Steam Bananas Open Debate

Nusarina Buchori June 29, 2024

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The clicker game on Steam has recently become the talk of the town after investigating some of the most popular games on the platform. ‘Banana’ has become popular with its NFT-like rewards, which can be sold for over $1,000 on the Steam marketplace. However, this click action has sparked a debate among members of the crypto community about the state of crypto and web3 gaming.

Refining the Steam Click Game Experience

Bananas is an indie game on Steam that involves clicking on a banana image to get rewards. Although not the first of its kind, its players are rewarded with digital bananas every few hours. Prizes can range from a common banana that costs pennies to a rare banana, which can sell for up to $1,300.

The free-to-play game made headlines after it surpassed some of the most popular titles in the area. Banana has replaced The Elder Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3 on the list of most played games. The clicker game was second in Counter-Strike 2.

As of this writing, the game remains the fourth most played game on Steam, with over 344,000 current players and a peak of 578,000 in the last 24 hours. Moreover, it reached a peak of 917,000 players earlier this month.

Bananas is the fourth most played game on Steam. Source: SteamDB

However, the simplicity of the game has raised some alarms among gamers. Many believe that the clicker game contains malware that turns devices into crypto miners. While others wonder if this game is a scam.

One of Banana’s developers, Hery, denied that. Hery told the Polygon news agency that it was a “really stupid game” about bananas, not a scam.

Many users also speculated if the game was related to NFTs and cryptocurrencies, as it had an NFT-like feel but without the blockchain technology. A member of Banana’s team clarified that “Banana wants nothing to do with crypto.”

They explained that the game had no intention of integrating crypto as it “doesn’t mix well” with Steam. Additionally, they emphasized that it started as “a fun game to collect bananas on your Steam profile.”

Do Crypto And Web3 Gaming Go Bananas?

Although Banana does not plan to merge with the crypto industry, the game has caused several discussions within the community. Several members took the opportunity to discuss their impact on the web3 game.

The user highlighted the game’s popularity despite its simple mechanics, suggesting that the industry doesn’t need ‘AAA games’ to thrive. Several members of the community agreed and suggested that there is a misconception about the type of games required for web3.

Although complex and high-level games are believed to be the only option, “friends want to have fun and make points,” said user X. Apparently, many felt that the industry was “making it harder than it is.”

Some users believe that Banana and similar games can help with web3 games. The game’s meme quality has been cited as a possible reason for its widespread acceptance.

Similarly, this week, Avalanche Gaming discussed Banana’s implications on its Gamified Show. According to Paul Bettner, game developer and founder of Playful Studios, Banana could be an escape from the big world of crypto games.

For Bettner, “the behavior that we all love and participate in web3 as degens and web3 and native crypto users is, in fact, universal.” While watching the surprise evolution of Steam clicks, the game developer realized that the users were “a bunch of degens who don’t know they are degens yet.”