Etheria
Status last verified 2026-10-12 · next review due 2026-11-11 · how we verify
Etheria is a metaverse blockchain game on Ethereum by Etheria Project (Cyrus Adkisson), first playable October 2015. It runs on browser; free to start (owned assets are purchasable); a wallet is only required to own assets. In-game economy: playable assets NFTs; asset types: 457-tile hex land NFTs (v0.9–v1.2 + wrapped); tradable on https://opensea.io/collection/etheria.
| Studio | Etheria Project (Cyrus Adkisson) |
|---|---|
| Chain | Ethereum mainnet — four contracts (v0.9 Oct 19, v1.0 Oct 22, v1.1 Oct 29, v1.2 Nov 1 2015); wrapped modern versions airdropped to v1.2 holders 2022 |
| First playable | October 2015 |
| Genres | metaverse |
| Platforms | browser |
| Wallet | required for assets |
| Free to play | free with assets |
| NFT usage | playable assets |
| Token usage | none |
| Marketplaces | https://opensea.io/collection/etheria |
| Access | World viewable free in-browser; owning land requires the pre-ERC721 tile NFTs on secondary (wrapped versions for v1.1+ pending EIP-8141) |
Arguably the first true NFT project — deployed three months after Ethereum genesis and demoed at DEVCON1. Commercially failed at 1 ETH/tile in 2015; rediscovered in the Mar 2021 boom (tiles to ~70 ETH). Now a maintained historical artifact, not a live game loop.
Status note: Not dead — the world is deliberately preserved onchain and still viewable; the 'game' layer never had live operations to close.
Collections: NFT Games on Ethereum and its L2s · NFT Games You Can Play in a Browser · NFT Games With Ownable Land · NFT Metaverse Games · All verified games
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