On September 26, crypto exchanges launched trading in the Hamster Kombat token (HMSTR) from the gaming mini-application in Telegram. According to the Hamster Kombat team, the number of users of the project has exceeded 300 million, the game with the hamster in the leading role has become one of the most popular among "tapalok" this year.
Yandex added the HMSTR token to its cryptocurrency converter, launched in February 2023. Based on a request in the search bar, the service determines what the user is looking for, and it even recognizes slang, such as “how much is dogecoin”, “ether in euros” or “hamster rate in rubles”. The widget with the rate chart supports 144 cryptocurrencies.
Yandex analysts conducted a study of Yandex Search queries related to the game Hamster Kombat. The selection, available to RBC-Crypto, shows what search engine users wanted to know about Hamster Kombat from March to September 2024.
Hamster Kombat has several game mechanics, the most famous of which is to click on the hamster on the screen. In queries, users describe this action with different verbs, and the most popular ones are "tap", "poke", "click". There are also unusual options - for example, "crush the hamster" or "the hamster that you need to click on".
Of all the queries about Hamster Kombat, the vast majority are dedicated to the game mechanics — 90%. In half of the cases, users are interested in combinations of game cards — for example, "what cards are in the hamster today." A third of the queries are related to the daily cipher — a sequence of Morse code symbols. In about 4% of cases, users ask for help with passing mini-games — for example, moving the hamster candles step by step. Sometimes queries are dedicated to several mechanics at once — for example, "cipher and combo hamster today."
Another 4% of queries are related to the listing of the HMSTR token on crypto exchanges, as well as the withdrawal of in-game funds. Thus, users are interested in "when will the hamster listing be", "is it possible to pay through the hamster in the store", "hamster kombat how to cash out money".
In the "search" they also ask why to play Hamster Kombat at all - for example, "why does everyone tap on the hamster", "what is the point of the game hamster kombat". And users also ask questions about referral links for friends - "how to invite friends to hamster kombat quickly", "game hamster what to do if there are no friends" and so on.
Users are interested in how to hack the game and what consequences this may have. For example, among such queries are "download a hacked version of hamster clicking", "how to get 1 million in hamster cheat video", "ban for autoclicker in hamster kombat", "hamster kombat why are they banned for buying referrals".
There are also unusual requests about the game - for example, "how are Durov and the hamster connected", "what to do if mom doesn't want to tap the hamster", "continue the proverb "whoever taps the hamster is the one", "what is known about the hamster and why we don't know who is behind it".
Top 5 Verbs to Describe Hamster Kombat Mechanics
"Tap"
"why tap the hamster"
"what to do if mom doesn't want to tap the hamster"
"a device for tapping a hamster"
"Poke"
"hamster poking money"
"why is everyone poking at the hamster"
"Who stuck how many coins in the hamster?"
"Click"
"When you click on the hamster, there is no income"
"hamster clicking deaths"
"continue the proverb "who calls the hamster"
"Press"
"what kind of hamster is being pressed"
"You press the hamster and he gives you money"
"where to press to make the hamster light up red"
"To stuff"
"how to stuff a hamster with three fingers"
"how to type morse code in a hamster"
"what is important in a hamster, profit per hour or what you got"
Judging by aggregated anonymous queries, interest in the game began to grow at the end of May. It peaked in June: in the first month of summer, every five-hundredth query to the service was dedicated to this game.
