What does “high-earning” mean in the world of crypto gaming? According to a recent community poll, the benchmark is set at $10 per day. This week’s roundup dives into the Play-to-Earn landscape, spotlighting the games that are meeting—and exceeding—that benchmark, from a potential $150 daily jackpot to consistent hourly grinds. We’ll also explore major updates from established projects, a word of caution on blatant “Ponzinomics,” and a look at exciting community events where you can earn more than just in-game tokens.
Defining “High Earnings” in Web3 Gaming
The concept of a high-earning game is subjective, but data helps set a standard. A recent Twitter poll with nearly 400 participants revealed a clear community consensus: $10 per day is considered the threshold for a “high-earning” Web3 game. This benchmark moves beyond the micro-earnings of some faucet-style games and sets a tangible goal for players seeking meaningful returns on their gaming time.
With this figure in mind, the search begins for games that can reliably offer this level of earning potential. It’s important to note that earnings in crypto gaming are inherently volatile, tied to token prices, game economies, and player activity. What yields $10 today might yield $5 or $20 tomorrow. However, several projects are currently standing out for their earning mechanics and upcoming opportunities.
Spotlight on High-Potential Earning Games
This week, three games are particularly noteworthy for their earning potential, each representing a different approach: from lottery-style jackpots to calculated hourly rates.
Party Icons: The Jackpot Potential
Party Icons made waves when a community member, White CY, pulled a Mantle Chest containing 200 Mantle tokens—worth approximately $150—in a single day. This highlights the game’s high-variance, high-reward loot system. The Mantle Chest offers a small chance at a significant payout, with more common rewards being smaller token amounts or valuable in-game items like gold coins.
Beyond lucky chest pulls, Party Icons hosts the X-League, a paid competitive campaign with a prize pool nearing $200,000. Participation requires an X-PASS, obtainable either by direct purchase or through community contracts, where sponsors take a small percentage. This structure creates a competitive ecosystem where skill can lead to substantial rewards, separate from the luck-based chest openings.
RavenQuest: The Calculated Grind
For those seeking more predictable, grind-based earnings, RavenQuest is currently on the radar. Detailed analysis from an active player in the Tokenized 360 Discord community broke down earnings of approximately $10 over a 6-hour session, translating to a productivity rate of $1.58 to $1.80 per hour.
Crucially, this level of earning wasn’t achieved overnight. It represents the output of a player who has invested significant time to progress their character and optimize their gameplay strategy. While the hourly rate may not rival a full-time job, it demonstrates that sustained, strategic play in RavenQuest can meet the community’s $10-per-day benchmark. For players in regions with lower wage standards, this can represent a meaningful opportunity, especially when combined with the enjoyment of the game itself.
Wilder World: The Anticipated Contender
While not yet publicly live, Wilder World is generating immense excitement with its upcoming “Super Early Access.” The game promises a high-fidelity, first-person shooter experience—a genre often lacking in Web3—built on a foundation of substantial development and a recovering $WILD token.
The team’s collaboration with Lamborghini to integrate the brand into the game is a significant endorsement, rare even in traditional gaming. The available gameplay trailers show promising mechanics and visuals. If Wilder World successfully couples this quality with a sustainable in-game economy, it could become a major earner by attracting a large player base, making it a project to watch closely as its early access unfolds.
Major Project Updates & Ecosystem News
Beyond direct earnings, the health and activity of broader gaming ecosystems create opportunities. Several major projects have announced significant developments.
Star Atlas Summer Event
The Star Atlas team is gearing up for a major summer event kicking off July 28th. The highlight is a Team vs. Community showdown on July 31st, where top players will face the game’s developers in its underrated shooter module, Star Atlas: Showdown. This mode is receiving a substantial update alongside the event.
More importantly, Star Atlas is working to unify its various modules—from space exploration to FPS combat—into one coherent economy. This ambitious integration, built over five years of development, aims to create a seamless “play-like-any-Web2-game” experience with blockchain-based ownership and earnings. Their progress suggests a maturing platform that could offer diverse earning avenues in the near future.
DeMons Announces Token & Airdrop
DeMons, a mobile/PC monster-battling game, has confirmed its $DMN token generation event and airdrop for September. The team has revamped its point system, meaning all in-game achievements earned during playtests now contribute directly to a user’s airdrop allocation. With over 11% of the total token supply dedicated to these playtest and community rewards, active participation now has a clear, quantifiable value. The game is free-to-play, making it a low-risk, high-potential-reward project to engage with before its full launch.
The Mantle GameFest & Age of Dino
The Mantle Network’s GameFest is in full swing, with Age of Dino as a featured title. Communities like Tokenized 360 are running dedicated quests; for example, a quest requiring players to reach 80,000 power in Age of Dino had over 100 completions, earning participants a share of a $400 prize pool and exclusive Discord roles for future raffles.
This points to a larger trend: community-driven “questing” is becoming a key meta-earning strategy. By engaging with guilds and communities, players can amplify their earnings from individual games through collective rewards, whitelist spots, and NFT giveaways.
A Word of Caution: The Rise of “Ponzimon”
Amidst legitimate building, the crypto gaming space also sees exploitative models resurface. The most blatant recent example is Ponzimon, a game that openly admits its “Ponzinomic” structure in its name and tokenomics. Despite skyrocketing over 3,000% since launch, it serves as a critical reminder.
As the author states, “as the bull market keeps going, you want to be less and less greedy, not more and more greedy.” Games that are transparently structured as Ponzi schemes guarantee that late entrants will lose funds to early adopters. While the spectacle of rapid gains is tempting, participating in such models contradicts the sustainable, skill-and-time-based earning philosophy that defines the best of Play-to-Earn. It’s a timely reminder to focus on projects with long-term vision and real utility, like those exploring sustainable models on platforms such as Immutable.
Community Hubs: Where to Engage and Earn More
Earning in Web3 gaming is increasingly social. Dedicated Discord servers, like Tokenized 360, have become central hubs. These communities offer:
– Dedicated Game Channels: For strategy discussion on games like Party Icons, Star Atlas, and Fishing Frenzy.
– Quest & Raffle Systems: Earning “marketplace points” through gameplay quests, social raids, and participating in game nights, which can be spent on valuable rewards.
– Exclusive Rewards: Recent giveaways included whitelist spots for NFT projects, game keys for titles like Legends of Illumia and Battle Rise, and Star Atlas ship NFTs.
This ecosystem approach means your time can be rewarded in multiple layers: from in-game token earnings to community-granted NFTs and tokens from other projects, maximizing the value of your engagement. For players looking to start their journey without heavy hardware investment, exploring browser-based games can be an excellent first step into these communities.
Conclusion: Navigating the Earning Landscape
The current Play-to-Earn landscape offers diverse paths to the $10-per-day benchmark, but each comes with its own context. Party Icons offers high-risk, high-reward jackpots and competitive play. RavenQuest provides a more predictable, grind-based hourly rate for dedicated players. Forthcoming titles like Wilder World hold the promise of combining high-quality gameplay with earning potential.
Meanwhile, major ecosystems like Star Atlas and DeMons are reaching critical milestones, unlocking new value for their communities through token launches and economic integration. The most successful players are those who combine diligent gameplay with active community participation, leveraging guild quests and events to supplement their direct earnings.
As always, caution is paramount. The allure of quick gains from projects like Ponzimon is a trap for the unwary. Sustainable earnings come from games that are building for the long term. By focusing on these projects, engaging with their communities, and managing expectations in a volatile market, players can navigate the exciting—and potentially rewarding—world of Web3 gaming. To discover more projects that are building for this future, check out our list of the top Play-to-Earn games to watch in 2025.
