $4 million in staking volume
• selling 2,400 NFTs valued at 120,000 USDT
• selling 5,000 NFT boxes on Binance NFT, selling out within 30 seconds.

The game has enabled players to earn an average of over $1,200 within the first three weeks, providing a strong incentive to explore this mobile play-to-earn game.

MOBLAND

Combining the mafia metaverse and Web3 gaming creates new opportunities. MOBLAND is play-and-earn oriented, enabling players to recruit their crew, expand their empire, and clean up competing syndicates. Formerly known as Syn City, MobLand has the support of Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, Goat Capital, A&T Capital, Hack VC Animoca Brands, and Spartan Group. The project initially raised $8 million in funding.

The developers will establish their "Mafia Metaverse" with decentralized finance staking opportunities and a native NFT marketplace. Game governance occurs through a Mafia-as-a-DAO solution, incentivizing players to form "syndicates" to compete with other groups and engage in tournaments for rewards.

MOBLAND recently landed a partnership with the Bybit exchange. Users can own a Bybit headquarter building, and the native SYNR token now trades on the exchange. The interest by Bitbit confirms interest in the Metaverse is growing and the mafia theme has a certain appeal.

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Alfyn

The combination of free-to-play and play-to-earn mechanics can make blockchain games more accessible and appealing to the mainstream. Alfyn embraces both methods without compromising the sustainable game economy. Moreover, the game uses mobile geolocation to enable gameplay, a concept made popular through games like Pokemon GO.

More importantly, Alfyn goes beyond traditional “siloed” gaming and bridges the gap to the real world. Players can have fun and earn rewards through quality moments with their friends and family. Moreover, the platform supports B2B merchants looking to advertise in the game world. In addition, the game offers monetization through content, services, and campaigns.

The Alfyn team aims to enable real-world utility for its FYN token. This step negates the need to convert into fiat currency. All users paying in FYN will unlock special privileges and benefits.