Top 5 decentralized games (blockchain games) to earn money in 2021 & 2022

The blockchain has changed the way video games are generated, distributed, and played to its biggest advantage. A major reason for the use of the blockchain in gaming is the coins generated are digital tokens. The tokens are generated by the game to provide in-game purchases. The idea of the blockchain, the underlying technology behind the popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is to offer a secure, transparent way to verify the information.

Blockchain for video games does that by bringing two major advantages to the gaming world:

Transactions on the blockchain are more secure than transactions done on a centralized system because transactions are executed on a distributed system and the data is not stored in a centralized location.
The transparency of the information is also another advantage.

Crypto Games are becoming more and more popular. Whether the purpose of these games is to share the experience of cryptocurrency (and blockchain) ownership, to learn about it, or to acquire some cryptocurrency as a result of gameplay, these games will allow you to take your cryptocurrency and turn it into durable, verifiable and tradable value that can be used for anything from buying and selling on the market to games and more.

Here are the top five blockchain games to earn money:

1. CryptoKitties

It’s a blockchain game on Ethereum coin, where you can collect, breed, and trade digital kittens. It takes the form of an online game with the idea that virtual cats can be collected and "breeds" can be created through breeding or by using a "genetic code" known.

How to register?

To play the game, you first need to register an account on its website and connect your MetaMask wallet. And you must have some ETH in your wallet in order to purchase kitties within the game, using that wallet.

How to earn money?

You can breed your kitties and then sell the offspring or parents to make money in the game.
Another way you can make money is, buying a kitty and selling them for a higher price or selling rare kitties which have high market value.

2. Axie Infinity

It is a blockchain game and marketplace, which revolves around creating and trading digital creatures called Axies. Axies can be battled and won in battles against other players, or trained up and sold to other players for coins or items.

How to register?

You have to install MetaMask and create a its wallet (for storing crypto and to purchase game items). I Install and create a Ronin wallet. Then create Axie Infinity account and link it with your Ronin wallet. Then you can start playing!

How to earn money?

There are many ways to earn Money with Axie Infinity:

Breeding and selling Axies to other players for coins.
Farming SLP (Smooth Love potions) and selling them
Trading SLPs and Axies
Investing in Lunacia land plots

One important thing is that you must have some ETH in your wallet, which you will have to transfer to MetaMask wallet and then into your Ronin wallet to trade stuff within the game.

3. The Sandbox

It is a virtual world where players can play, build, own and monetize their lands. It also involves a token called SAND (its cryptocurrency) which can also be exchanged for Ethereum (ETH). This virtual world involves two tools:

Voxel editor: to create in-game assets

Game maker: to create games

How to register?

You first need to create a MetaMask wallet to connect it to the Sandbox game to make purchases within the game. Then, sign up for a Sandbox account on its official site to get started with Sandbox.

How to earn money?

You can use voxel editor to create voxel assets and then sell them in the marketplace of Sandbox for $SAND.
You can create experiences such as games using the game maker tool which you can publish on LANDS and then get them monetized. You will earn some $SAND that players pay as a fee to play your game.
Another way of earning money, is by renting your LAND to other users, so you can generate passive income.

4. Age of Rust

It is a blockchain based, sci-fi adventure game where you can fight with robotic soldiers, do various tasks within the game like solving puzzles and earn cryptocurrency. Just similar to most open-world games having a large world to explore, but involves cryptocurrency, NFTs and is based on blockchain which makes it unique open-world game.

How to register?

This game is available on Steam. To play this game, you need to link an enjin wallet to it and no game assets are required (no ETH).

How to earn cryptocurrency?

The game has Enjin coin (ENJ) in form of NFT, which you can find within the world. And it also involves many places to explore, solve puzzles where you can find crypto or NFT treasures if you are lucky enough.

5. Splinter lands

It is a play-to-earn trading card game built on Hive blockchain. It involves many strategies by which players can make the most of it, and earn DEC and its credits and is best for players who enjoy strategical card battles.

This game also involves a bridge to wax blockchain by which players can trade their NFTs to other NFT marketplaces. And also allows players to send DEC tokens to Ethereum blockchain or Binance Smart Chain to exchange for other cryptos.

How to register?

How to earn?

You can earn DEC tokens by winning battles against players and then withdraw them through other blockchain wallets like Binance Smart Chain.
You can rent out NFT cards obtained through loot rewards to other players to generate passive income.