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The results are in! The PlayToEarn Blockchain Game Awards 2025 has officially wrapped up, and we're excited to share this year's winners. After weeks of community voting, celebration, and anticipation, the best in blockchain gaming have finally been crowned.
Since launching in 2021, the PlayToEarn Blockchain Game Awards has grown into one of the most recognized events in web3 gaming. This year, with over 900 games, 400 creators, and 18 award categories, the scale has hit new highs. More than 110,000 votes were cast to determine the champions. Combined with over 7 million impressions across YouTube, X, and the web, this year broke all previous engagement records.
🏆 Meet the 2025 Winners
Top Games of the Year
- Most Anticipated Game: Illuvium
- Best Action Game: Etherscape
- Best Adventure Game: Sleepagotchi
- Best Casual Game: Arc8 by Gamee
- Best RPG: GhostM Global
- Best Shooter Game: Alternates
- Best Strategy Game: Last Odyssey
- Best Card Game: Splinterlands
- Best Multiplayer Game: Roach Racing Club
- Best Fighting Game: ONE Fight Arena
- Best Racing/Sports Game: zkRace
- Best Mobile Game: Wild Forest
- Best Browser Game: Rollercoin
- Best Ecosystem: Solana
- Game of the Year: Rollercoin
Top Content Creators
- Best Content Creator (English): Inspector Mindblow
- Best Creator (National): MukeGaming
Guild Spotlight
- Best Gaming Guild: Beam Gamers
✨ Spotlight on Blockchain Gaming Excellence
With over $2.5 million in rewards, this year's awards celebrated the top achievements across gaming, content creation, and community leadership. Let's dive into the benefits and prizes awarded across each category.
Game Awards Breakdown
The prize pool for game categories includes:
- $2 million+ in Grants and services from our partners
- SEI: Up to $1M in grants for building on their high-performance Layer 1 blockchain for all category winners.
- Tezos: $1M in grants, along with marketing and technical support, to integrate Tezos or Etherlink.
- BGA: $7500 - 15x $500 basic memberships for the 15 game categories (excluding existing members).
- $150k Merso.io: Free integration to help games 2-5x their revenue, plus support with co-marketing and any additional advisory or technical guidance if needed (for the 15 game categories).
- $10k BeeOS (in services): $5k for Most anticipated winner and $5k for Game of the Year winner. (includes collabs with alpha communities, KOLs support, AMAs and X spaces, email marketing, questing platform, all technical support).
- $750: 3 months of free usage of Snag's Basic Loyalty platform.
- $150,000 PlayToEarn Ad Credits: Winners will have a code to enter in our business center that will credit their account to spend on ads.
1st Place (per category)
- $5,000 in PlayToEarn.com Ad Credits
- Winner's trophy on the game details page
- Mentioned in the winners news article with a website backlink
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (game shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
- From BGA: 1 Year Free Basic Membership.
- From Merso.io: Free integration + support with co-marketing and any additional advisory or technical guidance if needed
- From SEI: Up to $1M in grants for building on their high-performance Layer 1 blockchain for all category winners.
- From Tezos: Up to $1M in grants, along with marketing and technical support, to integrate Tezos or Etherlink.
** SEI and Tezos: Grants are awarded to category winners (one-time per project) upon approval by the SEI team, based on meeting specific KPIs.
2nd Place
- $2,500 in PlayToEarn.com Ad Credits
- Winner's trophy on the game details page
- Mentioned in the winners news article with a website backlink
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (game shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
3rd Place
- $2,500 in PlayToEarn.com Ad Credits
- Winner's trophy on the game details page
- Mentioned in the winners news article with a website backlink
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (game shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
4th to 10th Place
- Winner's trophy on the game details page
- Mentioned in the winners news article with a website backlink
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
11th to 20th Place
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (game shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
Additionally, winners of the Game of the Year and Most Anticipated Game categories will receive a 1-year Basic BGA Membership, valued at $500.
Content Creator Awards
Content creators help power the growth of web3 games and guide new players into the space. Their efforts are being recognized with meaningful rewards.
1st Place
- $10,000 in PlayToEarn Ad Credits
- Mentioned in the winners news article (channel shoutout)
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (channel shoutout)
- Exclusive PlayToEarn Blockchain Game Awards 2025 NFT
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
- Recognition as a Top Creator in Creator Rankings
2nd to 3rd Place
- Mentioned in the winners news article (channel shoutout)
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (channel shoutout)
- Exclusive PlayToEarn Blockchain Game Awards 2025 NFT
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
- Recognition as a Top Creator in Creator Rankings
4th to 20th Place
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (channel shoutout)
- Exclusive PlayToEarn Blockchain Game Awards 2025 NFT
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
- Recognition as a Top Creator in Creator Rankings
Gaming Guild Awards
These awards recognize gaming guilds that drive participation, learning, and innovation in blockchain gaming.
1st Place
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
- $10.000 in PlayToEarn Ad Credits
- Mentioned in the winners news article (guild shoutout)
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (guild shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
2nd to 4th Place
- $2.500 in PlayToEarn Ad Credits
- Mentioned in the winners news article (guild shoutout)
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (guild shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
5th to 10th
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (guild shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
Gaming Ecosystem Awards
The 2025 awards also shine a light on blockchain ecosystems that support and scale game development.
1st Place
- $10.000 in PlayToEarn Ad Credits
- Mentioned in the winners news article (ecosystem shoutout)
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (ecosystem shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
2nd to 4th Place
- $2.500 in PlayToEarn Ad Credits
- Mentioned in the winners news article (ecosystem shoutout)
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (ecosystem shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
5th to 10th Place
- Listed on the 2025 award winners page (ecosystem shoutout)
- Special discount on PlayToEarn services
🎉 Special Rewards for Voters!
A big thank you to everyone who cast their votes this year. Your support is what makes the PlayToEarn Blockchain Game Awards possible. To show our appreciation, here's what voters get a chance to win:
- 1x iPhone 17 Pro (or stablecoin equivalent, up to $1099)
- 50 voters get $20 USDT each
- 1 million $P2E points distributed to 1000 voters (1000 points each value is $1)
- 500 whitelist spots for the $P2E token sale
Winners will be randomly selected from the full voter pool and announced on socials by the end of January. With over 110,000 votes submitted and 7+ million impressions across platforms, this year's community engagement was unmatched.
By taking part, you've helped shape the future of blockchain gaming. And we're excited to celebrate your role with these great rewards!
🌐 Thanks to Our 2025 Sponsors
This year's awards were made possible thanks to the support of top web3 contributors, including Tezos, SEI, the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA), Snag Solutions, and Merso.io. Together, they've helped create an unmatched prize pool worth over $2.5 million.
We've worked closely with:
- Tezos to provide $1M in grants, along with marketing and technical support, helping winners integrate Tezos or Etherlink into their games.
- SEI to offer up to $1M in grants for category winners building on its high-performance Layer 1 blockchain.
- The Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) to award up to 15 Basic memberships (one per winning game category, for non-members), connecting winners with global blockchain gaming leaders.
- Merso.io to deliver $150,000 in free integrations, co-marketing, and advisory support to help winning games boost revenue.
- BeeOS to provide $10,000 worth of in-kind user acquisition services for the Most Anticipated and Game of the Year winners, including campaigns with alpha communities, KOL support, AMAs, X spaces, email marketing, questing (min. 5k new active users), and full technical backing.
- Snag Solutions to offer 3 months of free access to its Basic Loyalty platform.
What's Next in 2026
With this year's edition now in the books, we are already planning an even bigger show for 2026. Expect increased rewards, new badges, and more ways to help shape the future of blockchain games.
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