Telegram’s Hamster Kombat Sees Massive Growth in Iran

• Hamster Kombat attracts millions of players on Telegram.
• Iranian government views the game as undue Western influence.

Iran has lately shown a notable increase in interest in the crypto game Hamster Kombat, which is played on Telegram. Local players are flocking to this straightforward tap-to-earn game in advance of its impending token launch.

After Notcoin, another Telegram game Hamster Kombat announced that its number of gamers has reached 200 million, and plans to launch tokens on TON in July. Due to its popularity in Iran, the Iranian military criticized it as a soft war by the enemy to divert people's attention…

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Gameplay and User Engagement

As a hamster CEO, players of the game manage a fictitious cryptocurrency exchange mostly by touching the screen. It seems that this novel idea has attracted a large number of gamers keen to obtain a piece of the token drop. The game’s enormous popularity in recent weeks is proof of the great enthusiasm among cryptocurrency aficionados.

Developers of Hamster Kombat declared on Monday that the game has already attracted 200 million players worldwide. From a stated 150 million gamers on June 14, this number constitutes a significant portion of Telegram’s 900 million users.

Comparison with Other Telegram Games 

More than twice as many people follow the biggest Telegram channel for the competing game, TapSwap, as Hamster Kombat does. significant expansion of the game has also occurred on Twitter and YouTube. AP reports lend even more credence to the notion that Hamster Kombat is expanding quickly.

Not without dispute, yet, is this rise in appeal. With the nation struggling with high inflation, scant job prospects, and Western sanctions, the Iranian government sees the game as excessive Western influence.

The game was characterized by Iran’s deputy military leader, Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, as a “soft war.” He conjectured that Western powers are trying to divert Iranian attention from the presidential contest so they will not be able to follow the intentions of the contenders.

Within the larger Telegram gaming community, titles like Yescoin—which CNF previously reported—offer novel standard gameplay elements that require players to swipe rather than tap.

Meanwhile, CoinMarketCap data show that the price of TON at the time of writing is $7.50, having decreased by 1.08% in the last 24 hours; however, it shows a bullish stance over the previous seven days with a 6.63% rise.