Overview
DAppRadar Games is a rankings page that lists blockchain games and sorts them by the on-chain activity they record. Pick a network and it shows the games listed for it in one table, with columns for market value, trading volume, and the number of wallets that have interacted with a game's contracts. It sits inside DappRadar, an analytics site for decentralized apps (DApps) that has published on-chain market data since 20181.
This particular view narrows the catalogue to Cardano and to the games category, one of the category tabs DappRadar offers for the network alongside DeFi, marketplaces, collectibles, and exchanges2. A note above the table states that the default list shows DApps with recorded activity, and a Show all link switches to the full set of games listed for the network2. The footer credits outside data providers: CoinGecko, DefiLlama, and growthepie2.
Key Features
- Market value and usage in the same table. The table carries columns for market cap, price, and 24-hour trading volume next to wallet activity and the value held in a game's contracts2.
- Wallet counts rather than self-reported player numbers. The unique active wallets column counts wallet addresses that touched a game's smart contracts, which DappRadar cautions is not a headcount, since one person can hold several wallets3.
- A network-by-network read on where games are listed. The chain switcher groups networks by layer, separating base blockchains from the networks built on top of them, and prints a games count beside each one, so the size of one network's listed catalogue can be compared against another2.
- A free way to get a game listed. Developers and community members alike can submit a project with descriptions, visuals, and smart contract addresses at no charge, which is what places a game in the rankings4.
- Open data adapters on GitHub. DappRadar publishes the TypeScript adapters behind its value-locked coverage as a public repository, so the collection logic can be inspected5.
What to Expect
Reading the rankings requires no account, and DappRadar describes its market intelligence as free for anyone to explore1. The page itself is a sortable table with a currency toggle2.
The methodology behind the columns is documented. DappRadar reads activity from smart contracts, and states that activity outside the blockchain generally is not tracked, so a game whose play happens on its own servers registers less than one whose actions settle on chain6. Listings come from submissions: a project supplies its contract addresses when it claims its page, and that is what connects an entry to the metrics6.
DappRadar runs a gaming narrative hub separate from the category rankings7, and its blog has covered Cardano gaming directly8. The parent Cardano hub applies the same table to the network's other categories9.
