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Gaming tokens have outperformed the rest of the crypto sector this year. Platforms like Sandbox (SAND) have taken the industry by storm, piquing the interest of seasoned crypto investors and pro gamers. Even prominent video game companies like Electronic Arts and Ubisoft have predicted that the most successful games in the future will be powered by blockchain technology, allowing players to benefit from complete ownership of in-game items.
Moreover, with the gaming metaverse taking flight, gaming crypto tokens are sprouting up rapidly, and many promising projects are getting into the game (pun intended). So, let's look at some of the most interesting up-and-coming gaming projects and tokens of 2022.
Vulcan Forged ($PYR)
Vulcan Forged is a gaming crypto project that functions as a blockchain game incubator. This community-driven initiative assists creators with the resources, technology, and funding required. The platform also boasts its own NFT marketplace and its dApp and NFT construction tools, all of which are powered by the $PYR settlement, staking, and utility token. The platform also consists of a LAVA pool where players earn LAVA tokens by participating in any Vulcan Forged-created or hosted game.
https://vulcanforged.com/

UFO Gaming ($UFO)
UFO Gaming is a gaming project focused on creating a dark metaverse, which it defines as a closed-loop of an ever-expanding ecosystem of play-to-earn (P2E) games, breedable in-game NFTs, virtual lands, and other things. It has already launched its Super Galactic game, with other games coming. The platform features a one-of-a-kind ranking system that handsomely rewards active participants with $UFO tokens. The tokens are primarily used for making transactions within its gaming universe. The platform has recently ventured into eSports by hosting its own Apex Legends Tournament and Twitch streamers Apryze and Nokokopuffs.
https://ufogaming.io/

Citrus ($CTS)
Citrus is a gaming project that aims to speed the evolution of gaming while providing various solutions to the Blockchain world via its DeFi ecosystem, NFTs, and DApps. Using the power of crypto, Citrus is empowering multiple games with a scalable approach that will incorporate itself with various avenues. It has also launched its Clash CrushBlock, a blockchain-based play-to-earn game with added elements driven by simple simulation where players solve puzzles and convert game points to earn real $CTS tokens. Citrus also offers transparent and practical use cases, a sophisticated team, revolutionary social conscience, and a secure code audit to build the future of gaming.
https://www.citrus.tech/

Merit Circle ($MC)
Merit Circle is a new gaming project designed to maximise value creation across several games in the metaverse. It is branching the idea of a decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) where members collaborate to participate in P2E games and trade NFTs to earn money collectively. $MC is the native token primarily utilised for in-game transactions, staking, and rewards. Merit Circle concentrates on the most popular games like Axie Infinity, which are frequently prohibitively expensive for novice players to enter independently. On the other hand, Merit Circle members establish subDAOs, each reflecting a different play-to-earn game. However, the mainDAO then receives contributions from all subDAOs.
https://meritcircle.io/

Aavegotchi ($GHST)
Aavegotchi is a gaming crypto project inspired by the famous Japanese digital pet portable game Tamagotchi. The platform allows users to create and care for virtual pets and many other incredible benefits. Each Aavegotchi virtual pet is an ERC-721 non-fungible token (NFT) with a cryptocurrency stake. $GHST is Aavegotchi's governance and utility token that will be utilised to purchase digital products like avatar wearables or to vote and participate in the game's evolution. This investment structure comprises tokens acquired using the Aave DeFi lending mechanism, where players receive interest based on the tokens they invest within their Aavegotchies.
https://www.aavegotchi.com/

2022 Will Be a Big Year for Gaming Tokens
2022 will be a significant year for blockchain gaming, and these top 5 gaming cryptos are all set to explode. Moreover, developers from all over the world are burning the midnight oil for creating promising projects aimed at enormously benefitting crypto fans and gamers. The dream of creating a massive game environment is becoming a reality, and as organisations see this increased demand, we will undoubtedly witness a fascinating blockchain gaming arena.

This list can never go wrong, the projects are well established and the team are top notch too but there is more, UFO gaming is a good one that I'm going to keep storing bit by bit for the future but there are few badass play 2 earn games you left out.

