Fumb Games crosses a million players for Bitcoin Miner simulation game
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Gaming fintech Zebedee and mobile gaming studio Fumb Games said Bitcoin Miner, a simple idle mobile game that simulates running a crypto mining business, has been played by over one million players.
The companies said that this proves that sustainable play-and-earn mobile gaming works, is easy for anyone to get into and is here to stay. Unlike any Web3 titles, the game is completely free to play and rewards users in real Bitcoin just for playing. Playstudios uses a similar rewards model for its games.
Bitcoin Miner is not a new game. In fact, it was released almost five years ago but never gained traction with users. It was essentially a dead game until its creator, Fumb Games, partnered with Zebedee to add real Bitcoin rewards.
This transformed the game overnight, turning it from a failed project into the mobile gaming studio’s most profitable and biggest game. Now, almost a year after the game’s re-release with Bitcoin rewards, it has become arguably the most popular play-and-earn game in the world by user count, the companies said.
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Despite what the name might suggest, the game does not actually mine Bitcoin. Instead, Fumb Games shares a part of its generated revenue with users in what is becoming known as sustainable play-and-earn, or rewarded gaming.
The concept has proven to resonate with users because of its simplicity, the companies said. It is one of many such games powered by Zebedee that are live on both Android and iOS,
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