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Colonize Mars is a blockchain simulation that is powered by WAX. It combines strategy, exploration, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to make an exciting game about starting a life on Mars. Colonize Mars is a dynamic blockchain simulation game where players use their NFTs to go on a journey of managing resources, exploring, and playing mini-games that test their skills. With a simulation that keeps going and changes in Mars time, you can make your own path. You can also choose to become a famous Martian explorer who leads expeditions and makes discoveries that change the world.

Ethlas is a web3 gaming company that builds games, gaming infrastructures, and tools for web3. The web3 company has a lot to offer to the gaming community and players can find several exciting games on Ethlas. Ethals Metaverse is one of its many games. As soon as a person connects their Metamask wallet to their website. Ethlas introduces classic, arcade-inspired games to them on the browser, such as Candy Crush, Tower Builders, and Tetris, with the goal of onboarding individuals into cryptocurrency. In order to begin playing, players need a daily amount of 10 energy to play games. Each game has its own difficulty level, which varies from easy to medium. The leaderboard has rewards for players in the shape of resources and GEMs for which they compete. GEMs are in-game tokens to play free-to-play games; by converting GEMs to XGEM, F2P players can purchase Komo, Ethlas' playable NFT. XGEMs are in-game tokens to transact and reward players. One Komo costs 30,000 XGEM, according to their whitepaper. Surprisingly, the properties of the Komos are improvable by playing these arcade games. Players can acquire Agility experience in Neon Runner, Intelligence experience in Cyberpunk 2048, and Dexterity experience in The Moon. Komo Clash (one of the games in Ethlas): To play the game, each participant must have three Komos. An important recommendation for the players; use QuickSwap to convert their MATIC to XGEM before purchasing their Komo. Komos is useable in all game modes, including co-op, arena, and campaign. In Co-op, the player works with others to defeat a succession of bosses in order to earn daily rewards. The Arena mode, on the other hand, offers weekly awards to the best players on the scoreboard. Finally, the campaign features a series of quests aimed at unraveling Komos' mysteries. Elemental NFTs have the ability to adapt and fit into any Komo. These are add-ons that provide each Komo passive abilities that help them win matches. These elementals are found on the horns and tails of creatures. The reproduction of Komos is possible via two Komo parents. Moreover, they can acquire traits or have mutations from their parents.

From the DeHorizon metaverse project, based on Binance Smart Chain technology, DeVerse is the first game to come out. The game has a rich storyline starting from the origins of the universe called Deternity to the gods created by it called Deternals, whose goal is to destroy parallel timelines of the universe. Moreover, one of their targets became the race called Numens and they sent a natural calamity towards them in the form of the Hepta-Crest Dragon. The game has introduced up until now only 5 Numens. These are Ranger, Adventurer, Rogue, Warrior, and Alchemist. Besides, the Numens have divided into two groups each engaged in a battle against the Hepta-Crest Dragon while also battling each other. The players will be able to choose from one of the Numen characters to fight in PvP battles. Moreover, they can also explore the landscapes, and earn $DVT tokens by clearing expeditions, and fighting the monsters and gods. In this play-to-earn NFT game, we can see the difference clearly in terms of the dedication being given by the metaverse developers. The previous P2E NFT games lack the entertainment element mostly and there is also a lack of a good storyline, however, DeVerse seems to be changing this. The DeHorizon metaverse in which the game is set showcases a widely expansive universe that is ever-growing and hopes to be a DAO in the future.

Joyride is a Web3 publishing platform that is backed by top blockchain partners. This makes it possible for game developers to change the way games are made. Joyride Games, which was one of the first companies to publish Web3 games, has put its casual gaming platform on Flow, a leading blockchain that was made to support decentralized applications. Solitaire Blitz, their first popular game, had more than 500,000 active users in the first four weeks after it came out. DappRadar says that Solitaire Blitz is now the most popular game on the Flow blockchain and one of the most popular blockchain games in terms of volume and number of users. Joyride is a solution for independent Unity developers who have been making mobile games for a decade and have served millions of players. They can make, launch, and grow blockchain games with assets and economies that belong to the players. Omar Siddiqui, CEO and Founder of Joyride, was excited about how well Flow could help bring new users on board and help the ecosystem grow. Solitaire Blitz is an updated version of Klondike Solitaire with fun game modes that let players relax or compete for $RLY tokens in tournaments and leagues. After a successful beta period, the game was released on the Flow mainnet. It quickly gained more than 500,000 active users and became the top Dapp on Flow and one of the top 10 blockchain games overall.