The best gaming crypto coins are tokens that belong to a blockchain game or virtual world, such as AXS in Axie Infinity or MANA in Decentraland. Unlike gold in most games, they sit in your own wallet and can be swapped for other crypto. Below are 9 of them that ChangeNOW supports, each with the networks it runs on and a swap link.
This article is educational and informational. Treat the list as a snapshot from October 29, 2026, with no ranking and no endorsement of any project. Verify every detail on the official project website before you swap.
ChangeNOW supports 9 gaming crypto coins: AXS, GALA, SAND, MANA, ILV, IMX, AVAX, YGG and FLOKI.
The table below groups them by role and shows the main use of each. Many lists of the top gaming cryptocurrency sort tokens by market cap, and this table skips ranking.
| Token | Ticker | Group | Networks on ChangeNOW | What it is used for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axie Infinity | AXS | Game and metaverse | Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain | Governance and staking in the Axie universe |
| Gala | GALA | Game and metaverse | Ethereum | Token available through Gala's GalaConnect gateway |
| The Sandbox | SAND | Game and metaverse | Ethereum, Polygon | Marketplace, staking and governance in a virtual world |
| Decentraland | MANA | Game and metaverse | Ethereum | Purchases of LAND, NAMEs and other assets in a virtual world |
| Illuvium | ILV | Game and metaverse | Ethereum | Staking in a franchise of connected games |
| Immutable | IMX | Infrastructure | Ethereum | Gas and staking on Immutable Chain, a blockchain for games |
| Avalanche | AVAX | Infrastructure | Avalanche C-Chain, Avalanche X-Chain, BNB Smart Chain | Token of the Avalanche network, which hosts game chains such as GUNZ |
| Yield Guild Games | YGG | Infrastructure | Ethereum | Token of a Web3 guild that now works on AI data tasks |
| Floki | FLOKI | Trending | Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain | Utility token tied to the Valhalla game |
Gaming crypto coins are tokens that work inside blockchain games, virtual worlds or the networks that host them. Players can use them to buy items, pay fees, vote on changes or stake for rewards. Most run on public blockchains such as Ethereum, so they can move between wallets and be swapped like other crypto. Some tokens belong to one game, and others serve a whole network that many games share.
Gaming crypto falls into three groups on this page:
GameFi is the wider idea of earning or owning assets through games. The best GameFi crypto coins are the tokens that keep those games running, from buying land to staking for rewards.
ChangeNOW supports five game and metaverse tokens: AXS, GALA, SAND, MANA and ILV. Gala belongs to a publisher with several games, and the other four center on one game, world or franchise. Each card follows the project's current official site, and dates mark facts that can change.
Axie Infinity is a creature-collecting and battling game where players own their axies on the blockchain. The whitepaper, last updated in November 2021, describes AXS as an ERC-20 governance token that holders can stake for rewards. On June 17, 2026, the team launched Terrariums V1, a land system where players assign axies to plots and earn bAXS every hour, and the same post says Homeland has been sunset.
ChangeNOW processed about 61% more AXS swaps in October 2026 (through October 29) than in September, after two months without a clear trend.
AXS has two network options on ChangeNOW, Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain.
Gala Games builds games and tools around GalaChain, an L1 blockchain it describes as secure, low-cost and builder-friendly. Its gateway, GalaConnect, lets users get GALA with a card and bridge tokens between GalaChain, Ethereum, Solana and TON. The gateway also links to GalaSwap and to GalaPump, a launchpad for new tokens on GalaChain.
Only the Ethereum version of GALA is available on ChangeNOW, so tokens held on another chain may need a bridge first. The 50,000 Founder's Nodes began receiving emissions on September 11, 2020, with no token sale or pre-mint.
GALA swaps on ChangeNOW grew by about 83% in August 2026 compared with July, with no clear trend in September or October (through October 29).
The Sandbox is a virtual world where users play experiences, create with its tools and own LAND. SAND is the main utility token and currency of that world, used in the marketplace, for staking and for governance. On October 29, 2026, the site promotes Season 4 experiences and the first AdventureWorld LAND sale, which includes Attack on Titan LANDs.
Game Maker, the no-code creation software of The Sandbox, is free to download, and sharing Experiences is free even without owning LAND.
Between August and October 2026 (through October 29), SAND swaps on ChangeNOW showed no clear trend until October, when they climbed by about 55% compared with September.
ChangeNOW supports SAND on Ethereum and Polygon.
