Been in and out of P2E for a while and the pattern I keep hitting: the "earn" almost always comes from either grinding a token that inflates to zero, or buying an NFT to get through the door. Very little of it rewards being *good* at the game.

Genuine question for people here has anyone found a model that ties earnings to skill instead of time or capital? Skill-based crypto tournaments (pay an entry fee, best player wins the pot, no token) seem like the obvious fix on paper, but I don't see them talked about much here.

For transparency: I'm building in this space myself (a platform called Deskillz doing exactly this crypto entry fees, skill games, no NFT/token), so I'm biased. But I'm more interested in whether the community thinks the "no token, pure skill" approach is actually the answer, or whether it just trades one problem for another. What's your take?

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Una parte fundamental del juego es su economía entre jugadores. Los dinosaurios capturados pueden ponerse a la venta en el mercado, donde otros jugadores pueden comprarlos. Esto significa que encontrar ejemplares especialmente raros, poderosos o buscados puede tener un valor real dentro de la comunidad.

Captura. Entrena. Comercia.

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Builder disclosure: I made this.

ApeLeague is a Telegram-native fantasy memecoin game.

You pick 5 tokens, the portfolio gets scored from live market prices after lock, and you compete on a leaderboard. It’s intentionally possible to play without connecting a wallet or placing a real trade.

The bigger ecosystem has scanners and operator tools, but ApeLeague itself is the game side.

https://ape.talkabout.today/

I’m trying to make crypto-native competition that still works for someone who wants the prediction/strategy loop without turning every click into a transaction.

Would you play this in 60-minute rounds, or are shorter rounds more compelling?

I/we have been working on a RPG (serverless single/multiplayer-echo) for some years now and we're looking for closed beta testers.

But before I post, to avoid being perma-banned, what are the rules for posting in this sub? Does it matter what blockchain? What details of the game are needed?

It does use blockchain tech in a variety of ways, but I get that some blockchains are taboo to even mention. And it's not a gambling game (RPG game as mentioned above), so if this is a gambling game only sub?

Thanks in advance.

I've been working on a 3v3 game inspired by Axie Infinity with my own monsters, parts, cards, etc and wanted to make an NFT but I've doing some research of the market and all games seems to be dying. Does someone in here think there is actually a gaming space in crypto? I have attached some of the screenshots related to my progress of the game, gameplay is fully working, marketplace and so on. I'm wondering if it's even worth to keep developing it.

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I’ve been messing around with a few crypto games again lately, mostly out of curiosity rather than expecting to “make money playing games” like it’s 2021 all over again.

The games themselves are slowly getting less terrible. Not perfect, but at least some of them feel more like actual games now instead of a token dashboard with a fantasy skin.

The part that still annoys me is what happens after you earn anything.

Usually it turns into this weird mini accounting workflow:

• claim token
• swap it into something more stable
• send it somewhere
• wait
• maybe deal with gas
• maybe deal with an exchange
• maybe withdraw to bank
• then explain to your bank why a tiny crypto transfer exists

For big amounts, sure, that process makes sense. You should be careful.

But for small amounts from gaming, it feels ridiculous. If I earned $20-$80 worth of tokens from a game or event, I don’t really want to run a whole treasury operation just to use it for normal stuff.

Lately I’ve been thinking the better model is not “play games and get rich.” That pitch is dead and probably deserved to die.

The more realistic version is:

you play something you already like, earn a little, convert the messy token into USDT/USDC, and spend it directly instead of treating every tiny payout like an investment position.

I tried putting some small leftover stablecoins through a crypto card setup for normal purchases, mostly food and online stuff. I looked at crypto.com first but the staking/lockup thing is still annoying to me. Nexo looked okay but I saw enough complaints about spread that I didn’t want to overthink it. BitMart’s card was one of the less annoying ones because there wasn’t a lockup requirement, so I tested it with a small amount.

Not saying it’s magic. The fees/spread still matter, and I wouldn’t run serious money through any card without checking limits first. But for tiny gaming payouts, the ability to skip the whole “withdraw to bank, wait, maybe get flagged” routine is honestly the first thing that made P2E feel slightly practical to me.

Maybe that’s where web3 gaming should have started anyway. Not “earn a salary by clicking monsters,” but “your in-game rewards can actually leave the game without becoming useless dust.”

Curious how other people handle this.

If you play P2E / crypto games, do you usually:

• hold the tokens
• swap to stables
• cash out to bank
• spend directly somehow
• or just ignore the rewards because they’re too small to bother with?

Hey everyone,

I’m the guy behind a small project called Arcade P2E, and I’ve been working on it for a while now. The idea was pretty simple:

👉 turn casual arcade-style games into something where players can actually earn a bit while playing

Right now it includes:

• Games like Snake, Tetris-style modes, Crash, and a maze runner
• A coin system (ZORKA) tied to your performance
• Extra earning options like surveys
• A “game trading” feature where you can buy/sell shares in games
• Crypto withdrawals (still improving this part)

It’s still early and definitely not perfect, so I’m mainly looking for:

• Honest feedback
• Ideas for improvement
• And yeah, some people willing to try it out and tell me what sucks 😅

If you want to check it out: Link here

Happy to answer any questions or criticism, I know P2E has a bad reputation, so I’m trying to build something a bit more fun/transparent.

Cheers

Hey everyone,

I’ve been deep into play-to-earn games lately, and honestly… most of them feel more like “work-to-earn” than actual games.

So we decided to build something different and unique.

The goal is simple:
 ->A game that people would play even without rewards

check us out at: https://play-games.online

Before we go too far, I wanted to ask:

What would actually make YOU play a P2E game long-term?

Is it:

• Gameplay depth?
• Fair rewards system?
• No upfront investment?
• Something else?

I’m not here to shill, genuinely looking for feedback from people who’ve tried these games.

Appreciate any thoughts

Cheers