Hamster Kombat Game Sees 50% User Growth, Airdrop Expected in July

The crypto gaming phenomenon known as Hamster Kombat, which is centered on Telegram, said on Friday that it now has a player base greater than the population of Russia

The Telegram-based crypto gaming phenomenon Hamster Kombat said Friday that it now has a player base of over 150 million gamers, which is more than the population of Russia.

Hamster Kombat Game Sees 50% User Growth, Airdrop Expected in July

This growth marks a fifty percent increase from just the previous week when the game’s creators announced they had reached the milestone of 100 million users. To put this into perspective, it would mean that nearly one in five Telegram users have signed up for the game, which rewards participants for expanding a hamster’s fictional cryptocurrency exchange with the promise of withholding real crypto prizes.

Those rewards will eventually be airdropped to players who earn points in the game. The game is a mini-app integrated into the popular messaging service Telegram, which does not require any additional downloads. An airdrop is also in the pipeline, with a member of the Hamster Kombat team teasing earlier this week that it is expected some time in July.

There’s no denying the game’s massive interest within the Telegram community. The Hamster Kombat announcements channel on Telegram has over 35 million subscribers, making it the most popular channel on the platform by a significant margin.

The game’s YouTube channel also has nearly 23 million subscribers at the time of writing, while its Twitter account has 7.7 million followers. Both accounts have seen their follower count increase significantly over just one week.

Hamster Kombat’s success has been largely driven by its spiritual predecessor, Notcoin, another crypto-backed in-app Telegram game that gained a cult following with a lucrative token airdrop to players.

Notcoin Airdrop Sparks Market Surge, TON Token Hits All-Time High

The airdrop for Notcoin went live on May 16 to much fanfare. The token, denoted by the symbol NOT, has only surged in value since then, crossing the milestone of a $2 billion market valuation earlier this week. NOT is now ranked globally as the 60th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, data from CoinGecko shows.

Telegram’s preferred blockchain, The Open Network (TON), also appears to have seen its native token benefit from Hamster Kombat’s success. The token, known as toncoin, hit a new all-time high price of $8.13 on Friday. It has risen over 26 percent in the past two weeks.

The popularity of Notcoin and, more recently, Hamster Kombat has seen other hopefuls express their intentions for a successor. Tapswap and Yescoin, two separate Telegram-based games with aspirations of a token airdrop, both announced their intentions yesterday to launch on TON soon.

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