Summary
Hamster Kombat, once, one of the most popular Telegram tap to earn game, just took a massive hit. According to recent reports, number of active users dropped like crazy, from 300 million to just mere 41million. Yep, that’s 86% plunge in just few months.
A report made by Protos highlighted on how Hamster Kombat’s user count has fallen down significantly over the recent months. Hamster Kombat is basically a tap to earn platform available on Telegram. Players control a virtual hamster and battle against another player controlling their virtual hamster, its kinda like a Pokemon game but here players can earn actual money. Its basic play style goes, “you tap, level up and collect rewards”. This easy setup made it quickly appealed by lots of users and its player count was super high at one point but as of recent it is seeing major decline in active players. Its active player count once hit an all time high of 300 million, but now its just 41 million which indicates a major decline. In August, active players totaled 87 million, briefly rising to 94 million in September before falling to 55 million in October, with finally it declined to 41 million by November.
Russian expert Viktor Pershikov earlier warned about players about the games sustainability and noted that many users had unrealistic expectations of rewards. This might be one of the main reasons why its slacking off. Further fueling negative sentiment, Russian official Anatoly Aksakov criticized Hamster Kombat, labeling it “manipulative” and potentially misleading to players.
This had everyone freaked out, which led to Hamster Kombat responding with a disclaimer making it clear they’re not vibing with Gotbit, a firm the SEC called out for sketchy market manipulation moves. Despite this it looks like nothing can save the downfall of Hamster Kombat.
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