India is home to one of the largest gaming markets in the world, with millions of players across mobile, PC, and console platforms. With Web3 gaining traction globally, blockchain gaming seems like the next big step. But is India really ready for it?
On one hand, blockchain games promise true asset ownership, play-to-earn opportunities, and decentralized economies. On the other, there’s skepticism—many past projects failed due to unsustainable tokenomics, and the Indian government's stance on crypto remains uncertain.
Are Indian gamers actually interested in blockchain gaming, or is it still a niche market? Can Web3 games compete with traditional titles, or are they too focused on monetization rather than fun? And with India's growing startup ecosystem, will we see homegrown blockchain games leading the way?
What’s your take—does blockchain gaming have a real future in India, or is it just hype?
India indeed has a large number of gamers in the non-blockchain sector and the recent play2earn blockchain games has been quite popular in India too.
Although we haven't seen much blockchain based games developed in India we have a seen a growing interest from the Indian community in it.
So if the trend really takes off then we might soon see Indian startups develop such games as well.
But the harsh reality is that the startup culutre itself has not been very promising in India lately.
So I personally think that the Indian startup scene needs a little more push from the government and may be then we can see blockchain based games developed in India.