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Axie Infinity boasts nice graphics and smooth animations. Gameplay mechanics are easy to understand but hard to master.

Axie Infinity is a breeding battler game like Pokemon. It features turn-based battles between strange creatures called axies.

Axies

The game boasts nice graphics and smooth animations. Gameplay mechanics are easy to understand but hard to master. Combining axies' battle skills to create the perfect winning combination could be challenging enough even for a skilled gamer.

Axies' prices decreased dramatically, setting an entry cost to quite affordable $ 15 for a team of 3 creatures. It will be enough only for testing the game mechanics though. To win PvP arena battles regularly, a larger investment will be required.

And winning is a must because the PvP arena is the main source of income. Previously, it was possible to earn tokens in PvE mode. But this source was closed by the developers in an attempt to overcome the instability of the game’s economic system.

Liquidity Score

Flow

The rates and trading volumes of the game currency and tokens are constantly decreasing. It reduces the effect of good liquidity of gaming assets and dumps the players’ earnings.

There are two main tokens in the game: SLP and AXS. Players gain SLP for winning battles on PvP Arena. To get the AXS reward you’ll need to be among the top-300 at the end of the regular season.

SLP rate has stabilized after the dramatic dump caused by the overproduction of the token. The rate is still bouncing around $0.005 and shows no sign of a future pump. AXS has a higher rate of $20 but is much harder for a regular gamer to obtain.

SLP mint\burn

The SLP token burn rate is still unhealthy and carries the risk of inflation due to an oversupply.

The SLP earners amount is slowly decreasing because of the new system of SLP awards, with which the team is trying to overcome token inflation..

Axie Infinity Origin has a free-to-play mode, which doesn’t allow players to earn any rewards. To play and earn you must buy a team of three axies that will compete in PvP Arena. To succeed in PvP you’ll need to invest at least $50 in your team. At the current level of daily rewards, the payback period will be about 100 days. That is in case you assemble a decent team and learn how to maintain a stable win rate.

Meanwhile, Axie’s economy is so large that it even provides constantly cheapening SLP tokens with an astonishing trading volume of about $ 40,000,000 a day. AXS volume is even bigger — around $ 140,000,000 a day.

The in-game NFT market is active too. Up to 10,000 axies are being sold daily for a total of around $ 130,000. Volume is not striking, which is not surprising, given that axies' floor price has collapsed to $ 5.

While assessing the game liquidity, it is worth to take into consideration that the rates and trading volumes of the game currency and tokens are constantly decreasing. This reduces the effect of good liquidity of gaming assets and dumps the players' earnings.

Axie Infinity gameplay mechanics are diverse and become more complex with each new update. But basically, we have a team of three axies each with a set of combat skills. The art of winning in this game lies in properly combining these skills to inflict maximum damage to the opponent and reduce the effect of his attacks. And in a certain amount of luck.

A team of three axies

The in-game market offers a selection of more than 700,000 creatures for every taste and wallet. The lower price now reaches $3, but according to our calculations, a team capable of maintaining a minimum win rate will cost you no less than $50.

The problem is that even such an inexpensive team, with the current level of daily win rewards, will pay off only in 100 days, provided the SLP token does not continue to fall.

Axie's abilities

The developers claim that they are working to restore the economy of the game, that they have found a way to fight the inflation of SLP tokens, and that the improvements they make to the graphics and gameplay will bring new players to the game. But for now, Axie Infinity is not suitable for earning money.

Hypescore

Buzz

All indicators speak of a long-past wave of hype.

In terms of hype, Axie Infinity is also full of contradictions. The state of the game's official accounts shows signs of fading greatness. 954000 of Axie’s Twitter followers decreased in May for the first time in its history. Discord and Telegram accounts are growing slowly, adding a thousand to their 700000 and 65000 subscribers.

In any case, all indicators speak of a long-past wave of hype. The communities are large and active, but there is no influx of new users.

Conclusion

Axie Infinity has lost the status of the best play-to-earn game. The SLP token inflation and the scandal with the users' funds theft have undermined the game's economy and the users' trust. And all the efforts of the developers have not yet led to positive changes. The token rate continues to decline. It negatively affects the players' income, which has already suffered after the cancellation of PvE rewards.

Axie is not worth the money you can invest in it.