Play-to-earn (P2E) is a game model where players can earn real-world value by participating in the game—completing tasks, battling, trading, crafting, or managing resources.
In traditional games, the time and effort you put in often stay locked inside the game. In blockchain-based games like Star Atlas, your effort can be rewarded with cryptocurrencies and NFTs that you fully own and can trade or sell outside the game.
What Can You Earn?
In Star Atlas, players can earn:
ATLAS – the in-game currency, used for transactions, upgrades, and rewards
Resources (R4 & raw materials) – earned through crafting or mining in SAGE
Fees from renting out fleets – other players pay you to use your ships
NFT assets – like ships that can be traded on the marketplace
Why Is Blockchain Important?
Because Star Atlas runs on the Solana blockchain, all these assets:
Are owned by you, not the game company
Can be traded freely on secondary markets
Are provably scarce and authentic thanks to blockchain technology
Is Play-to-Earn New?
Not exactly. Traditional games have long included real-money trading through unofficial channels. What makes P2E in blockchain games different is that:
Ownership is on-chain and permanent
Trades happen on open markets, not through black markets
Earnings are in crypto tokens you can convert to fiat currency