GameFi market's brutal 2025: What the numbers reveal



The gaming sector saw a harsh correction this year. Market capitalization plummeted 68% down to $7.8B, while trading volume dropped even steeper at 69% to just $1.3B. Average ROI tanked at -75%, with some tokens taking hits exceeding 90%.

The fallout was real. Multiple game studios pulled the plug. Industry analysts are pointing fingers at persistent overvaluation and chronic underperformance in delivering on promises. It's a reality check for a space that once generated massive hype.
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RooftopReservervip
· 1h ago
Haha, another field taught by reality how to be human. I saw it a long time ago, those air coins are damn. -75% return rate? I thought isn’t this an opportunity to buy the dip? Laughing to death, a bunch of people hyped it up back then. GameFi has truly become a large-scale scene of cutting leeks, with studios running away too often. Basically, it's because promises can't keep up, so of course the coin price drops. This is called market self-correction, although we are the ones getting cut. A 68% decline is still mild; I've seen worse. But coins that drop 90% are indeed incredible.
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SerNgmivip
· 22h ago
I don't know what to say, the -75% figure just looks painful... I've been saying for a long time that this circle is too deep.
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GasFeeSobbervip
· 01-05 08:54
Wow-75%, this is exactly how my account has been this year... I knew GameFi was just hype, but I still got caught in it.
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MidsommarWalletvip
· 01-05 08:53
It was about time for it to explode. This wave of GameFi is just a game of hot potato. -75% return rate... hilarious, a few people I know still want to buy the dip. Poor quality, false promises—who's to blame? The market knows best.
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ETHmaxi_NoFiltervip
· 01-05 08:51
I've been saying it all along, this wave of GameFi is just air. It's really too late now that it's fallen this much. -75% ROI... The money my friend went all-in on last year is probably a total loss now, haha. Overvaluation + bad promises = certain death. How can anyone still be playing? Another batch of studios has run away. It's so normal; this circle is just like that.
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MetaverseMortgagevip
· 01-05 08:48
I've seen it all along, this wave of GameFi is just a pile of air projects. It's only normal to see crashes now. Compared to the numbers, I'm more concerned about what to do for those who lost everything, it's really heartbreaking. -75% ROI? Laughs. Isn't that just blatant money grabbing? No wonder the studios all ran away. This crisis is actually a good thing. It filters out those teams that boast without paying taxes. Only the survivors are the real products. Feels like Bitcoin has never been this bad. GameFi really needs to be re-evaluated.
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AllInAlicevip
· 01-05 08:38
Oh no, -75% ROI... my bag has shrunk again After playing for so long, I still can't make money; instead, I keep losing more. This is what they call Play-to-Earn haha I've long said that those project teams just make empty promises, and now it's finally over. My DYOR was a bit late... A 90% drop is really brutal. It feels like the entire sector is clearing out. Will it completely die in the next round? This is what the true face looks like after the hype subsides; there is basically no real gameplay or business model
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GrayscaleArbitrageurvip
· 01-05 08:34
The industry should have been reshuffled long ago. Only after this wave of cuts can the true builders emerge. These numbers have long been written on the wall; it's just that no one wants to see... -75% return rate, is anyone still dreaming? GameFi is like this—the era of pie-in-the-sky promises is over. Now, real skills matter. The studios that have exited are actually smart. Instead of stubbornly holding on, it's better to cut losses in time. The promises they keep hyping up, then turn around and run... a typical Web3 vibe. A 68% decline? I predicted this day a long time ago, but unfortunately, no one listened.
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