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July 07, 2025

🔥Top headlines from this week’s digest:

🐻 Berachain Mystery Box is LIVE!

The Berachain Mystery Box has officially dropped on GAM3S.GG—featuring exclusive NFTs from some of the most anticipated games in the Berachain ecosystem. Open a box for a chance to win:

  • Wassie

  • Beratone

  • Beraji Bears

  • The Bullas

  • Beramonium

Each pull gives you a shot at rare collectibles that highlight the creativity and chaos of Berachain’s game world. Quantities are limited—don’t miss your chance to own a piece of this buzzing ecosystem.

Crypto, Credit Card & Mobile Payments Now Available 💳

You can now pay for G3 features using your credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or your favorite crypto — including BERA and more.

📝 Indie Games on Steam Make Up 48% of Revenue

An in-depth look at the performance of indie games on live streaming platforms, their competition with AAA titles, and the key genres and strategies driving their success.

What’s Going On Here?

Indie games now represent 48% of total revenue on Steam and made up 99% of all new releases in 2024. A growing segment—dubbed Triple I Indies—is driving much of this revenue by operating with near-AAA budgets but without traditional publisher backing. On live streaming platforms, indie games have also gained traction, accounting for 10.3% of hours watched among the top 500 games in early 2025, although sustaining that visibility remains difficult.

What Does This Mean?

The indie gaming scene is evolving from small-scale passion projects to professional, mid-sized studios with commercial ambitions. Streaming has become a vital discovery tool for indie titles, especially in genres like co-op, horror, and survival that thrive on shared gameplay and unpredictability. However, discoverability remains a challenge, with only 9% of indie titles exceeding 5 million watch hours in their first month—compared to 33% of AAA games. Many titles experience short-lived popularity spikes, especially when larger studios mimic successful formats.

Why Should I Care?

For developers, this means that genre choice, influencer marketing, and community-driven promotion are more important than ever. For players, it signals a broader shift in the market where innovative, lower-budget games are becoming just as influential as major franchises. For streamers and content creators, indie games offer fresh, viral-ready experiences that can distinguish their channels. If you're building or supporting an indie title, aligning with the right creators and understanding the dynamics of streaming can make or break your game’s visibility and lifespan.

Read the full report breakdown here

✍️ Reviews of the Week

Step into an intense battlefield of a fast-paced FPS followed by a nostalgic charm of classic 2D MMORPG in our two featured reviews:

Shatterline is an ambitious FPS that blends the intensity of roguelike PvE with fast-paced PvP, offering something unique for players looking for a fresh experience. While the game currently faces challenges, such as occasional bugs, cross-region latency, and a relatively small player base, it’s a hidden gem waiting to be discovered by more gamers.

MapleStory N truly feels like a blast from the past, bringing back the nostalgic charm of classic 2D MMORPG gameplay while weaving in modern web3 integration. Sure, there are some areas that could use improvements, like onboarding accessibility and loot collection mechanics, but the game’s strengths shine through.

🎮 Fresh Games

From hunting slime and building rhythm islands in BeraTone, to crafting elemental economies with dinosaur workers in Craft World, check out the latest games added to our platform!

Craft World is a resource management game where you collect Earth, Fire, Water, and over 25 other elements to fuel your factories, trade with other players, and build a thriving island economy.

BeraTone is a cozy multiplayer farming and life sim game set in a bear-themed world, featuring rhythm-based mini-games, crafting, and social play

📺 5 Free Games You Need to Try Right Now (2025)

Looking for actually good free-to-play games in 2025? We’ve got you covered.

From roguelites and cyberpunk card battlers to pirate RPGs and chaotic open-world shooters, these 5 free games are worth your time—and your squad’s too. Whether you're on Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Connect, or playing straight from your browser, here are 5 free games you need to try right now.

Let us know which games have you been playing in June so far and leave your thoughts in the comments section below 👇

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