1. Illuvuim
2. Decentraland
3. Derace
4. Atari

that's a good list but I think that MC was a bit different compared with the rest and why? MC is pretty similar like a guild gaming token. This means if this token will act as a governance token for its gaming guild group.
I don't know if the new development happened and MC was turning to be another gaming platform that was focusing into the metaverse game like another game as well.

I have been playing Vulcan forged and this game is good enough to earn passive income for free without need small amounts of capital to buy NFT. UFO is not so good as this is full with gimmick and this project didn't even have a good product that can be played by anyone. I'm unfamiliar with citrus

Yes! These are all projects with better products that have game tokens.
However, I am still a bit skeptical about the short-term situation. Maybe I will still wait for the next reaction to the market information in the coming days to evaluate. Personally, I also see P2E as just a small branch of the market, and most of the recent hype about it has only a few products left.

This statement that we always see and hear, but whether it really happens?, only a few tokens will probably rise, but I doubt whether the 5 gaming tokens you mentioned one of them will rises. Only projects that can offer something new and profitable to their holders that will be seen by token gaming lovers

You know how much this token drops from the ATH?, I'm sure only bounty hunters are happy with this token because they earn quite a lot of money because this token is pumped, but those who buy when the highest price is now definitely being confused between selling or keeping it because the asset is declining even more than 75%.

Vulcan forged is reliable for long term, if token goes very low I will be grabbing some for holding, UFO gaming isn't that good a play 2 earn game needs the fun intact this is why I like Nintendo games over many playstation games, give me the fun and you win.

Play to earn is really the hype right now. So regardless of what token you will invest, I think it will be good.

But take into consideration that again, it is a hype, so you also need to be very careful. At least get some profit if the price goes up, and then just repeat the process. I myself is into Karastar (UMY), earning at least $100++ already.

Still this projects won't make it this far without hype, play 2earn games are using hype on investors and not many of them are good, Vulcan forged is a good project but those who bought at ATH are in loss now this shows that nothing goes up forever, know when to enter and know when to exit.

That's right, 2022 Will Be a Big Year for Gaming Tokens is the most memorable for me Sandbox (SAND), SAND is a good crypto he will become the world's no.1 crypto socialized gaming metaverse even though Sandbox rarely promotes their play to earn, he focuses on promoting it the game world itself. The Sandbox SAND, isn't just a game, it's a real metaverse world.

I will say right away about investments, I have never invested in game tokens. But I think this is an interesting and profitable business, because there are projects that deserve attention, especially metaverses (P2E). From your list, I follow the development of UFO Gaming ($UFO) a promising platform.

That's why we have so many junk play to earn games today, it's always about the hype that's what give birth to many useless crypto games, if you are wise you will go with the best ones like axie infinity, sandbox, wonderhero, thetan arena, bear market isn't even here yet I doubt many play to earn games will survive.

We should choose project which has full gaming system and many games launch through this project like Sand,Mana,Gala,Volcan. These projects runs full module if Gaming system and gaming industry need this.
If we choose a single game project, may be it works fir 2 month but when trend end this project will disappoint you much.

I think there are a lot of games that would be worth investing in and I think Illuvium is one of them. They are planning to be the best and first triple-A game rate that would give players the opportunity to really play to earn. The developers came from various gaming studios that produced known games so it will be one of the best games out there to be played.

It's hard to invest when those types of games become hype and it would be expensive at the start. I do hope that it would become one of the best games. Not hyping but basically, it looks like it's going to be one of the best.

 We need to be smart when it comes investing  play to earn NFT's, because right now most of them are relying on hypes especially those projects that wants to scam investors because of trends. .So always remember that its our consideration ni matter waht and of course don't easily fell without any specific information.

Actual i have clash of streamers which a play to earn as well but the good thing on it is you don't need to spend any dimes in it. I mean it's totally free!  You need to collect stuff only and upgrade then you can earn..  

And for me its a good idea than risking money to any Play to earn because its quite skeptical since most people nowadays trying to get more attention using such features to scam investors..  Be aware guys!

