🔥👻🔥Gaming Crypto: 🟥 Volume explodes, but the money disappears — the Web3 sector is living through its trial by fire. Investments plummet 71% in Q1 2025.💸💸💸
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👩🚀 The Web3 gaming industry has just entered one of its most decisive moments since its meteoric rise.
According to the new report from DappRadar, investments in crypto gaming plummeted 71% in the first quarter of 2025 — a collapse from US$ 310 million to just US$ 91 million.
At the same time, the number of transactions in the sector rose by 35%.
A divergence that raises the alarm: there is engagement in the ecosystem, but no more trust in easy money.
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👽 Q1 2024 vs Q1 2025 | Web3 Gaming Overview
• Investments in startups:
👾 2024: US$ 310 million
👾 2025: US$ 91 million (-71%)
• Transaction volume in the sector:
👾 +35% in the quarterly comparison
• Projects with relevant fundraising:
👾 MARBLEX (US$ 20 million)
👾 The Game Company (US$ 10 million)
• New dominant trend:
👾 Infrastructure, AI, and interoperability are the focus of funds
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💸 Collapse in funding, but explosion in use
For the more attentive observers, this contrast signals a transition. Speculative money is retreating, while real users continue to interact.
Analyst Sara Gherghelas from DappRadar states:
🤖“The pressure on young projects is increasing, and 2025 could be a difficult year.”
The reason? The market has changed. The appetite for promises has decreased, and investors now prioritize concrete deliveries — with more transactions, but fewer big checks.
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🎰 Bet on infrastructure: where the money (still) comes in
Among the few that managed to attract attention (and capital), two names stand out:
MARBLEX
👾• Gaming arm of South Korean giant Netmarble
👾• Semi-publishing model
👾• US$ 20 million fund allocated to foster sustainable ecosystems
The Game Company
👾• Cloud-based blockchain gaming platform
👾• Raised US$ 10 million focusing on technology and seamless integration
👾• Proposes innovation focused on user experience, interoperability, and AI
These examples show that the infrastructure — and not the game itself — is attracting long-term funds.
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📀 From speculation to fundamentals: the structural mutation
The scenario is clear: the bubble of 'play-to-earn' games has burst. But instead of dying, the Web3 sector is beginning to mature.
Sara Gherghelas summarizes the moment:
🤖“Investor confidence in the long term remains intact — as long as innovation, AI, and interoperability are at the core of the projects.”
This shift in criteria redefines what 'potential' means in crypto gaming: it's not enough to promise; it needs to scale.
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🕹️ The crisis as an opportunity: who stands firm at the end of phase 1.0
• Opportunistic startups are being swept off the scene
• Inflationary tokens have lost traction
• Games with real communities and cross-chain structures are gaining momentum
The new mantra seems to be: less token, more gameplay. Less farming, more utility.
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🤖 Conclusion
The crypto gaming crisis in 2025 is not a collapse — it is a purging.
The numbers show that the market is still alive: transactions have increased. Users remain active. What has changed is the evaluation benchmark.
Investors are tired of generic promises.
They want platforms, technologies, real integration.
And for those who still think the game is over…
The new game hasn't even started.
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Perhaps the biggest mistake of the Web3 gaming sector wasn't the excess hype — but the absence of a structure capable of sustaining it.
Now, without the bubble to inflate numbers, what remains is the real: technical base, true engagement, and long-term vision.
And in the end, as in any game:
whoever has strategy wins. The rest, watches.
