Games in the metaverse allow players from all over the world not only to interact with each other in the virtual world but also to guarantee their own rights to own game assets using blockchain technologies (most often NFT).
The boom in the development of games in the meta-universe occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic and the post-quarantine period in which the world is living today. In fact, the metaverse allows people to interact with each other in real time in a parallel virtual world – to go to concerts, spend time together, explore territories, complete quests. That is, everything we do in real life.
People are attracted by the opportunity to customize their avatar to their liking, to communicate with colleagues and friends who are thousands of kilometers away, in a unique environment that can be similar to the real world or radically different from it.
Axie Infinity – this NFT game is among the tops. It is about fantastic creatures called Axies, which look like Pokémon but have a very real prototype from life – Axolotl larvae. Each creature has more than 500 body parts that can be customized. Players can fight them, breed them, collect them, and trade them. The game has its own token, Axie Infinity (AXS), which is traded on many exchanges. At the time of writing, its price is $7.7.
The Sandbox is probably the oldest game on this list. Its history dates back to 2012. In general, the game is similar to Minecraft, but built on the play-to-earn mechanics. Players can create their own NFTs, including avatars, virtual goods, and even games, using VoxEdit and Game Maker. They can monetize their creations on the Sandbox marketplace. The game’s token, SAND, is traded at just over 0.5 US dollars.
Decentraland is a game similar to the previous one but with slightly different mechanics. It is a network of 100 thousand land plots. The game is subject to the laws of the real estate market: there are both poor and elite areas. By purchasing several plots, you can build something. The game’s economy is based on the construction, lease, and resale of land plots, and there is also an opportunity to make money by opening a nightclub, casino, shopping center, or gallery on the land plot.
Decentraland uses two tokens: MANA and LAND. The first one is the main one for settlements within this meta-universe and is traded for a little more than $0.5. The second one is not traded on exchanges but is used as a non-fungible token that confirms land ownership.
Alien worlds is a strategy game where players explore space, improve their equipment and gear, mine rare resources on different planets, and fight each other. In the game, you can own land and lease it out, sell items, participate in missions, mine Trillium tokens, and earn money from all of this. Today, this token (TLM) is trading at $0.018.
The game attracts players with a developed DeFi and DAO system – character leveling is done with TLM, which is also used to vote for “governments” on game planets.
Illuvium is a 3D role-playing game that is currently in open beta testing. The player creates his character, chooses an assistant (drone) and finds Illuvial creatures to form a squad for battles. The game has three modes: story mode, historical mode (which allows players to travel the planet), and Leviathan Arena mode, where you can get rewards by winning battles.
The game’s token is ILV, which is used to level up your character or squad and allows you to bet on other players’ battles. Its value is more than 50 USD. Out of the entire list, this game is the most similar to a full-fledged computer or console game with an open world system. It is certainly not Assassin’s Creed, but Illuvium combines good 3D graphics and has many advantages of the metaverse: blockchain protection, a decentralized exchange platform, NFT, and staking.