A comprehensive guide on Play-to-earn Games 

Amongst various different trends that have made a significant impact or buzz around NFT Space, play-to-earn games are the ones that have made this domain popular. It is fair to say that they have played a pivotal role in luring interest from the gaming community, companies, creators, and collectors. This is mainly because of the concept of earning rewards by just playing games.

In many countries, the play-to-earn concept is already booming and gamers are earning money by just playing video games. So, what exactly are play-to-earn games? and how rewarding is it? Let’s find out!

What are Play-to-earn games?

In simple words, play-to-earn (P2E) games are typical video games that allow players to earn rewards and money. These rewards may include in-game tokens, NFTs, Cryptocurrencies, or any fiat currency.

However, it’s not like players have not been earning rewards or money through playing video games but those events were not that popular and sometimes not even legal. The rise of emerging technology -blockchain- and NFTs brought a fresh start to the gaming arena.

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How are P2E games Rewarding?

NFTs used in blockchain games allow users to claim complete ownership over the assets such as music, images, or avatars. To clarify, the assets in these games are NFTs on the blockchain which indicates that owners can truly have ownership of their in-game assets and not worry about losing them in case of updates or games going offline. In fact, you can trade the acquired assets on Secondary Marketplaces.

Another interesting point about play-to-earn games is that they don’t generally reward players with cryptos of their host chain, i.e. SOL (Solana) or ETH (Ethereum). Instead, they will offer special in-game tokens. In addition, these cryptos or tokens are useful in purchasing various digital assets. These perks were not available in traditional games/gaming.

Various play-to-earn games are completely free for playing. Although, some games might ask players to buy their NFTs for playing their game. While few are trying both methods to lure gamers, for instance, start playing for free and pay for premium features.

so, if you are wondering how to start playing a play-to-earn game? Here are a few mentioned below.

Axie Infinity

Axie Infinity has been one of the biggest play-to-earn games in the NFT domain. In fact, it is the first breakout play-to-earn game in NFT Space.

Splinterlands

This P2E game launched back in 2018 as – “Steem Monsters”. There is no looking back since then because the game is now one of the biggest names in the NFT space.

Gods Unchained

Gods Unchained is right amongst the top players. The tactical card game that lives on ImmutableX, is free-to-play for new players. Obviously, as gamers win games and move forward, they attain new card packs. These high-value packs can be traded on secondary marketplaces.