Pixels tops charts in first days of 2024
Normally, you’d expect the popularity of a Web3 game to have a linear relationship with its money inflows. However, the early days of 2024 have shown that this is not always the rule.
The massively multiplayer online game (MMO) Pixels crushed it on the charts this week, pulling in 123,100 unique active wallets (UAW) in the last 24 hours.
Pixels is a laid-back adventure game where you can farm, explore, own land, and flex your non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It’s an easy game where you can just wander around and stumble upon cool stuff.
However, despite the decent UAW numbers, its in-game token, BERRY, is practically pocket change at $0.0002. So, the total in-game trading volume for the period amounted to…*drumroll*
$6.51.
Let’s zoom in on UAW — it’s a metric that DappRadar uses to figure out how many individual crypto wallet addresses are interacting with a DApp’s smart contracts.
Basically, any transaction on the blockchain.
It’s a solid indicator, but it doesn’t catch everyone actually playing the game. Take those individuals who blew this month’s budget on New Year’s Eve and aren’t making any in-game transactions this week.
It doesn’t look like much, or make much money, but Pixels is popular for a Web3 Title (Ronin YouTube)
The Sweat Economy claimed second spot on its UAW, so it seems like people might be committing to those fitness resolutions.
The Sweat Economy App is simple – it rewards you for walking.
Users just have to hit that download button, start it up, and watch those sweatcoins pile up with every step.
It saw 102,600 UAW over the same period and $34,700 in-game trading volume.
Card games, however, don’t seem to be kicking off the new year with the same popularity.
The well-loved blockchain card game Splinterlands took a hit, experiencing a 40.24% drop in its UAW, seeing only 41,800 users engage in transactions.
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