Hamster Kombat, once a popular tap-to-earn game on Telegram, has seen a significant decline in its user base and engagement due to political backlash, bans, and new competitors. The game, which had 300 million users in August, has only 41 million active monthly players as of November 5, representing an 86% decrease.

Meanwhile, the newly launched Paws Mini App on Telegram has surpassed Hamster Kombat’s growth curve, reaching 20.5 million users in its first eight days. According to IntoTheBlock data, Hamster Kombat’s active addresses peaked at 772,330 on September 27, but user activity and token interest have since declined.

Hamster Kombat’s difficulties are also reflected in the HMSTR token price; It has lost 70% from its all-time high of $0.01 on September 26 to around $0.0022 as of November 4.

This downtrend is also supported by ITB’s active address ratio (AAR) chart, which calculates the ratio of active addresses to addresses holding HMSTR, showing a 30-day low of just 0.34% active users.

However, according to ITB data, the total number of addresses holding HMSTR has continued to grow, reaching a 30-day high of 3.5 million addresses on November 4.

Hamster Kombat has faced criticism from Iranian government officials and rumors that it was banned in Uzbekistan, but these rumors turned out to be false.

The Hamster Kombat team stated that future plans include payment system integration, launching new games, and incorporating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as in-game assets.

In contrast to Hamster Kombat’s decline in network activity and token price, Paws Mini App attracted over 11 million users in its first two days.

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