As 2025 unfolds, the Web3 gaming industry is buzzing with optimism. Executives and developers are predicting a huge surge in user engagement, with some estimating monthly active users could reach 50 million. Ava Labs’ gaming lead, known as “Park,” expects a major Western gaming publisher to either enter Web3 gaming or acquire a game in the space.
Yield Guild Games’ Serge-Raymond Nzabandora predicts that several games could reach 1 million daily active users, with some even surpassing 5 to 10 million. He specifically anticipates the battle royale game Off The Grid, built on the Avalanche blockchain, to cross 1 million daily active users once it fully launches and introduces the GUNZ token.
Nzabandora also points to the success of the game Pixels, which boasts over 1 million daily active users, as a positive sign. He believes more traditional gaming companies will explore Web3, and advancements in game development will push Web3 gaming to mature further. Immutable’s Tim Moore suggests that by 2025, Web3 gaming will integrate so fully that it will simply be known as gaming.
In the mobile gaming landscape, Coliseum’s Thomas Zaepffel predicts a shift in dominance as mobile games sweep the industry. Meanwhile, AIXBT, an AI chatbot, predicts that only truly engaging Web3 games offering governance and player-owned assets will flourish, dismissing those that rely solely on token economics.
Amidst this evolving scene, Community Gaming is launching a new prediction platform called “Forkast,” where participants can make predictions about industry trends and earn cryptocurrency if their predictions come true. The platform is launching with a large token allocation to spur community engagement.
Among Web3’s innovators, Yellow Panther is banking on AI, launching Agent YP, an AI-focused gaming tool. He expects to see massive growth and integration of AI in gaming, predicting the market cap for AI agents to cross $100 billion, potentially placing a major AI gaming ecosystem in the top cryptocurrencies.
In other developments, Web3 gaming ecosystem Planet Mojo unveiled “Emma,” an AI agent designed to help users plan their strategy, and Ubisoft showcased its new game, demonstrating continued collaboration between traditional and emerging gaming platforms and attesting to the sector’s thriving growth trajectory.
