Over the course of a few years, play-to-earn games have added to the already extensive range of cryptocurrency investment options. For those who haven’t heard, new P2E projects enable enthusiastic users to earn real money, just by tapping into the gameplay process.
The play-to-earn concept is radically different from other exclusive cryptocurrency investment strategies like staking, trading or holding. However, there is one thing all of them have in common and that is they all need an initial investment.
As a rule, investors have to buy NFTs or purchase the project’s utility tokens to get started, so they temporarily lose the liquidity of the traded cryptocurrency coins until they start receiving rewards from the game. This usually enables them to make money, at least in the short to medium term and even the most profitable projects usually take at least 15-20 days for the initial investment to be recouped.
The majority of people who have a desire to start their journey in the play-to-earn industry may be wondering how much money they need upfront. So we decided to write this article in which we’ll cover by far the best P2E projects and give you some numbers that’ll help you understand what kind of start-up investment you’ll need for these games.
Gods Unchained
Gods Unchained is a collectible NFT card game with a user base of a little over 600,000 players around the world.
The essence of this P2E game is as follows: players fight each other using their own deck made up of their own NFT cards. Players can generate profits in Gods Unchained in several ways:
- Selling rare and legendary cards – they can be purchased on NFT marketplaces, in special packs on the game’s website or they can be won in the championship. There is also a probability of cards falling out of a free pack.
- Winning tournaments and championships – players fight for the main cash prize and the opportunity to get rare, expensive cards. Prizes are announced in advance on the website and on the game’s social networks. To participate in the championship, you need to buy an e-ticket. For the first 2 thousand users ready to buy one, the ticket will be free.
When registering, players of Gods Unchained have access to hundreds of regular cards in a single deck. There are free sets of NFT cards available, however, for quicker progress and greater rewards, the developers recommend purchasing a few cards for a total cost of $100- $150. Cards can be won or bought on OpenSea, Immutable and other marketplaces.
STEPN
STEPN is quite a promising project that has already established itself within the P2E space, despite only recently appearing in the public domain. The ultimate goal of the project may seem fantastical to some: the service pays real money for kilometers traveled. Of course, it’s not quite that simple. To start earning, you must first have good starting capital.
So, the primary goal of project STEPN is to entice as many users as possible with a good amount of payback from the service. First, you need to register, and to be honest, getting into the system is not an easy task because the number of codes for activation is very limited, so immediately there is a problem. The thing is, “mining” (or something like it) will only start after the user has purchased a pair of virtual NFT sneakers. In other words, you cannot just download the application and begin running in the park to earn money.
Sneakers in the form of NFT tokens from the in-game store are sold through the transfer of Solana cryptocurrency coins. The most basic sneakers now cost around $950 and this is the price players will need to pay just to start receiving rewards for the distance they cover.
Splinterlands
Splinterlands is a tactical P2E NFT card game where you collect a set of character cards that have their own unique set of characteristics and then use them during battles with other players.
Combat in the game is automatic, but gamers have to focus on selecting a deck of cards and making strategic preparations, as this is the decisive factor that determines the outcome of battles.
The distinguishing characteristic of the game is that any player always has a chance to win – regardless of experience, skill level, or size of card collection. Players are rewarded with native tokens for winning battles, tournaments, and quests.
Players can also freely trade their cards on the secondary market. This allows you to not only have fun but also earn tokens and NFTs.
You can start playing the game for free by registering. But in order to collect cards, you need to buy a starter set of 30 cards for $10, called the ‘Summoner’s Spellbook’ in the game. Without it, you can’t earn rewards, enter tournaments, or trade-in the marketplace. Players who play the game regularly pay off the cost of the starter pack in about a week.
SIDUS HEROES
SIDUS HEROES is a Play-to-Earn, NFT-based, MMORPG browser game with an incredible space setting that implements a well-developed political system. Users have the opportunity to become Council members, create their own political parties, and take part in elections. All these actions have an impact on the development of the game and the evolving universe of SIDUS in general.
SIDUS HEROES was created by a professional team of experts from various spheres. The founding team had a passion for implementing the most advanced technical solutions and providing the audience with top-notch products.
In a broad sense, the SIDUS platform is the perfect place for evolving your entrepreneur-related skills, while having a chance to generate a solid profit. Speaking of profits, the SIDUS meta-universe economy relies on two tokens: the SIDUS and the SENATE, with SIDUS being the in-game currency while SENATE acts as a DAO or governance token.
“In answer to the question regarding the minimum entry investment for SIDUS HEROES, it’s currently around $50-$70. However, since our team is extremely community-oriented and understands that not everyone is able to invest this amount of money just to enter a P2E project, we thought it would be a great idea to develop special patches for the game.
Basically, they will allow newbie users to enter and try the project’s functions absolutely free of charge and then decide whether or not they want to continue on their thrilling journey in the SIDUS universe,” said Dan Khomenko, CEO and Co-Founder of SIDUS HEROES.
Summing up, you can see that initial investment requirement tends to vary significantly and depend on the nature of the project, as well as other factors. In general, to start playing, you would need from $10 to $950 to make a good start on various play-to-earn games. Of course, there are free options on the market but unfortunately, they won’t offer huge returns.
Hopefully, this article has given you a basic idea of how much money you need to start playing. Now, the choice is yours.