Hamster Kombat, a popular play-to-earn game, has experienced a drastic shift in its user base. In August 2024, the game was flourishing with 300 million monthly active users. Currently, this number has dropped down to 41 million monthly active users.
📰UPDATE: HAMSTER KOMBAT, ONCE TELEGRAM’S LARGEST MINI-GAME WITH 300M ACCOUNTS, NOW SEES MONTHLY ACTIVE ACCOUNTS DROP TO 41M, REPORTS PROTOS
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Hamster Kombat’s Rise and Fall
The game rose to its fame thanks to its innovative integration of blockchain technology and also due to its tap-to-earn gameplay, but its appeal wore off quickly. According to the users, its repetitive games were boring and the AI generated art failed to impress the users.
Out of all these reasons, the most significant reason for its decline was the airdrop fiasco. The airdrop was delayed and was poorly executed. The tokenomics were changed at the very last minute which led to disqualification of several users and the token distribution was also a disaster. The distribution seemed to favor influencers more which enraged the users and led to a significant loss.
The Token Price Drop
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During the launch of crypto incentive of Hamster Kombat, the token was launched at $0.009993 but then quickly plummeted to $0.0024, with a market cap of $152 million. This indicates how furious and disappointed the community is with the initiative. The game’s anti-cheat system, also caused chaos as it banned 2.3 million users which agitated the users even more.
Gaming Analyst cautioned the users saying “Hamster Kombat’s collapse serves as a cautionary tale for blockchain-based games. Without engaging gameplay and transparent tokenomics, even the most hyped projects can falter.”
As the gaming industry evolves, it needs to keep in mind the importance of user satisfaction and sustainability as these two play a key role in success of the gaming venture.
With the game’s user plummeting day by day, the developers need to work on something exciting that could revamp the game’s image and work on the factors that led to its failure. Without these developments, the future of Hamster Kombat seems to be uncertain and in trouble. Will the developers be able to pull through these difficult times or will this game become a footnote in gaming history? Only time will tell.
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