Following its #2 placement on the first Ronin Proof of Distribution leaderboard (behind Axie Infinity), Voya Games has revealed some of the reasons its fully onchain resource idle game Craft World is continuing to grow while most blockchain games fail.
Voya says that Craft World, which is available to play cross-platform on browser and mobile app, has around 60,000 monthly active players, about 9,000 daily active players, and is growing at a rate of roughly 1,500 new installs per day. The important point is that most of these players are not arriving as experienced crypto users. They come for the game first, then are gradually introduced to Ronin’s blockchain systems as part of normal play.
The first part of this process is the VOYA ID. When a player starts Craft World, they do not need to create a wallet, write down a seed phrase, or connect an external crypto account before playing. They begin as a guest and later secure the account with email or social login. Behind the scenes, Craft World creates a Ronin smart wallet connected to that login. This VOYA ID acts both as the player’s account and as their onchain identity. Players who later want to connect a Ronin Wallet or other wallet such as MetaMask can still do so, but that is not required at the start.
The second friction point Craft World removes is gas. In many blockchain games, new users need to obtain the network’s gas token before they can perform even basic onchain actions. Voya says it sponsors gas for normal gameplay transactions, meaning players do not need to buy RON before they can play.
It also reduces confirmation friction for actions such as daily check-ins, claims, and in-game Exchange trades. From the player’s perspective, these actions feel like normal game interactions, while the relevant transactions are settled on Ronin in the background.
So far, so web2.5. But what’s really interesting about Craft World’s economy is that it’s inherently onchain.
Resources such as EARTH, WATER, and COIN are represented by ERC20 tokens on Ronin. Players gather, craft, and trade them inside the game, and when users trade through the in-game Exchange, those swaps are routed through Katana, Ronin’s decentralized exchange. Voya says quotes are taken from Katana’s live liquidity, while approvals, routing, slippage protection, and settlement are handled automatically through the game interface.
The company says this system currently facilitates around 180,000 trades per month.
That is why Craft World’s onboarding model is important for Ronin’s PoD leaderboard: growth and onchain activity are not separate. Every active player receives a smart wallet, and the game’s economy pushes real usage through Katana.
Craft World’s argument is that web3 onboarding works best when the blockchain is not hidden, but is made simple enough that ordinary players can use it without having to understand wallets, gas, or DeFi before they start playing.
But advanced players can dig into the game’s fundamentals to add liquidity into the resource trading pairs and earn yield in exactly the same manner as you would with Uniswap.
Play now at the Craft World website or download the game from app stores.