Solana blockchain as a platform for Web3 gaming projects
As of April 2025, Solana is ranked 6th in the overall cryptocurrency rankings by market capitalization, which is $59.2 billion. At the same time, Solana ranks second after Ethereum in terms of total blockchain value, which exceeds $6.5 billion, surpassing even BNB Chain.
In terms of the number of active addresses, which reaches 3.5 million, the Solana ecosystem is in the lead and surpasses other major blockchain platforms such as Tron, Base and Ethereum by a wide margin. By comparison, the number of active addresses on the Tron network is 2.5 million, while Ethereum has only 494,000.
Why do game and memcoin developers choose Solana?
The reason why Solana is so popular is because of its high speed and low transaction costs. This means that not only various transactions such as transfers, swaps (exchanges on the blockchain), adding and removing assets from liquidity pools, but also the launch of decentralized applications (DApps), including games and tokens, are fast and cheap.
According to DeFi Llama's April 2025 data, there are already more than 200 decentralized applications running in the Solana ecosystem, six of which have TVLs exceeding $1 billion. In 2024, Solana has become one of the fastest growing blockchain ecosystems, along with the TON blockchain. In the last year alone, Solana's TVL has grown by more than 70%, from $3.74 billion to $6.5 billion, and that's including adjustments that saw the figure drop by about 45%.
One of the reasons why Solana is chosen as a platform for game creation and token issuance is its high bandwidth. According to the developers, the Solana network is capable of processing up to 65,000 transactions per second (TPS), and according to some reports, this figure could theoretically reach even 170,000.
The second reason is low transaction costs. For example, the cost of deploying a smart contract (for example, when launching a blockchain game) in the Ethereum network can cost tens of dollars due to the high price of the transactions themselves. The same figure in the Solana network can be tens or even a hundred times less.
Among other things, the Solana ecosystem provides tools that simplify the development of decentralized applications (DApps) and games, and the project team works closely with major game studios such as Unity and Unreal Engine.
Top GameFi projects on Solana
1. GamerBoom
Despite the fact that GamerBoom game was launched only in February 2025, it quickly became the leader in the number of active users. According to the DappRadar service, the number of unique active wallets (UAW) exceeds 13 thousand per day.
GamerBoom represents a kind of bridge between traditional Web2 games and the Web3 sphere. In other words, GamerBoom provides an ecosystem that allows Web2-games to be integrated into it. In doing so, in addition to blockchain, GamerBoom also utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
For example, the GamerBoom ecosystem supports AI Agent tools to automate wallet management and generate game strategies. GamerBoom was one of the first Web3 platforms to provide AI as a Service (Artificial Intelligence as a Service, or AIaaS).
The GamerBoom team has raised $15 million in investment from venture capital funds Solana Ventures and Animoca Brands, as well as a strategic partnership with Binance Labs. As of April 2025, GamerBoom has become one of the key players in the Asian market. And its team has launched successful projects such as Stepn and Star Atlas, the latter of which made it to the list of top web3 games on the Solana blockchain.
In addition, the GamerBoom team plans to launch its own gas pedal for GameFi studios.
2. Star Atlas
The popular game Star Atlas has attracted a lot of attention thanks to its successful tokensale, where some investors were able to get more than 10000% profit immediately after the release.
Star Atlas is a space simulator in the MMO genre, which has its own metaiverse with an elaborate economic model. Players can explore the virtual universe of Star Atlas and participate in battles for prizes in the form of native tokens of the project. Star Atlas players can also buy and sell virtual planets, build cities on them and join factions for defense against hostile coalitions.
According to DappRadar data for April 2025, the number of active players per month exceeds 5,000, and at its peak it reached 50,000. The Star Atlas team managed to raise $20 million in investment from Solana Ventures and Animoca Brands - that's even more than GamerBoom.
3. MomoAI (ex-MetaOasis)
MomoAI, formerly known as MetaOasis, is a decentralized Web-based gaming platform that connects users through social gaming. Unlike many games that focus on entertainment, MomoAI's developers emphasized a social component using blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which is reflected even in the platform's name.
MomoAI has attracted $12 million in investment from venture capital funds such as Multicoin Capital, Solana Ventures, Alameda Research and Animoca Brands, as well as private investors, including the founders of popular Web3 games The Sandbox and Axie Infinity. MomoAI has an audience of more than 20,000 monthly active users.
4. Genopets
The Genopets game was developed in the wake of StepN's popularity and was based on the same mechanics known as Move-to-Earn or M2E. However, the Genopets team introduced their own unique idea: the game is based on NFT pets that can be developed through physical activity.
The Genopets team raised $8.3 million from Pantera Capital and Solana Foundation. At its peak in 2022, the number of daily active players of Genopets exceeded 20,000, but now the project has significantly lost ground due to the decline in interest in M2E games, and the value of its native token GENE has dropped by more than 99% to $0.058 relative to the absolute maximum.
5. DeFi Land
This game is a multichain simulation farm with DeFi mechanics that allows users to earn income in cryptocurrency. The creators of DeFi Land gamified staking and farming to fuel player interest: the number of daily active players exceeded 15,000 at its peak, and TVL reached $3 million.
The DeFi Land team has raised $4 million in investment from the Jump Crypto fund. Although DeFi Land became one of the most significant gaming projects for Solana, the game quickly lost user interest as it was released shortly before the crypto market collapse in 2022.
