Web3 Gaming Moves Toward Sustainable Models as Industry Confidence Rebounds — BGA
The Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) a turning point for Web3 gaming. Industry trust has risen to 66% as experts choose long-term models over short-term ones. The BGA’s annual state of the industry report, which polled more than 500 specialists worldwide, found that 65.8% were optimistic.
This is a large jump from the 2024 lows that followed a devastating market correction. To encourage long-term growth in a maturing market, developers now place great emphasis on creating high-quality games, building scalable infrastructure, and finding ways to monetize.
Getting through the Correction Phase
later than the 2021 play-to-earn bubble, fuelled by speculative inflows, gaming had to face a harsh reality. Funding dropped from $4 billion to just $293 million in 2025, leading to the collapse of many studios and a shift to simpler operations as major venture capital firms stopped making new investments.
The failure rates rose to 80%-93%, and many companies fell apart within months without additional funding. Token prices fell by more than 90% from their highest levels. This harsh purge eliminated businesses that couldn’t survive, making room for projects based on solid ideas.
Switching To Environmental-Friendly Models
The shows that the company is changing its strategy to focus on sustainable economics, with an emphasis on quality gaming, strong payment infrastructure, and resilient monetisation.
Almost 30% of the people who took the study said that high-quality game launches were the main reason for future growth.
have changed the game by enabling quick, cheap, borderless money transfers while avoiding the volatility of cryptocurrencies, as the analysis shows. More and more, studios are combining main benefits, including verified ownership and interoperability, with interesting stories and gameplay to attract traditional gamers.
What Key Analysts Have to Say
Yat Siu, co-founder of Animoca Brands, says much of the rebound is due to changes in U.S. regulations under that make it easier for tokens to launch without setting up a nonprofit framework.
Andrew Sorokovsky, Immutable’s vice president of worldwide sales, says, “Despite the poor press, blockchain gaming is now one of crypto’s most proven sectors, where quality projects are thriving, and real adoption is taking hold.”
The BGA says that this change is moving towards a “product-led, operationally disciplined future.” This rise in sentiment to 66% is similar to the broader cryptocurrency market stabilising, putting Web3 gaming on track for real, scalable mainstream adoption.
