Blockchain Games: A Survey
This work provides a foundational overview for researchers and practitioners interested in the impact of blockchain technology on digital games, particularly in multi-player scenarios.
The authors conducted a survey to address the lack of academic studies on blockchain games, categorizing existing games by genre and technical platforms and analyzing industrial trends to envision future technological and commercial developments.
With the support of the blockchain systems, the cryptocurrency has changed the world of virtual assets. Digital games, especially those with massive multi-player scenarios, will be significantly impacted by this novel technology. However, there are insufficient academic studies on this topic. In this work, we filled the blank by surveying the state-of-the-art blockchain games. We discuss the blockchain integration for games and then categorize existing blockchain games from the aspects of their genres and technical platforms. Moreover, by analyzing the industrial trend with a statistical approach, we envision the future of blockchain games from technological and commercial perspectives.