P2E and Web3 Weekly Review (January 28 – February 3, 2023)

P2E games remain diverse, with new arrivals taking the top spots in terms of social media noise. Some of the older games keep up the pace, after reinventing parts of their token and GameFi aspects. Crabada is one of the games to discontinue one of its main staking mechanisms, not accepting new deposits. Axie Infinity keeps switching to item rewards, moving to Mystic rarity in the middle of the past week. 

Top Events of the Week

• Crabada Switches Off New CRA Staking
• The Harvest Game Reaches Open Beta Stage
• Hera’s Revenge Trends Among Avalanche Games
• MetaApes Prepares for Special Mint Events
• Axie Origins: Season 2 Enters Mystic Item Stage

Leading Games by Number of Users

The player count on top games remains close to their usual range, with the exception of Splinterlands, which has a hiatus and its user count is more than 51% down. Top 20 games have more of a turnover, and host the newly emerged Web3 games that gained popularity in 2022. The leading games achieve success through regular small-scale challenges and regular tournaments that keep up the activity numbers.

Game

Previous Week

Current

Alien Worlds

246.65K

248.04K

Splinterlands

203.56K

101.17K

Farmers World

74.99K

76.32K

Planet IX

99.22K

45.8K

Upland

23.57K

22.4K

Play Mining

20.17K

20.63K

Axie Infinity

14.12K

12.64K

P2E Token Price Action

The market cap of all P2E tokens kept rising to $6.73B, after the recovery of the entire crypto market, with ETH above $1,600.

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