41 Best Play To Earn Gaming Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Play To Earn Gaming Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 41 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $579.1m. The average funding per company in this subset is $14.1m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Splinterlands logo

Splinterlands

Splinterlands is a digital trading card game built on blockchain technology.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.6m

Money raised

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Give Crypto (organization)

Give Crypto is a charitable organization distributing small payments to individuals in need, using cryptocurrencies.

$6.0m

Money raised

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Gunzilla

Independent, innovative, and utterly player-focused; we are a AAA video game developer passionate about creating next-generation experiences that players will remember forever.

1

Funding Rounds

$46.0m

Money raised

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Midnight

Midnight is a web3-focused game studio and social hub, as well as a non-fungible token marketplace.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

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My NFT Wars

My NFT Wars is an open market crypto-collectible game with an emphasis on RPG and strategy elements.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Azra Games

Azra Games is a blockchain-based developer of collectible and combat games.

3

Funding Rounds

$67.7m

Money raised

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Immortal Game

Immortal Game is a the world's chess game with Play-To-Earn founded in 2021.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

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phi

Build your own web3 world with your wallet activities. Built on top of @ensdomains.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Avalon

Operator of a gaming studio based in Florida, United States. The company's platform offers immersive digital entertainment and tools with which games and virtual experiences are built, enabling customers to enjoy their leisure time.

1

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

Crypto Elite’s: BATTLEGROUNDS (CEBG) logo

Crypto Elite’s: BATTLEGROUNDS (CEBG)

Crypto Elite's Battlegrounds(CEBG) which is the first Anime + MOBA + beauty + mecha game on blockchainRead more.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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MYSTiC GAMES

MYSTiC GAMES is a web3 mobile game developer founded in 2022 by Jakob Braunisch.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

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Cauldron Studios

We're building new worlds that reimagine fictional experiences

2

Funding Rounds

$13.2m

Money raised

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Overworld

Cross-Platform Multiplayer RPG • Explore, Conquer, Craft, Own • Player-Driven • Genesis Collection Q2 2023.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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Haste Arcade

Earn real-time, peer-to-peer rewards for playing games & placing on leaderboards

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Soulbound

Building middleware for the metaverse to empower players like never before

2

Funding Rounds

$7.6m

Money raised

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Awkay Technologies

Developer of a blockchain-based game designed to solve the problems in the blockchain gaming space. The company's game offers play-to-earn, free-to-play, NFT, and metaverse concepts, enabling users to have a fair and safe gaming experience.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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playdex.io

playdex.io is a company founded in 2021.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Chibi Clash

Chibi Clash is a free to play game founded by Ted Mui.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Matchday (NFT)

We build games for 5B football fans, featuring your favorite players. Official partner of FIFA and FIFPRO.

1

Funding Rounds

$21.0m

Money raised

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InfiniGods

A team of gaming veterans building Blockchain Games for Everyone

1

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Web3Port

Web3Port is an accelerator of Web 3 projects helping startupsbuilding from zero to one and to the next level.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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E4C: Final Salvation

E4C: Final Salvation is a the first Esports metaverse game founded by Johnson Yeh.

1

Funding Rounds

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Mayhem Studios

Pre-Register Now to Play Underworld Gang Wars (UGW) Battle royale by Mayhem Studios. Its India's First Battle Royale Game. Limited Slots Left!

1

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

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SuperTeam Games

Creating a new breed of sports games on the blockchain

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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YGG Japan

YGG Japan aims to elevate blockchain games to provide more accessible content for all game users in Japan and lead them to a world of "Play and Earn", where enjoyment and earning can coexist.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.9m

Money raised

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PlayEmber

PlayEmber is a mobile game studio for Web3.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

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Crypto Elite’s

Crypto Elite's BATTLEGROUNDS (CEBG) is a blockchain-based game that combines MOBA and Battle Royale gameplay, allowing players to choose unique characters and battle it out in a secure, decentralized environment.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Mech.com

Mech.com is a building the future of metaverse gaming.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Wildcard

The ultimate video game spectator sport empowered by Web3

1

Funding Rounds

$46.0m

Money raised

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Dimension X

A Free-to-Play, Play-to-Earn strategic role playing game on the Flow

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Tribo Games

A mobile-first Web3 game studio founded by industry veterans.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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Earth From Another Sun

A science fiction action-oriented strategy role-playing game featuring an ever-expanding galaxy

1

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

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Believer

Join the journey We are building a world-class team to serve players for years to come. If you believe in games, we believe in you.

1

Funding Rounds

$55.0m

Money raised

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PORTALVERSE

A decentralized cloudgaming network for creating an open & highly immersive Metaverse

1

Funding Rounds

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Internet Game

Internet Game is a the web3 mini-game battle royale.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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BR1

The worlds first risk-based shooter built on the Solana Blockchain. Pay $1 to spawn & earn the greater of 10% or $1 for every player killed.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised

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Volt Games

Platform for crafting mobile games for Android and iOS.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Skyborne Legacy

Skyborne Legacy is a social World Exploration and Trading RPG.

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0m

Money raised

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Kratos Studios

Kratos Studios is an India-based company founded by Manish Agarwal.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0m

Money raised

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Gambit

Gambit is a web3 fantasy sports platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

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Royale Chess

Chess. For Fun People. A battle-royale influenced twist to the classic game, coming soon to your favorite video game platform.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised