Solana’s Noodle.gg Snake Game Puts Real Money on the Line in PvP Crypto Battles

Crypto meets arcade nostalgia as Noodle.gg was unveiled on the Solana network, reviving snake gameplay with real-money stakes

Solana's Noodle.gg Snares Attention with Real-Money Snake Battles and Meme-Coin Mania

As interest in crypto gaming continues to escalate, a new project has emerged on the Solana network, putting an interesting spin on the classic arcade-style snake game.

Created by Alex Leiman, Noodle.gg, launched 24 hours ago, is a crypto-enhanced remake of Slither.io, quickly attracting attention and drawing in a growing meme-coin economy.

Leiman, in a May 13 post, introduced the game, explaining that it's a "crypto-version" of the snake game, where players start with a small snake and grow bigger by consuming defeated opponents.

Each kill grants the surviving player the fallen player's entry fee, but if a player dies, they lose their entire wager and the game zooms in on the killer, allowing them to quickly rejoin the game.

Despite being in early beta, Noodle has already drawn 2,500 active accounts and more than $350,000 in wagers, according to a Deep Vac Web3 analysis.

Leiman has teased upcoming updates, including a "longer-term roadmap" for development.

The hype for Noodle reached new highs as Leiman posted a Solana contract address for a $NOODLE/$SOL meme-coin. Traders quickly flocked to the scene, pushing the token's market cap to a record high of $19m before settling at around $5.07m in market cap.

Over 6,000 wallets now hold the token, and there's speculation that $NOODLE could become the native wagering token for the game.

Noodle was launched via Believeapp, a Solana-based launchpad that has seen its own token, $LAUNCHCOIN, skyrocket from $1m to a $270m market cap, generating $6.3m in daily revenue.

Leiman, previously recognised for his work on RizzGPT and Astra, which together have over 10 million total downloads, was endorsed by the Believeapp team as an "exceptional builder."

The gaming community has offered a mixed verdict. While many players are celebrating its nostalgic snake battles and real-money rewards, others are questioning its originality.

"Everyone’s been midcurving blockchain games, this looks super fun," said Austin Federa, the co-founder of Double Zero.

Another supporter posted, "Won money & it allowed me to withdraw. Gud tek."

However, critics argued that Leiman had simply copied Slither.io without adding anything major.

Noodle is one of the newest products built on Solana, leveraging the snake-style games. In November 2024, $SOL Arena also drew attention with its similar concept of a large-scale PvP game on Solana.

The growing genre now stands alongside other novel projects like Black Mirror's official token, which is designed to gamify social credit.