Embark on an exciting journey through the innovative world of new web3 games that are poised to shake up the gaming scene in 2024.
With numerous analysts predicting 2024 to be a groundbreaking year for the blockchain gaming industry, a wave of highly anticipated web3 gaming titles is gearing up for their official release. Fueled by a positive sentiment within the broader web3 space, these games promise players an enhanced gaming experience rooted in transparency, security, and the potential for real-world earnings, all thanks to blockchain technology.
To kick off the year, here’s a list of existing and upcoming web3 games that players and investors should keep an eye on in 2024.
1. Shrapnel
Neon, a prominent web3 gaming company, raised over $10.5 million in 2021 to develop Shrapnel, a highly anticipated web3 game. This ambitious project is set to redefine the web3 gaming landscape by offering an immersive triple-A gaming experience that goes beyond visual aesthetics and collectability. Set in a dystopian near future, Shrapnel is a first-person extraction shooter leveraging web3 technologies like NFTs and GameFi on Unreal Engine 5’s Avalanche subnet.
2. Illuvium
Illuvium is a fantasy RPG built on the Ethereum blockchain by the Illuvium DAO. Players embark on a rich open-world RPG adventure where they hunt and capture deity-like creatures called Illuvials. With detailed regions and environments developed on Unreal Engine 4, Illuvium introduces players to collectibles, items, and native creatures in the form of NFTs, enhancing gameplay through competitive advantages and decentralized trading via IlluvDEX.
3. Blocklords
Blocklords is a medieval strategy game for PCs that showcases a fully decentralized, on-chain game economy. Developed by MetaKing Studios, Blocklords offers various playing styles, including farming, fighting, ruling, and resource management, allowing players to shape the game world with their decisions and skills. The game, deployed on Ethereum-based layer 2 blockchain Immutable (IMX), features progression systems, turf wars, and both PVE and PVP modes.
4. Gas Heroes
Gas Heroes, a web3 social and strategy game from Find Satoshi Lab, offers a unique tree-like world structure where players compete for power, glory, and wealth. With hero NFTs, energy mechanics, and an automated combat system, Gas Heroes immerses players in a futuristic lore set in the year 2084. The game emphasizes game theory and decentralized trading platforms for transparency, providing a highly engaging and strategic gaming experience.
5. Star Atlas
Star Atlas combines high-quality visuals powered by Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite with blockchain technology from the Solana protocol to offer a serverless gameplay experience set in a futuristic universe in 2620. Players can explore, gather resources, engage in strategic gameplay, and participate in crafting and trading. Star Atlas: Golden Era (SAGE) Labs introduces a space economy simulation game catering to the Solana network and play-to-earn (P2E) enthusiasts.
6. Honeyland
Honeyland is a casual strategy game built on the Solana network, offering simple onboarding, in-app purchases, and NFT trading using the web3 gaming crypto, HXD. With a strategic partnership with Magic Eden, Honeyland allows players to engage in player-to-player transactions of NFTs, adding to the game’s immersive and interactive experience.
7. MetalCore
MetalCore is a large-scale free-roaming sci-fi shooter set in a dystopian future on the planet Kerberos. Developed by Studio 369, MetalCore features PVE gameplay, exploration, looting, mission completion, and PVP events where factions compete for dominance. With over 150 mechanized vehicles and a comprehensive metagame, MetalCore aims to provide players with actual ownership and control of their in-game gear through NFTs and web3 technology.
As these new web3 games prepare to enter the gaming scene in 2024, players and investors alike can look forward to an exciting year filled with innovative gameplay experiences and opportunities for real-world earnings in the blockchain gaming industry.