Luckily, we’ve been knee-deep in Telegram games all the while, both playing the other big ongoing games and trying out a bevy of newcomers that are starting to gain traction.
Looking to try out a few new Telegram crypto games with Hamster Kombat moving on to its post-airdrop phase? Here are seven games we’ve been playing, both new and established, that are still working up to their own respective token drops.
X Empire
It’s the last chance for the first game on this list: The Elon Musk-themed X Empire (originally Musk Empire) is ending its mining phase sometime today ahead of the token launch and airdrop. If you’ve already played, now’s the time to hop in and invest your in-game coins in a few more upgrades for your character. And if you’re totally new to this tap-to-earn game, then you might as well give it a shot and see if you can still grab a share of the X token drop.
Rising Telegram game X Empire, formerly known as Musk Empire, has announced first details on the criteria that will dictate how players are allocated tokens for its airdrop on The Open Network (TON). This comes ahead of the game’s mining phase ending on September 30, with the airdrop apparently just around the corner.
The announcement details three criteria for players to consider: wallet connection, profit-per-hour, and inviting friends.
Primarily, players must have a TON wallet connected to th...
Captain Tsubasa: Rivals
Based on a classic anime/manga IP from decades past, Captain Tsubasa: Rivals is arguably the most compelling Hamster Kombat clone we’ve seen of late, putting a soccer-themed spin on the familiar formula. Instead of running and expanding a crypto exchange, you’ll build up a skilled soccer squad and enhance your stadium. It’s still all about tapping and navigating menus, but the vibe shift helps set it apart from its obvious inspiration.
Captain Tsubasa: Rivals is a hot new tap-to-earn game on Telegram, and with the license of a major soccer-themed anime brand behind it, a ton of players have signed up to play already. With some kind of TON-based airdrop coming in the future, the race is once again on to collect as much in-game currency as you can to boost any potential future payouts.
Of course, you can tap to earn balls (aka coins or points in other tap games), but like most of these games, the real way to increase your ball...
Flappy Bird
Iconic mobile game Flappy Bird has returned as a Telegram mini app. It's the same game that you might have nostalgic memories tied to, as you tap to help guide a bird through a series of oncoming pipes—but now it has some fresh content and incoming crypto bits. Fresh characters, soon-to-come game modes, and the promise of a future airdrop of its upcoming FLAP token could help propel this Telegram revival.
Flappy Bird is back! And it's a Telegram crypto game—who’d have thought?
The iconic mobile game took the world by storm in 2014, but went dark after its mysterious creator decided it was gaining too much attention. At its peak, Flappy Bird had attracted 50 million downloads, topped the charts in 100 countries, and was allegedly raking in $50,000 from ads every single day.
When the game was removed, the world went nuts. Devices with the game still installed were offered for sale for upwards of $...
Farm Frens
Farm Frens is just the cutest darn Telegram game we’ve played yet, pairing an Animal Crossing-like vibe with an idle farming experience where you’ll gradually buy upgrades to expand your land, recruit more helpers, and boost your income. It’s simple, but super charming, and one we’re hoping continues to expand with more gameplay features.
Screenshots from Farm Frens. Image: Decrypt
Major
Major is the ultimate Telegram game: It doesn’t hide its social tasks behind a thinly veiled clicker game, or claim to be anything more than an engagement machine. You’ll simply play the four mini-games to get points and perform social tasks to climb the leaderboard. Of course, this is all in pursuit of the future MAJOR token—the higher your rating, the better you’re likely to fare in the airdrop.
Majors, we are working on listing, so it’s time to share some details with you. First of all, we chose the name for our token (by your vote) — $MAJOR. The best crypto experts are working with us to ensure the listing follows all rules of the…
Tap-to-earn combat game MemeFi has been around for a few months now, but with the token listing set for early October, now’s your last stretch of time to hop in, beat up some meme-inspired baddies, and rack up coins ahead of the airdrop. Unlike most Telegram games dropping their tokens on The Open Network (TON), MemeFi plans to drop on Ethereum scaler Linea.
When it comes to tap-to-earn games on Telegram, finding any kind of originality isn’t easy. But MemeFi actually puts a unique twist on the formula.
It is essentially the same at its core as many other Telegram games, in that you tap on the screen to earn virtual currency. However, this time there is more of a point, as every time you tap you take a small amount of health off the meme-inspired boss you have to take down.
There’s the usual suspects you would expect to tap on, with versions of Pep...
Seed
We’ve been poking away at Seed for a couple months now, not entirely sure what was going on or what it would lead to. We’ve planted seeds, held cartoonish birds, and collected bugs… all of which were reasonably pleasant, though what it all would add up to wasn’t super clear. But now there’s an airdrop on the horizon and the official Telegram channel is attracting millions of new subscribers, so you might want to keep an eye on this one.
The crypto gaming space is ever expanding, and with prominent games releasing, token airdrops piling up, and the constant shifting of the markets around them all, it's a lot to take in.
Luckily, we're all over it here at Decrypt's GG. And if you're looking to keep tabs on the latest happenings around crypto video games, this weekly roundup gives you a quick overview of the biggest stories we covered over the past week, along with a smattering of other interesting tidbits from around the space.
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Gaming giant Nintendo said Friday that AI-generated images are not present in its game Mario Kart World, following online speculation to the contrary.
The communication comes after gamers noticed imagery that resembled those with imperfections similar to AI-created images while watching a livestream of the upcoming game. Mario Kart World is set to release in June alongside the new Nintendo Switch 2 console.
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The initiative connects Symbiogenesis with...