Overview
Myria is an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain designed specifically for gaming, built using zkRollup technology (based on StarkWare's infrastructure). The chain offers gasless transactions for users, making it frictionless for gaming applications where micro-transactions and frequent interactions are essential. Myria positions itself as gaming infrastructure — providing the blockchain layer, developer tools, and NFT platform that game studios need to build web3 games.
The project was founded in 2021 and has raised significant funding to build its L2 infrastructure and attract game developers to the platform. Myria also develops in-house games to bootstrap the ecosystem, though these are positioned as demonstrations of the chain's capabilities rather than flagship entertainment products.
The technical proposition is sound: an Ethereum L2 with gasless transactions, high throughput, and gaming-specific tooling is a reasonable infrastructure offering for the blockchain gaming market. The challenge — which Myria shares with multiple gaming chains (Beam, Xai, and others) — is that infrastructure alone does not create a gaming ecosystem. Games create ecosystems, and Myria's game catalog is critically thin.
The gaming L2 market has become crowded, with multiple well-funded projects competing for a limited pool of game developers and players. Immutable leads the category with a significantly larger game catalog and developer ecosystem. Myria must differentiate through superior technology, better developer tools, or exclusive partnerships — and has not yet convincingly done so.
Gameplay
Game Quality
Myria's in-house games include a few titles in various stages of development, but none have achieved meaningful player engagement or industry recognition. The games serve as proof-of-concept demonstrations for the chain's capabilities rather than as standalone entertainment products. Game quality is below average even by blockchain gaming standards.
The absence of high-quality third-party games on the chain is the critical issue. Without compelling games, Myria cannot attract players, and without players, it cannot attract game developers — the classic chicken-and-egg problem that faces every new gaming platform.
Player Retention
Player retention data for Myria-based games is limited due to the small player base. What data exists suggests low retention, with most interaction being exploratory rather than sustained engagement. The gasless transaction experience is smooth, but smooth infrastructure does not compensate for uncompelling content.
Content Depth
Content depth is minimal. The available games offer limited gameplay variety and progression. Myria's game catalog feels like a developer showcase rather than a gaming platform — technically functional demonstrations of what the chain can do, without the content depth needed to sustain player interest.
Technology
Blockchain Integration
Myria's zkRollup L2 provides genuine technical advantages for gaming: gasless transactions (subsidized by the protocol), high throughput (thousands of transactions per second), and Ethereum-level security through zero-knowledge proofs. The technical architecture is competitive with other gaming L2s and ahead of many gaming chains that use simpler consensus mechanisms.
Infrastructure
The Myria developer toolkit includes SDKs for Unity and Unreal Engine, NFT minting APIs, marketplace infrastructure, and wallet solutions. The developer tooling is reasonable, though less mature than Immutable's more established offering. The gasless model removes a significant friction point for onboarding players who do not want to manage gas fees.
User Experience
The gasless UX is Myria's strongest selling point. Players can interact with blockchain-based games without ever encountering gas fees or complex wallet transactions. This dramatically reduces the barrier to entry for non-crypto-native gamers. The wallet infrastructure includes social login options, further reducing friction. If a compelling game existed on Myria, the onboarding experience would be among the smoothest in blockchain gaming.
Economy
In-Game Economy
Individual game economies on Myria are nascent due to the limited game catalog. The Myria NFT marketplace provides trading infrastructure, but without games generating significant NFT demand, marketplace activity is low. The economic layer is built and functional but underutilized.
Sustainability
Myria's economic sustainability depends on attracting games that generate meaningful transaction volume. Currently, the protocol subsidizes gasless transactions from its treasury — a necessary investment to attract developers but an unsustainable long-term model without growing fee revenue. The burn rate of subsidizing gasless transactions without proportional adoption is a concern.
NFT Market
The Myria NFT marketplace exists and functions, but trading volume is minimal. Most NFTs listed are from in-house games with small player bases. Without third-party games generating NFT demand, the marketplace cannot achieve the liquidity needed to attract serious traders or collectors.
Adoption
Player Count
Daily active users on the Myria chain are in the low hundreds to low thousands. This places Myria well below competing gaming chains like Immutable and Ronin. The small player base reflects the limited game catalog — players go where games are, and Myria's games have not yet created sufficient pull.
Revenue
Protocol revenue is minimal. Gasless transactions mean the chain does not generate gas fees from users. Revenue comes from NFT marketplace fees and in-house game operations, both of which are small scale. The project is funded primarily through its treasury and investor capital.
Community
The Myria community is modest, centered on Discord with a core group of supporters and node operators. Community engagement focuses on chain development updates and game announcements. The community is hopeful but aware of the adoption challenge. Developer community — the more critical audience for an infrastructure play — is small relative to competitors.
Tokenomics
Token Overview
MYRIA is the ecosystem token used for staking, governance, and marketplace transactions. Node operators stake MYRIA to support the network. The token launched via airdrop and exchange listings, with a total supply distributed across team, investors, ecosystem development, and community allocations.
Play-to-Earn Model
Individual games on Myria implement their own reward systems, with no unified play-to-earn model at the chain level. This is a pragmatic approach — avoiding chain-level P2E until games are established — but it also means there is no economic pull attracting players to the chain.
Value Capture
MYRIA's value capture depends on chain adoption: marketplace fees, staking demand from node operations, and future fee revenue from gaming transactions. Current value capture is minimal, and the token is valued primarily on speculative potential. The gap between current adoption and token valuation is significant.
Risk Factors
- No games: The critical absence of compelling games makes all other attributes irrelevant
- Gaming L2 competition: Immutable, Beam, Xai, and others compete for the same limited pool of game developers
- Treasury burn: Subsidizing gasless transactions depletes treasury without proportional revenue
- Chicken-and-egg: Cannot attract players without games, cannot attract developers without players
- Immutable dominance: The leading gaming L2 has a massive head start in developer relationships and game catalog
- Technology commoditization: Gaming L2 infrastructure is becoming commoditized; differentiation requires content, not just tech
- Adoption metrics: Currently well below the scale needed to sustain an L2 chain
Conclusion
Myria has built technically sound gaming L2 infrastructure: a gasless zkRollup on Ethereum with developer tools, NFT marketplace, and wallet solutions. The technology works, the developer experience is reasonable, and the gasless UX is genuinely player-friendly.
But Myria suffers from the same problem as multiple other gaming chains: excellent plumbing, no water. The game catalog is sparse, player counts are negligible, and the developer ecosystem is small compared to competitors — particularly Immutable, which has established itself as the clear leader in the gaming L2 category.
The scores reflect this reality: adequate-to-good technology and tokenomics, but critically poor gameplay and adoption scores because there is virtually nothing to play. Myria's future depends entirely on attracting game developers who bring genuine players. Without a breakthrough game or a transformative developer partnership, Myria risks becoming yet another technically functional but economically irrelevant gaming chain.