GG’s 2024 Game of the Year: Off the Grid
Off the Grid forced the industry to take crypto gaming seriously after making a big splash in early access.

Off the Grid has only been available for a couple months, but it's by far the best crypto game of the year—and it’s not even really close.

If we're talking pure numbers, then Hamster Kombat blew most games out of the water by racking up 300 million players this summer. But the monotonous tap-to-earn mini app ultimately felt like a financialized gimmick thinly veiled as a game, and the resulting airdrop hardly justified the hype.

As for Off the Grid, the game impressed both Web2 and Web3-native gamers by offering up a legitimately great competitive shooter that rivals other AAA entries in the battle royale genre.

In doing so, it not only caught the attention of the livestreaming elite, but also opened their eyes to how the blockchain can improve gaming. That’s why Off the Grid is GG’s Game of the Year for 2024.

How did it do this? In many ways, i…