Solana’s sign price has risen in the past month – but do you know about the Solana blockchain-enabled games listed on the Epic Games Store?
This year the number is Web3 games on the Epic Games Store grew from just 10 in January to 69 in October, according to Game7’s 2023 State of Web3 Gaming Report (Decrypt at least 78 counted in November). While many of these games are unreleased or in early access, their listings reflect Epic Games’ more open approach to developing titles with crypto or AI elements compared to competing PC game launcher Steam.
Solana has a little over 125 games in its ecosystem, according to Game7’s report, making it the fourth most popular blockchain network for game developers overall and the top most popular non-EVM chain. From ambitious sci-fi MMOs to fantasy pet fighters, here’s every game listed on the Epic Games Store that uses the Solana blockchain as of this writing.
Star Atlas
Star Atlas is a sci-fi MMORPG in development that uses Solana for its tokens and NFTs. Early access footage of the game shows an immersive world filled with massive spaceships, modern structures and futuristic clothing for its third-person perspective playable characters.
Despite Star Atlas studio ATMTA has laid off 73% of its team back in July, development continued on the upcoming game. In September 2022, ATMTA has a playable demo for Star Atlas NFT holders on the Epic Games Store.
ATMTA also continued to promote the development of Solana blockchain games and launched an open source software development kit (SDK) that could make it easier for developers to build games using the network. Star Atlas does not currently have a release date, but it is expected to be released on the Epic Games Store in the future.
While fans wait for the finished game to launch, there is SAGE Labs-a blockchain browser project using Star Atlas learning – to try out in the meantime.
Aurora
Aurory is a free-to-play fantasy RPG whose executive producer described the title as “Pokemon meets the Matrix.” While Aurory originally released her NFTs and AURY Token on Solana, his team unveiled its multi-chain plans in July and plans to expand to the Ethereum layer-2 network Decision also.
In November, Aurory announced that its RPG expansion “Seekers of Tokanes” will be released on the Epic Games Store as well as in its native browser version. Aurory EP Jonathan Campeau previously explained to Decrypt that the move to launch a PC version on the Epic Store is due in part to technical limitations imposed by a web browser.
Aurory’s Seekers of Tokane will offer players “unlimited amounts” of land to explore through portals, expanded Netfies battle features and character customization, among other additions to the game. Seekers of Tokane does not yet have a firm release date on the Epic Games Store and is listed as “Coming Soon” at the time of writing.
Sincerely
Sincerely is a free-to-play social metaverse game that currently supports the Solana and Ethereum blockchains. At the time of writing, Yaku is available early in the Epic Games Store. The Epic Store page says that the game is currently in alpha and is focused on enabling user-generated content and community-driven development.
Yaku’s Epic Store page describes plans for an open-world, dystopian sci-fi setting where an “all-powerful mega-corporation Saikou reigns supreme.” The game world will be released slowly with incremental updates over the next five to seven years, according to Yaku’s Epic Store page FAQ.
Chain Crisis
Chain Crisis is billed as a free-to-play cyberpunk dystopian shooter set in the fictional near-future world of Warpgate City. At the time of writing, it is in pre-alpha and listed in the Epic Games Store with the “Coming Soon” tag, expected to release sometime in 2024.
Chain Crisis released male PFP-style avatar NFTs on Solana and plans to offer players in-game character cosmetics as NFTs.
Angelic: Dark Symphony
Angelic is a sci-fi RPG that will offer multiplayer, co-op and single player game modes, according to its Epic Games Store page. Back in March 2022, the Angelic team $10 million raised for its play of Animoca Brands, Pantera and Solana Capital, to name a few.
At the time of writing, Angelic: Dark Symphony is listed as “Coming Soon” from its developers at Metaverse Game Studios, which uses Solana and Ethereum for its optional NFT elements.
Dark Symphony is Angelic’s single player campaign mode. According to her Epic Store FAQthe Angelic team says they “never” do any “pay-to-win” or “play to earn” game mechanics, calling such models “toxic and unsustainable”.
Edited by Andrew Hayward
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