Step-by-step guides for individual games: how to start, what things cost, and what to watch for.
Illuvium isn’t one game — it’s a franchise of connected products at different stages, and the “how do I start” answer depends entirely on which one you mean. The short version for 2026: Arena is the free public entry point, Zero is the free companion city-builder, Beyond is the browser collectible experience, and Obelisk Rising…
The Sandbox is a voxel-style metaverse of player-made experiences — and you can be playing one within minutes, without a wallet, without SAND, and without owning a single NFT. The blockchain layer is there if you want it, but it sits behind the play, not in front of it. Here’s the actual start path, verified…
Splinterlands is a card-battler on the Hive blockchain — and yes, you can genuinely start for free. A free account gets you through the tutorial Campaign and into Frontier, the beginner format where you earn your first cards, all without a wallet or a purchase. The paid layer exists, but it’s a choice you make…
“Axie Infinity” isn’t one game anymore. In 2026 the name covers three distinct experiences — a live competitive card battler, a land game that has already sunset, and the original Classic now moving toward community control. This guide separates them and shows what actually exists today. At a glance The Axie games sit in three…
Gods Unchained is a trading card game in the classic TCG mould — and one of the few blockchain games where the free cards are actually enough to learn and compete. You can be in a ranked match ten minutes after downloading, wallet-free. Here’s the start-to-first-match path. What it is A fantasy TCG where cards…
Axie Infinity: Origins is the current flagship of the Axie universe — a card-battler with a genuinely free start: download, take three non-NFT starter axies, and you’re playing without spending anything. Here’s the path from install to first match. Which Axie is which, today The Axie name covers several things, and two of them are…
Pixels is the easiest verified blockchain game to start in 2026: a farming and life sim that runs entirely in your browser, takes an email sign-up, and doesn’t require a wallet unless you want to own assets. Here’s the practical path from zero to playing. What Pixels is Pixels is a pixel-art farming and social…