In-chain Games on Ethereum: Are They Still Relevant in 2023?

[Yogee]

[.....]The higher number of free players will also flip the balance which might drop the value of the item that can be sold for Ethereum or other types of coins.

This is something that you should consider as well OP. I understand that the game you're trying to build does not require cash outflow to start but would still take time before players can create valuable items. Time is money as they say so maybe try looking at how you can balance the game. I mean would it still be worth spending an hour playing the game for a few cents? I get it that there will be those who would play it completely for fun but let's face the fact that financial incentives is what drives a lot of gamers.

[Yatsan]

As others have said, Ethereum has high transaction fees. But it is not the only factor to determine whether it would be patronized by players. Profit potential and tokenomics would be also important. If we would go back with popularity of NFTs these are the common characteristics used on determining whether the game would be good for long term or not, so I think it is not only with the chain being used to run your game. If it would be free to play, I guess it won't be as catchy to the investors.

We saw how F2P games fell because of such trait since tokenomics is more likely to collapse because of abuse on players' end. But if you are that serious try running the game and be open for suggestions and imporvements afterward. People will have different preferences on the conceptualization phase, but start with Beta to see it for yourself.

[shinratensei_]

the thing with these blockchain game are that their economic model so bad it almost like meme coin.
the early birds get the most by consistently generating revenue, meanwhile the late ones are just not gonna get their money back, the economic model unsustaining because the early birds will have the chance of growing their source of income and rewards through compounding investment of getting the in game NFT item and thus raise their chance of earning meanwhile the newcomers will just become a newcomers forever.
that's the reason many people just realized that these blockchain games are massive waste of time, unless the quality is improved and the blockchain game free from its play to earn model, it will never grow.

[Ngemmeng]

building cities and attacking other cities, so is the concept like COC ?
I just want to remind you that crypto with a game concept is actually very interesting, but if you don't carry out continuous innovation and without adequate rewards the community will leave. besides that the cost on the ether network is also quite high.