In brief
- Crypto gaming has experienced a growing trend of games and studios shutting down.
- Game creators are struggling to find funding to complete development, among other commonly cited issues.
- Once-promising blockchain games like Deadrop, Nyan Heroes, and Ember Sword top the list.
While crypto gaming has long been seen as a key use for blockchain, letting gamers really own and freely trade their unique items and perhaps profit from a game’s success, developers are struggling to sustain their games and digital economies.
Some games, like Gunzilla Games’ Off the Grid, have punched through to a broader audience, gaining adoption from top streamers and gamers alike—albeit ahead of full blockchain integration. But many other games and studios building with tokens are struggling to find players and maintain funding.
In 2025, a number of once-promising crypto games have already closed up shop, and the list has been growing recently with each new week. Here’s a look at some of the biggest games to go offline or shut down entirely.