It's undeniable that game-based tokens are currently very popular, so it can be said that 2022 will be the year for gaming tokens, but I personally focus more on Sanbox (SAND) and Axie Infinity as investments because I think these two tokens have potential to be able to provide maximum income and be able to last longer in the world of cryptocurrencies

               Honestly, I think this is quite a good list. I just wanna give a simple advuce for the people looking to invest on gaming NFTs and tokens nowadays. - Invest just minimum amount that you can totally ignore even when lost(remember, profit is profit), whenever you can, always take profits or at least your capital and leave fhe rest for speculative investment. What I am trying to point out is that everyone should be cautious with the gaming industry here in the crypto space because it is still in it's infancy. A better time on investing bigger amounts would be when the industry matures. Anyway, the decision is still up to you, saying so that there would be not much people who'd end up leaving this industry just because of being rugged.

there are a lot of crypto games nowadays, but there is no guarantee the game tokens will last long, because too many games are boring and the devs leave after a lot of enthusiasts take over upgrades but the game doesn't run smoothly
but the game token you mentioned I prefer to hold only Vulcan Forged ($PYR)

Those are solid gaming tokens except UFO. To be honest i have been watching this one since last year and nothing to show. I meant there's no game to be played but i don't even know why people are still seeing this as a potential investment rather than take a look at another project like mobox. I think that this must be delisted from your list. It caused by UFO was not reliable enough to be considered as long term investment.
This is also based on so many reviews by others too. This can be replaced with new and a better game like crypto citizen or trade race. I think that these more reliable rather than put UFO into the list.

Do you guys feel it's weird to see that all of these suppposed gaming projects focus on the token rather than the game? I mean, I think P2E as a concept is pretty cool but the problem is that these are just "staking and earning and mining" projects using a game to mask the mining/issuance. Am I right?

So this is like Mining Game apps if you think about it to be honest.

They have already shown in the market that these two projects have that potential. And maybe in the coming days these two projects will create a stronger position in the market. Since gaming projects are being discussed in the market now and those projects are doing well in the market, some people here will try to take advantage of this trend.

Because we have seen that when a new trend comes in the market, many fake websites are created using it to try to scam the investors. So before investing in any project, it is important to do research.

If there are fakes then don't say all projects are successful as that contradicts to your sentence. The truth is that not all gaming projects are successful and there are gaming projects that are successful at first but they cant be able to maintain it and later on they collapsed. This is why planning is very important when creating a project, they should create a long-term plan so that they can continue the hype that they are getting.

What is good with some gambling projects is that they are backed by old gaming companies, this gives us confidence and saves us time researching if they are really legit. What is the name of that gaming project you're talking to? you should name it so that others can check them out.

Perhaps, many had earned more money from these Play to earn gaming platforms. It is a trend for now and a sort of market strategy.

And a good choice of gaming tokens gives us the ticket to earning. We can simply think it was hype but not sure if they all went succeed. That we need to be more researchful before investing them as that is the only way it helps to prevent from losing.

Yeah, I also think like that since it feels like you are mining from the game but a real gamers won't mind that since we all think it's part of the game. Although, the annoying part of most NFT games are the bots spamming inside the game and to think that an NFT games is like a cash-grab opportunity to others. Since after investing or playing and focusing only on how to earn/make a profit is kinda like annoying because these opportunist will spam the whole game on how to earn profit without even playing the whole game.

there are quite a lot of similar game projects for today, but unfortunately it is impossible to fully play P2E without initial capital, I would like to learn about p2e games, where it would be possible not to buy nft islands, or items for the game, but a more or less equal game where the player could develop and fully play with the help of their skills and abilities.

CryptoCitizen : $CCASH = Brand new #Metaverse game, they offering a different game (Drag Race, Fight & Open-World). The token is not tradeable yet, but before the token is release to the exchange they already have a product from Wallet, Marketplace, etc. Currently CCASH opened Alpha Test for all holder NFTs CryptoCitizen, soon once they are fully launch you can earn the token from their game.

Their game is awesome, build in UNITY with Insane Design & Grapich.

To be honest - first seeing Axie Infinity kinda threw me off (Surely it's helping a lot of people in third world countries to earn a living, which is great!) gameplay wasn't appealing to me..Now I've kind of circled back to the whole P2E industry side of crypto after finding out about ENGN token.

