Top 5 Metaverse Games to Play in 2022

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Online gaming is taking a new shape and form, with numerous metaverse games coming up powered by blockchain technology.

The metaverse is a noble concept of a completely virtual world where people can interact with each other, just like in the real world. In many ways, video gaming has been a pioneer of many things that the metaverse is looking to incorporate, such as avatars, virtual currencies, and the trading of virtual items.

Let’s take a look at five exciting metaverse games, starting with the three most popular and two up-and-coming games, that you can play this year!

Decentraland is a play-to-earn (P2E) game built on the notion of a virtual world in the metaverse, created on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain.

In the game, you can purchase numerous things, such as parcels of virtual land, which are appropriately named ‘LAND’. When you purchase these spaces, you receive the LAND as an ERC-721 token, which is commonly referred to as a non-fungible token (NFT). The non-fungible nature of LAND means that no one else can make a copy of it, including the creators of Decentraland, making you the sole owner. However, to purchase LAND on Decentraland, you would need to use the game's official cryptocurrency, MANA.

You can take part in this game and earn in numerous ways. For instance, you could purchase a space, and charge people to advertise in it. You could also set up structures, such as stadiums for people to hold events in, or you could wait until the value of the LAND increases, and sell it off at a profit.

At the time of writing, Decentraland’s MANA has a market capitalization of USD 1.95bn.

The Sandbox is another game that is famous in the metaverse and is also built on the Ethereum blockchain. Its popularity has been brought