Hamster Kombat Lost Nearly 260 Million Players After Listing

The popular clicker game Hamster Kombat, integrated into Telegram, faced a massive user exodus due to dissatisfaction with its airdrop distribution.

According to the app’s statistics, the number of active “tappers” fell to 40.9 million over the course of a month, while the figure stood at 300 million at the end of September. Since its listing on September 26, the price of the HMSTR token has dropped from $0.011 to $0.002431, according to data from CoinGecko.

Back in early July, Telegram founder Pavel Durov described Hamster Kombat as an “internet phenomenon” and “the fastest-growing digital service in the world.”

However, a series of postponed listing dates on major exchanges and the exclusion of many players from the airdrop sparked frustration within the community. As a result, out of 300 million users, only 131 million received tokens, and 2.3 million users were banned for using cheats.

Earlier, Alexander Plotvinov, creator of Notcoin, expressed doubts about the long-term sustainability of the Tap-to-Earn model, where players are motivated solely by the possibility of earning.