ENGN token team has a shooter game coming out that runs on Unreal Engine, and for real it looks sleek! Check their Twitter out for the gameplay trailer!

that's a good list but there must be more gamings tokens added into the list but im sure that if you have known this so well. So many solid metaverse projects are on the way right now. Axie infinity looks like an old idea compared with a new project like that but the only thing that makes it alive was people able to grind pennies from there. I think that the only thing that makes me doubt is what do you think by put citrus on the list while this project is still far compared with the rest in the list? That doesn't make sense to see that. citrus has no demand and it's not even a reliable project.
Replace it with a new one that has a better reputation looks like a better thing.

I agree with both of your viewpoints to be frank. As I've said too there are some solid gems out there, just need keep an open (but skeptical) mind on things. We're too easily brushing things off as scams these days (also right, since there is a ton of bs out there). Stay strong fellow degens!

You again :D! I saw u in a another post suggesting ENGN token, checked out & kind of reminds of the Apex + Overwatch mixture, got me off my seat tbh :D

I actually tried UFO gamings Super Galactic game. It looks nice. P2E is a really cool concept. You can find some good gems in the GameFi industry, its really expanding in cool directions and i doubt it will stop, and its getting better and better by the day. Like yesterday i saw a really good trailer for a GameFi project called ENGN that uses unreal engine. The gameplay and graphics look promising. To think how fast these P2E games are getting better and closing the gap between the regular gaming industry in terms of quality and content.

IMO, I think it's a good list but I'm sure many gaming tokens will be introduced later from the big gaming names in the industry, and for me, It's not surprising because it was part of the crypto trend nowadays the introduction of NFT's Metaverse and Web.3.0 has gained more popularity as expected and it was part of the big Metaverse development prospect in the future that's why Im sure that many will be launch soon just like the Sproutie project.

No, real gamers will absolutely mind it as they want to play games, remember? Not mine. If all they are doing is creating actions to "mine" tokens (and let's face it all P2E games are actually doing this) then you're really going to piss off REAL gamers.

Trust me, gamers hate lootboxes and paid to win shit and P2E looks a lot more like this than anything else.

As you say, one people are spamming for profit, the real gamers will piss off the game and the "game" becomes a mining app.

There have been many gaming projects before.  Among them were some good projects on wax and ATH earning on wax platform.  Nowadays there are many gaming projects that involve more advanced technology.  Among those projects, the best platforms are Axis Infinity, Sandbox, Wonderhero, Thetan Arena, and the best games.

Well, if you are a F2P player you should know that devs of the games trying to make profit so without these P2W games their projects won't last long. And also, loot boxes, gatcha roll, and other advantage of the games that can only be purchased though you can take it if you are a F2P player but there's a requirement before you get it that's why buying or paying it is an advantage to most players.

I rarely see an NFT games that focused more on the game than making a game for quick profit just because of the hype. They aren't planning their game to last long I guess but some of them managed to run long like Axie.

That's kinda the whole point of the entire discussion I started, that there really is no NFT game that focuss on the game. Everyone's jumping on for the hype and because devs think they can make quick money like everyone else. Why else are NFT games coming up in weeks, if not days, and from projects who used to be nothing to do with games?

This is just ICO projects all over again. Axie runs long because it's the first mover that's all it is really.

The gaming industry grew well in 2021 and is really popular until now.
In fact I think some metaverses do have something to do with gaming.
Game tokens are indeed very good to invest in right now, it's just that there are no game coins so far that last for the long term they usually only last up to the medium term.
This happens because usually game-based coins are used only for rewards from the game like Play To earn, even if we make two different coins in one project it will still affect both, this is a problem they have to solve.

there are two names of coins that I think are very worthy for you to invest there, namely Deapcoin and SLP,
for Deapcoin one of the many gaming project coins that are very worthy of holding,
especially with an increase of more than 100% in the past few months making DEP have more holders than last year,
and for SLP you can also buy it on Binance, of course the coins that are already there are worth buying.

