What Onchain Gaming Learned in 2025

This guest post was written by nejc of FOCGERS.

In 2025 onchain games stopped asking whether blockchain belonged in games and began to "just do it," mentioning onchain only where it created real risk, ownership, or social drama. It’s only the underlying tech at the end of the day. The game design is what needs to stand out.

Also, let’s not pretend 2025 was clean. Crypto games got dragged into the dirt this year. Studios shut down. CT was miserable. Meanwhile, other crypto verticals began their “institutional” arc, while games looked like the black sheep of the family.