501 Gen

[501 Gen @501Gen]

Star Atlas is still one of the most underrated long-term plays in Web3 gaming.

While 99% of projects went silent in the bear market…
Star Atlas kept building.

Here’s why it’s still a serious project 👇

[SW4GN3R.ink @at_mwagner]

@SpikeCollects Star Atlas still here. Still grinding. And in many ways, shipping faster than ever before. Thanks AI.

[501 Gen @501Gen]

Star atlas to the moon 👀

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@Paceeeey @staratlas

[501 Gen @501Gen]

Another day out here

Here’s one of my favourite NPRs while we wait for Bull Season

https://t.co/LAqVfqYDM6

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@Berna7224 @staratlas will change our life’s

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@1881Erdem Pack your bags sir 🚀

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@CalebSol @staratlas about to 🚀

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@staratlas Pack your bags 🚀

[501 Gen @501Gen]

Lift off 🚀

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[501 Gen @501Gen]

@Berna7224 @staratlas

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@AxieArtGallery @AxieInfinity @illuviumio @staratlas @TheSandboxGame Loading up on #ATLAS

[501 Gen @501Gen]

Any project still alive from 2021 is one to look at

I’m backing Star Atlas 🚀

[selombre @selombre]

axie, illuvium, star atlas, the sandbox
all 4 from 2021 cycle, all 4 still here
survival is underrated in this space
who am i missing?

[501 Gen @501Gen]

Soon to be the biggest web3 games

What else should we be looking for on Solana?

[Star Atlas @staratlas]

Scanning the beaches for a new homestead. Are you a beachfront guy, or more of a backwoods hermit?

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@snakecharmerXBT Worth stacking some bags

[Sailor @solana_sailor]

A Solana gaming story that shows how challenging on-chain gaming really is: @staratlas 👇

• 2020 - the vision
AAA game: a massive on-chain space MMO
not just a game, but a full sci-fi metaverse with ships, factions, economy, and player ownership

• pre-launch - foundation
led by @at_mwagner (not from traditional gaming)
ambition was enormous from day one

• 2021 2022 - hype
NFT ships generate millions
team scales aggressively → ~235 people at peak

• 2022 - shock
FTX collapse hits hard
~$15.5M lost from treasury, plus other major damage from the same period

• 2023 - reality
multi-million monthly burn
AAA scope proved too heavy to sustain
→ layoffs ~120 people cut (~73%)
→ team goes from ~167 → ~45

• 2023 2024 - pivot
focus shifts to survival + shipping
SAGE (on-chain gameplay)
mobile app
economy first
at times in October 2023, it reached ~15% of Solana daily transactions

• 2025 today - rebuild
SAGE Labs stays live
Holosim adds another playable layer
the product becomes more real, even if slower than the original dream

• ahead - direction
C4 and Zink now look like the next big steps
focus is on cheaper gameplay, deeper systems, and the next major releases

building games is hard

building AAA games is harder

building them on-chain is a different level entirely

many would have walked away

credit to Star Atlas for still being here, still building, and doing it the right way

hopefully the future of Solana gaming is built by teams like this 🎮

[501 Gen @501Gen]

The bull wants to run 🚀

[501 Gen @501Gen]

Second this, people are sleeping on Star Atlas

[Khac Cao | SUIBoxer CTO 🐶🌊 @khac_cao97463]

Keep saying web3 gaming is dead…
Just wait until POLIS does a 100x 😏

Liquidity comes back.
Players come back.

In this market, there’s no right or wrong —
only price decides everything.

[Star Atlas @staratlas]

Who's still hyped even though web3 gaming is dead?

[501 Gen @501Gen]

@staratlas Big yes

[501 Gen @501Gen]

My thoughts on Web3 gaming rn

We’re in that phase where speculation is louder than understanding, like crypto around 2013

People still don’t get the real use case

But once what’s being built starts to click, sentiment flips fast

Some will wish they got in earlier