There are too many play to earn games in crypto space now and believe me many will be abandoned later, you need to find teams with better experience who are ready to keep the project alive as long as possible with better future upgrades which is not a easy thing but not impossible, Vulcan forged and Axie infinity for example I believe they will always be here.

this is like a trend that is happening from 2021, where game coins and game projects are in high demand. we know like the forged vulcan which flew to the surprise of many last year, we can see if it can last long or is it just a trend which has its time to triumph. but at least I agree with your opinion that the longest is the medium term for the trend, and not many will survive forever

I have no idea about other coins, but I am a proud investor and holder of pyr. I am not the biggest investor. I invested $130 and bought 110 coins. I have held it since its beginning. It has already surpassed 44x since I invested, but it is now dipping. It is still multiplied by ten from my initial entry.Honestly speaking, I didn't imagine this would perform like this, but I have a strong feeling that it will perform a little well, which gives me a little profit, but when I saw its beginning performance, I decided to hold it for the long term. Basically, I saw how the gaming industry has grown in the past 2 years and how it depends on that growth. I thought about investing in these projects, but now I am thinking of holding them for the longest time until they cross 100x or even 1000x. And what I believe it's possible for this project.

I added and suggested another Axie infity that went viral and made Thailand the world's top metamask user country in 2021, sand is also a good one, for that network.

gaming tokens are still a good one to invest in. The game world is constantly evolving and will make for a good investment in the future. especially at this time the game in crypto is in the process of developing into the metaverse world
and also make nft. let's just look at the sandbox game that already carries the game with the metaverse concept.
now also starting to appear many games that carry the concept of the metaverse.
let's see that one of the new games that will appear in 2022 is a game from race and also a game from UFO by carrying out the metaveserse project.

It's been months since I invested in some gaming tokens which I regret the most since I was able to purchase it at its high price but it didn't even bother to increase again until now. thankfully I learned my lesson and when I see some opportunities which I don't even have like the current gaming tokens that I invested in, I won't rush to invest anymore because just like the first time, they are also creating some hype to lure some investors. The problem here is, most of them when sinking to the bottom after they failed to acquire enough funds, stopped updating their games, and jump to another project again except for the few solid developers.

Game based tokens are very popular nowadays and worth to invest long term and also NFT also has a future and worth to invest

The NFT hype really is a big thing last year and maybe until now.
We've seen Axie starting the NFT hype, we've seen an NFT being sold for $69 Million Dollars, we've seen NFT arts that are getting stolen, we've seen numerous NFT as well both games and arts that are running away and rug pulling those poor investors. We've seen all the crazy thing that can happen to crypto with NFT.

Now with NFT games, I should say that make your own research before investing. I'm not disagreeing with what the OP has shared to us and I don't think that they will rug pull those investors as well but I think that its better to just focus on the most popular NFT games as of this moment like Axie, Pegaxy and even Illuvium. Own opinion though. Right now, I'm not invested into those NFT games because I'm more focused on Axie and Pegaxy. Still waiting for Illuvium, League of Ancients and Guild of Guardians for their game to be launched :).

Ah Axie idk not my jam in terms of the gameplay, but I did check ENGN out who are building a shooter game out, that's on Unreal Engine I do recommend.

Yeah, interesting article, deduction, and all in all i can say interesting choices also. But we'll see how metaverse will expand in this kind of situations, i'm not following anything, currently waiting to see how defis gonna answer and move when we have a lot of ups and downs on the market. So gonna stick around the corner and wait for a bit, like i'm waiting for the lunafi to be launched to see what will actually happened cause you can't predict anything right now.

Are the guys behind ENGN the ones integrating P2E and challenge pay events? Friend was telling me about some project like that but I'm not sure if I remembered that right.

its best investment ever in metaverse side, alot competitor outside but the developtment as not massive like vulcanforged do. their partnership was very good, alot metaverse project join in their blockchain. i am belive when mainnet started and S & P 600 partner announced it will skyrocket . so far project developtment and community still solid and believe and back to ATH was possibility to PYR.

I feel like Crypto gaming industry is still way undervalued and has a huge potential to grow from here. I'm mostly looking into gaming tokens and came across this token called $ENGN which makes game development way easier on the blockchain by helping implement non blockchain programs into blockchain with blockchain features such as P2E, P2P and encrypted servers. Which is really bullish in my opinion if you think about getting mainstream games on the blockchain definitely a worthy to keep an eye on only matter of time.

Never heard but I will check that ENGN later.
I mostly invest in the gaming platform today because I can see a lot of future within it. I think what matters is the team behind it. I prefer teams that have a background about what they are doing especially the popular ones. Like EA, Square, Gameloft, Ubisoft. Those names havent created a game yet that will be injected by NFT or whatever that adds cryptocurrencies in it. I guess they are still diving at how it could be done in perfection.
*although I heard Ubisoft is near launching their own.

