NFT GAMES THAT ARE FREE OR LOW COST TO PLAY & MAY GIVE FREE NFT'S
Alien Worlds - Simple, easy to get the hang of within about a week. Free to play, no enormous spend in crypto and if you need Wax for CPU or RAM, just go to Alcor Exchange to get TLM swapped for WAX. I haven't spent anything on it but I have already gotten NFT's worth a bit of WAX.
Splinterlands - Think Voltron art style marrying Magic the Gathering. It's a card game and has a huge variety of NFT's you can get. The magical book I think it requires you to get is $10 in crypto and your first NFT's will be around $4 dollars each. But this is better than other NFT games, but we'll get to that….
Blockchain Cuties - BCC has really adorable creatures like foxes, dragons, cats and many more. You battle them to level up and collect items. I got a free NFT just signing up. Their site is somewhat buggy but Discord is your place to talk to devs, which I have done a few times. The developers are actively posting updates, but you can play right now. Promising!
Find Any Free Sign Ups on Developing NFT Games - Look for any new NFT / blockchain game in Google search or Dappradar. If it hasn't been released and there's a sign up or subscribe somewhere, fill it out without hesitation. There's a very good chance you'll get a free NFT when these games come out. I found more games like Alien Worlds that aren't out and I'm excited to see when and if they release their games. Steam is also a place to be on the look out for.
NFT GAMES THAT COST MUCH MORE TO PLAY
I've signed up for lots of NFT games this week. These are the ones I can't really recommend because of high entry cost but you should know about anyway:
Axie Infinity - This is a cute creatures game where you do breeding projects. To get started in March 2021, you need to buy an Axie. However, prices are so high it's almost stupid. There are Axies that are up for sale for $180+ million dollars. Although I would love to try breeding some creatures and get some NFT's - I need to shell out close to $400 which I'm gonna pass on for now. These NFT's are valuable, whether there is a bubble to be burst here or not, and if you can get a free breeding pair, get them! There are also land sales a la Second Life.
Sports NFT Games - I've come across golf and other sports games that required buying or depositing a lot of Ethereum or other crypto. I've passed on them, even if they give you a trial of an NFT to play around with. Just not my cup of tea, but I hear sports NFT's are very popular.
Upland - Some people really enjoy property buying games. In Upland you can buy properties and earn from people visiting your properties. You can also sell what you buy from Upland to other users. It looks like Google Maps with a property buying sim laid over it. The reason I'm not into it is cause of the graphics but I'm sure if I had some crypto to buy several good properties I might be more engaged by it. Entry barrier for me, but maybe not for you.
I hope to give an update later on as I get more experience with some other NFT games like R-planet, Upland and any others I've signed up for. As of this moment, there are no Steam NFT games I have been able to start up - they all gave me errors, so I can't comment there.
If you have an NFT game you discovered that you can recommend, what is it? How about one you hated? I'd love to hear about it.
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I would probably actually put splinterlands above alienworlds. Especially seeing you seem to enjoy publishing or are publishing articles. Hive is a unique way to see something build up and grow. Not to mention if you are resourceful and can create quality content your collection ends up being free or you can network with many individuals in the community that will loan you cards needed to progress on your journey.