TOP 20 Most Influential Blockchain Games in 2022, in no particular order (by public data review)

Thetan Arena- https://marketplace.thetanarena.com/

League of Kingdoms- https://linktr.ee/leagueofkingdoms

League of Kingdoms launched in July 2020 as the first 4x MMO strategy game on the blockchain. The game is currently, as of Q1 2022, one of the fastest-growing blockchain MMO games in the world.

Next-gen gaming metaverse on #Solana. Create, play, and learn with others worldwide. http://StarAtlas.com | http://Discord.gg/staratlas | Power to the People!

Big Time- https://bigtime.gg/

Big Time is a multiplayer action RPG that makes Digital Collectibles accessible to everyone

Defi Kingdoms https://defikingdoms.com/  

DeFi Kingdoms is a cross-chain, play-to-earn game built on a strong DeFi protocol with plans to become a fully-fledged MMORPG in later phases of the Roadmap. The game features DEXs, liquidity pool opportunities, and a market of rare, utility-driven NFTs, which all together create a beautiful, immersive online world in the incredibly nostalgic form of fantasy pixel art. DeFi Kingdoms currently lives on the Harmony and DFK Chain blockchains. Come join our amazing community!

Tap Fantasy https://www.tapfantasy.io/#/  

HTML5 developers since 2017, the Tap Fantasy team officially released “TapTap Fantasy:

Eternal Scarlet, Knights of

Fantasy” in 2019 in Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Russia, and multiple other countries in Southeast Asia.

“TapTap

Fantasy” has skyrocketed in popularity as an adventure and role-playing game on Facebook, receiving two global

Era7：Game of Turth https://www.era7.io/#/  

Era7: Game of Truth is a metaverse-style TCG, developed on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), which has been created by a team of core blockchain technicians and members of well-known casual game development companies.

Gods Unchained https://godsunchained.com/  

Gods Unchained is a free-to-play trading card game where players compete in epic duels using fantasy cards.

Led by Chris Clay, the former game director of Magic: The Gathering Arena, the game focuses on competitive

play, which means players must strategically outsmart their opponents by building decks that are able to

combat a wide variety of tactics. In Gods Unchained, players can completely own their digital items, giving them

the freedom to trade, sell, and use their cards within or beyond the game – just like owning real, tangible cards.

Ultimate Champions https://beta.ultimate-champions.com/  

Ultimate Champions is an entirely free-to-play fantasy football game with officially licensed digital cards hosted as NFTs on the blockchain.

Tiny World https://tinyworlds.io/  

Tiny World is a blockchain game universe that combines NFT, DeFi and Gaming to create a truly stunning experience for users. Collect over 100 Tiny Hero NFTs and start your epic journey. Battle your way to the top of the leaderboards or enter the dungeons to realize your play-to-earn experience. Stake your tokens and awesome NFTs for a different way to earn using the platform’s DeFi products.

Splinterlands https://splinterlands.com/  

Splinterlands is the next generation of collectible card games. It allows players to collect, trade, and battle with provably scarce digital collectibles with real world value.

Benji Bananas https://benjibananas.com/  

Benji Bananas is a physics-based mobile game launched in 2013 as a casual and accessible arcade title to appeal to a broad audience. Since its launch, it has continued to have a strong user base, amassing over 50 million downloads across the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Aavegotchi https://www.aavegotchi.com/  

Aavegotchi is a DeFi-enabled crypto collectibles game developed by Singapore-based Pixelcraft Studios that allows players to stake Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) avatars with interest-generating tokens and interact with the Aavegotchi metaverse. It is a unique combination of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and NFTs.

Aavegotchis are pixelated ghosts living on the Ethereum blockchain, backed by the ERC-721 standard. Their value is determined by rarity level, which is calculated via multiple factors, such as base traits, amount of staked collateral/aTokens, and equipped wearables.

Alien Worlds https://alienworlds.io/?locale=en  

Alien Worlds is an NFT Metaverse where you can play with unique digital items (NFTs).Staking: Players stake Trilium to planets to vote in the upcoming Planetary elections, as well as to increase the Planet’s reward pool.Planet DAOs: Participate in weekly elections for council candidates, submit proposals on how to distribute the planetary treasury or run for planetary council yourself.Trade Game Cards: Players may select NFT game cards for their strategy on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and WAX, to be used for mining, fighting and missions.Cross-chain bridge: Teleporting TLM between BSC, WAX, and Ethereum.

Mobox https://www.mobox.io/#/  

MOBOX is a community-driven GameFi platform empowering users by rewarding them for their engagement and enjoyment. By using innovative tokenomics ($MBOX allocation), utilizing finance and games. Whilst also combining the best of DeFi and NFTs to create a truly unique and everlasting FREE TO PLAY, PLAY TO EARN ECOSYSTEM.

Illuvium https://illuvium.io/  

Welcome to the world of Illuvium. A shattered land of beauty and wonder. Travel the vast and varied landscape hunting dangerous beasts, then capture them to battle in the Arenas or trade via the exchange.

Prior to launch of the game, $ILV holders may choose to stake $ILV to access the liquidity mining program (a type of ‘yield farming’ that has become popular with DeFi protocols where the founding teams seek to decentralise the governance of the protocol)

Gala Games https://app.gala.games/  

Making blockchain games you’ll actually want to play.We believe the blockchain should be invisible in our games. We use simple game mechanics that all players can enjoy, whether or not they consider themselves to be blockchain pros.Players get to truly own what they win in our games. If you earn or win a magical sword on the Gala Game Platform, it is yours. Your items and any inherited status is a verifiable asset on the blockchain you can trade to another person or play with in-game.We don’t develop games in a vacuum, we constantly engage and test assumptions with our Discord community. We build alongside a vocal community whose input shapes the direction each game’s design takes.Everything within the Gala Games Network depends on the player-owned Node Ecosystem. The Gala Network is supported by users, just like you, who operate Gala Nodes from their home computers.

StepN https://stepn.com/ 

STEPN is a Web3 lifestyle app with inbuilt Game-Fi and Social-Fi elements

STEPN is built around an essential daily activity for most people – moving around. We are the first project to effectively bring to life a functioning move&earn concept, finishing 4th out of 500+ projects at the Solana Ignition Hackathon 2021.

Users equip themselves with NFTs in the form of Sneakers. By walking, jogging, or running outdoors, users will earn game currency, which can either be used in-game, or cashed out for profit.

With Game-Fi, STEPN aims to nudge millions toward a healthier lifestyle, combat climate change and connect the public to Web 3.0, all while simultaneously hinging on it’s Social-Fi aspect to build a long-lasting platform fostering user generated Web 3.0 content.

The Sandbox https://www.sandbox.game/en/ 

The Sandbox is a decentralised, community-driven gaming ecosystem where creators can share and monetise voxel assets and gaming experiences on the Ethereum blockchain.

Axie Infinity https://axieinfinity.com/ 

Axie Infinity is a universe filled with fierce, collectible creatures called Axies. Axie features a player-owned economy where players have complete ownership of their digital assets and can buy, sell, and trade them just like physical trading cards and collectibles. 

The Axie universe is always expanding through new games and experiences. Many of these experiences will allow players to compete with each other using complex strategies and tactics to attain top rankings or be rewarded with coveted resources. Others will have them complete quests, defeat bosses, and unlock in-depth storylines.

The number of Axie combination is almost infinite. Each Axie has a variety of parts based on a unique genetic code. These genes correspond to body parts which can be interpreted in different ways by different experiences. For example, the first generation of Axie games have all featured systems where Axies can play cards or use moves in battle determined by their body parts.