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Bullish: Crypto-based game succeeds in mainstream gaming store

Bullish: Crypto-based game succeeds in mainstream gaming store

The recently launched battle royale ‘Off The Grid’ succeeded in the mainstream gaming scene, featured as the most popular free-to-play game in the Epic Games Store. While offering a unique and fun free-to-play experience that attracted many players, Off The Grid is built on Avalanche (AVAX).

This now successful story of a blockchain-based game reaching mainstream players could ignite a positive loop in the space. Moreover, the remarkable achievement marks a huge milestone for Avalanche and the overall cryptocurrency ecosystem, getting the spotlights for utility.

Off The Grid surpassed Fortnite and Rocket League in the Epic Games Store as the most popular free-to-play category. On Twitch, the game achieved 148,000 viewers streamed by dozens of gamers, as Decrypt reported, among the top-watched games.

Off The Grid “Most Popular Free-to-Play” game on Epic Games Store. Source: Off The Grid

What people are saying about Avalanche’s Off The Grid game

Emin Gün Sirer – CEO and co-founder of Ava Labs – commented on that matter, reporting a 3.5 million wallets inflow. It is worth noting that wallets do not necessarily mean users and it is a disputable metric, as previously reported.

“3.5m new wallets. Let that sink in. There were VC-hyped systems in the last cycle that, at their peak, didn’t have that many users.”

– Emin Gün Sirer

Meanwhile, Forbes highlighted how Off The Grid differs from the last cycle’s crypto-based games mania, marked by cash-grab scams. On a similar note, DavyCrypto defended that “Crypto can back way more than fully speculative narratives.”

“There have been some truly awful cash grabs in the world of crypto games, but this doesn’t sound like one, and most importantly, there is a fun, entirely free to play, game beneath it”

– Forbes on Off The Grid

Alex Svanevik, CEO of Nansen AI, also shared his impressions, saying the game is “very good” even under “laughable specs.” Additionally, Svanevik believes Off The Grid could kick off a Web3 gaming season in the cryptocurrency market.

What is Off The Grid, the successful Avalanche-based game?

In summary, Off The Grid is the usual free-to-play battle royale shooter game, like Fortnite and Apex Legends. Players fight each other to survive on a gradually reducing map while looting items and equipment to improve their chances of survival.

At the same time, it is built on top of the Avalanche blockchain for some specific features. These interactions include an upcoming token GUN, NFT-based items and equipment, and off-game secondary markets for these non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Interestingly, most players will not need to interact or even know that Off The Grid is related to crypto. The blockchain technology, however, enhances and leverages the experience for intermediary and advanced users who want to optimize their game.

As this Web3 game successfully reaches the mainstream, other signals also suggest better times are coming for cryptocurrencies. A $1.4 million golden NFT purchase illustrates this change, while crypto startups building for real-world applications are surging worldwide.

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