{"id":87664,"date":"2023-11-29T17:22:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=87664"},"modified":"2025-09-13T13:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T10:18:31","slug":"coingecko-reports-that-75-of-gamefi-projects-have-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/coingecko-reports-that-75-of-gamefi-projects-have-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"CoinGecko reports that 75% of GameFi projects have closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since <span data-descr=\\\"game finance\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">GameFi<\/span> emerged five years ago, around 2127 of 2817 projects in this space have failed, roughly 75.5%. This is according to a <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/research\/publications\/how-many-gamefi-dead\\\">CoinGecko<\/a> report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh7-eu.googleusercontent.com\/_NsODAcZNoqmXHM1OQuHnWmhwqIJWW0XmSckwiPwz5g8v-uSCNVDhpbYzMPoFT8lBsJyUA_nG-maiyuJ9iT9nwTiQOiXg6zxhgz49gXAJX1_Js05lywAe0VhiRl1uQ3Ol-Qg8PTuY1vinCODAszHivI\\\" alt=\\\"CoinGecko reports the closure of 75% of GameFi projects\\\"\/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Ratio of launched to closed GameFi projects. Data: CoinGecko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cIn other words, three out of four <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>-games have become inactive,\u201d analysts said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the success of CryptoKitties in late 2017, <span data-descr=\\\"Play-to-Earn \u2014 play to earn\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">P2E<\/span> games gained popularity in the crypto community. As a result, in 2018, 422 Web3 games were launched, of which 307 failed.<\/p>\n<p>Development and interest in GameFi slowed during the bear years 2019\u20132020. During this period, only 244 projects were released, and the share of closed startups exceeded 94%.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, amid a bull market, the lowest rate of Web3-game abandonments was recorded at 45%. In 2022, the number of abandoned GameFi projects exceeded those launched\u2014742 vs 693, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of 2023, 509 games have already failed, equivalent to 70.7%. Researchers say the lower failure rate may indicate stabilization in the gaming direction.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the tech giant Google <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/gamefi-apps-set-to-appear-on-google-play\">announced<\/a> its intention to integrate an option to host GameFi projects in the Android app store.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the gaming Web3 platform Intella <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/intella-gamefi-platform-to-launch-a-10-million-gaming-accelerator\">announced<\/a> the launch of a $10 million grant program in partnership with South Korean publisher Neowiz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since GameFi emerged five years ago, around 2127 of 2817 projects in this space have failed, roughly 75.5%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1098,1155,167],"class_list":["post-87664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-coingecko","tag-games-and-gamefi","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87666,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87664\/revisions\/87666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}