Pixel Dungeons: A New Play-to-Earn Dungeon Crawler Joins the $PIXEL Ecosystem

The creators of the popular Ethereum farming game Pixels have unveiled their latest venture, Pixel Dungeons, a play-to-earn dungeon crawler available on the Ronin gaming network.

Popular Ethereum farming game Pixels has announced its latest venture, Pixel Dungeons, a play-to-earn dungeon crawler available on the Ronin gaming network.

A new game just joined the $PIXEL ecosystem – @pixel_dungeons Closed Beta is here & playable TODAY on @ronin_network!⛏️

Mine $PIXEL? Sabotage rivals??

Dodge goblins & lava?

Collect your Loot

— Pixels (@playpixels_) March 6, 2023

Pixel Dungeons gameplay and features

In Pixel Dungeons, players enter a two-minute competitive environment where they can mine PIXEL tokens, clear obstacles and defeat goblins using TNT, and evade lava traps. Players can also engage in strategic sabotaging of rivals to claim their collected treasures.

Developed in collaboration with Crack and Stack, this game marks the Pixels team’s first publishing agreement with an external studio, in a move to expand their gaming portfolio.

The game’s integration into the Pixels ecosystem ensures that the PIXEL token remains at the core of the transactional activities, fostering a unified economic environment across multiple games.

Strategic growth and token utilization

Speaking on the PIXEL token’s strategic use across their gaming platforms, Pixels founder and CEO Luke Barwikowski stated, “The PIXEL token is central to everything we build, allowing players to earn and use tokens across an ecosystem of games.” This approach enhances player engagement and bolsters the token’s utility and circulation within the gaming community.

Operating on the Ethereum sidechain Ronin, Pixels itself continues to show robust engagement metrics, with around 200,000 monthly active spenders. In November alone, the game distributed about 22 million PIXEL tokens, or around $5 million, with players reinvesting roughly half of these earnings back into the game ecosystem.

The closed beta for Pixel Dungeons went live this Monday, with access tiers based on players’ reputation scores in Pixels. Those with a score above 3,000 will gain early access to both free and premium game maps, providing an incentive for consistent and skilled gameplay.