Axie Infinity hits in the gaming industry, not only did it go viral in Thailand but in most countries. And for now that most of the gaming sites offering a Play-to-Money strategy, I believe these gaming tokens will grow more. Might what OP had presented are good and reliable gaming tokens, however, we can't assume that it went viral in the future. Expect for another sets of gaming tokens discovery that could changed the trend and these token that we have known today will possibly losses its value.

The even bigger problem is that most of them focus on the part where people could make money by playing the game, but there is zero places that makes the games fun just to play. Like how many people would have really played axie infinity if there was no option to make money from it? At one point, people made like 20 bucks per day from it, that is 600 bucks per month and that is a lot of money for most people in the entire world. Sure, it is not big for people with jobs in big nations, but rest of the world really made as much money from it as possible.

But, it all depended on the game to keep growing and the more it grew the less need for SLP was there. All in all games itself is not entertaining and thats the biggest problem.

$SHOO is my favourite gaming token, it's used in NFTshootout as a utility token to buy in-game NFT's! I think that the price of $SHOO will rocket in the 2022 due to the release of the full game, it's in early beta right now and is making a lot of noise. They sold out on their 20K NFT collection and already started staking. It's a very good investment in my eyes because of how much potential the game has, the team fill me with confidence from their constant building and transparency! NFTshootout has a very strong, active community that are in it for the long run and I'm happy to be apart of it.

You couldnt really say that it was undervalued because no one would ever know on how these coins/tokens would ending up no matter how good it is because it would really vary on the demand.

If these things cant be seen forward then expect that it would surely fail but it isnt bad to consider on choosing one of the list.I havent seen or checked them though but for sure there is one
would really be worth to invest on but well it is just a matter of risk taking whether you do buy or  hold it.

I also heard about Lunafi really considering looking into it i heard they're making their footprint in the metaverse by bringing safe gambling and betting to metaverse. Gonna keep on eye on it for sure!

Ahm yeah, that was sort of my starting point in this discussion. They say Play 2 Earn is about blockchain games but it's really, really not. There is almost no concept of gameplay, there is no creativity and it's no fun.

This is why, as I said, you go into P2E communities and they are not gamers at all. They're token speculators. Same as ever before in ICO.

I stopped playing games for some reason if the product is not ready to use, CPA and PEA tokens for example (you can see it using browser), after the team has a lot of cokunitas and token price increases they migrate tokens with new smart contracts and new tokens, maintenance on games P2E is the project developer's reason to avoid increasing the bounty, I really want to play games like portable games, but I still haven't got it, Mir4 (https://mir4global.com/) might be my next choice.

Well this is completely new category for me. I just love to see how digital platforms are trying pull money out of the market and peoples interest. The gaming is obviously one of the high streaming and entertainment world which youth as well as oldies stick to in their pass time. Not only this, a streamer is like having his whole life dedicated to the games.

I have no idea about how this works and how the money floats in and out but best to see new era of investment. Would be grateful if someone just highlight key investment strategies regarding this.

I started out with Axie Infinity, but it's just not my type of a game even though it's super popular. And since i'm not in it for the game I also tend to overlook the token. However, recently I discovered Engine token which will include its ENGN token in the metaverse as the main source of currency. There are numerous use cases and possibilities for future use cases for this token I this is something that catches my attention, plus the games are AAA games.

I'm glad someone mentioned engn! I've been following them for a while now and being a guy that's mainly playing fps games, engn really got me excited. I'm really hoping the project succeeds

Nice list mate, this information add my reference about P2E which is being hype lately. P2E is becoming one of the branches that people are get some from crypto, so this is still new and I still need some time to review how long this trend will be in the future.
I think P2E brings new positive things in the world of cryptocurrencies so the peoples don't just think of getting profit from trading or staking.

I do agree that there is a bit of hype involved even to this day. It is not as much as it used to be, it is a lot less right now and that is understandable. However, we still have some right now. Which is why finding some good ones is not that easy and it would take a long time.

I personally believe that we should not really be shocked all that much that we are not really living in a profitable part of NFT world right now, it is not as profitable as people imagine they were. So, whatever you end up buying, you need to make sure that you are doing the right thing and researching them well enough.