Decentraland is a virtual world built around community events such as movie screenings, live music and trivia. Players can spend MANA on LAND parcels, NAMEs and other digital assets, and the Marketplace also takes card payments. The site lists a mobile app and over 400K total downloads as of October 29, 2026. In September 2026, Decentraland opened applications for Creator Success, a program that gives game developers a funded path from idea to launch.
In the Decentraland Marketplace, Ethereum MANA pays for LAND, NAMEs and some special wearables, and Polygon MANA pays for most wearables and emotes.
MANA swaps on ChangeNOW fell by about 76% in September 2026 and rose by about 91% in October (through October 29), which still leaves October below the August level. August showed no clear trend.
The Ethereum version of MANA is available on ChangeNOW.
Illuvium is a franchise of interconnected games developed by Illuvium Labs, and each title, including Arena, Overworld, Zero and Beyond, offers its own gameplay inside one shared universe. In the staking v2 app, ILV holders can claim rewards from several pools in one transaction and claim their revenue distributions.
ILV swaps on ChangeNOW showed no clear month-to-month trend between August and October 29, 2026.
ChangeNOW lists ILV on Ethereum.
Trending gaming tokens are names that exchange blogs and crypto media place in their 2026 gaming roundups. FLOKI is the only one on this list, and a September 2026 WazirX roundup names it among the gaming crypto coins to watch. The card follows the project's own site.
The Floki site calls FLOKI the utility token of the Floki project, which spans GameFi, DeFi and education, and lists Valhalla, a play-to-earn NFT game powered by FLOKI. The token is multichain on Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain, and ChangeNOW supports both.
The same roundup notes that FLOKI began as a meme coin and still carries meme-coin dynamics alongside its utility push. It also describes the roadmap, including the full mainnet launch of Valhalla, as a work in progress.
FLOKI swaps on ChangeNOW rose by about 61% in August 2026 and fell by about 24% in October (through October 29), with no clear trend in September.
ChangeNOW supports four infrastructure tokens: IMX, AVAX and YGG. These projects serve several industries, and games are one of the places where their tokens are used. Immutable Chain is built for games, and Avalanche hosts game chains such as GUNZ, while Beam works with gaming partners and YGG started as a Web3 guild.
Immutable builds tools for game studios and runs Immutable Chain, a blockchain made for games. IMX is the native token of Immutable Chain. It pays for gas, and holders can stake it through the foundation that issues it. As of October 29, 2026, the Immutable Chain page lists over 700 games in development and over 220 million total transactions.
Studios that work with Immutable include Ubisoft, with Might & Magic: Fates, and 1047 Games, with Empulse.
ChangeNOW recorded about 56% more IMX swaps in August 2026 than in July, and September and October (through October 29) showed no clear trend.
On ChangeNOW, IMX is available on Ethereum as an ERC-20 token with a 0x address.
Avalanche offers dedicated Avalanche L1 chains with their own fee token and rules, and some of them host games. Decrypt reports that the shooter Off the Grid runs on GUNZ, an Avalanche L1 that launched its mainnet on March 31, 2025. Beyond games, Avalanche presents itself as technology built for business and lists institutions, enterprises and consumer apps among its industries.
ChangeNOW lists AVAX on three networks (C-Chain, X-Chain and BNB Smart Chain), and the X-Chain address starts with X-avax.
The October 2026 count of AVAX swaps on ChangeNOW (through October 29) was about 22% lower than in September, while August and September showed no clear trend.
Three co-founders set up YGG between 2018 and 2020 to distribute digital assets. In July 2026, YGG announced the sunset of YGG Play, its publishing arm for Casual Degen games. The project calls itself the original Web3 guild and now works on AI, with community data tasks such as GIG Rewards and AI Alerts, a testbed where AI-built games get player feedback. The YGG 3.0 document, dated August 2026, describes the project as a sector-agnostic infrastructure layer.
YGG swaps on ChangeNOW rose in September 2026, while August and October (through October 29) showed no clear trend.
ChangeNOW lists YGG on Ethereum.
You can swap crypto game coins on ChangeNOW in four steps using the swap form. Before you pick the best gaming crypto to buy, check on ChangeNOW whether the pair and the network you need are available.
The lock icon next to the amount you get switches the swap to a fixed rate. After the deposit is confirmed, the payout goes to the address from step 3.
Gaming crypto tokens depend on the games behind them, so a few checks before a swap can save trouble. The five points below apply to every token in this list and to other gaming tokens you may meet in game communities.
