Hamster Kombat’s Layer-2 (L2) Blockchain briefly performed better than Solana in transactions per second (TPS), but now experiences a dramatic decrease in activity.
Only two weeks after the launch, the Hamster Network has seen a stunning decrease of 99.9% in the transaction volume, which expresses concern about the long -term viability.
Hamster Network Transaction Volume Plummets
The Hamster Network, launched in February 2025, was initially positioned as a gaming-oriented blockchain that supports decentralized applications (DAPPs) and games within its “Hamsterse” game ecosystem.
Beincrypto reported at the beginning of March that the L2 network of Hamster Kombat reached a record high of 34,021 TPS, 3.5 times higher than that of Solana.
“34,028 TPS reached by Hamster Network! That is 3.5 times faster than Solana! Big things are coming! Hamster Network is about to launch an Accelerator program for builders to create truly decentralized applications – free of high gas costs and scalability problems, ”Hamster Kombat reported at the time.
From March 13, however, the L2 scale solution processes only 0.84 TPS and will only deal with 52,516 transactions in the last 24 hours. This is a sharp decrease compared to the launch day peak of nearly 150 million transactions.
Hamster Network TPS. Source: Hamsterscan.io/transactions
In addition to the sharp decline of the activity, the gameplay of the clicker or tap-to-earn shows a noticeable fall in the players. Hamster Kombat, which once had more than 300 million monthly users, is now struggling to maintain involvement.
From February 26, 2025, the game reported 11.5 million monthly players. However, that number has now fallen to 10.3 million – a loss of more than 1.2 million users in just two weeks. Similarly, the number of new daily accounts is minimal, with only 12, which reflects the lack of attraction of the game. The game once had a maximum of 300 million monthly users.
Hamster Kombat accounts. Source: hamsterscan.io/accounts
Industrial analysts suggest that much of the early success of the network was fed by hype surrounding his crypto -airdrops instead of sustainable user interest in the functionality of the blockchain. Many play-to-earn (P2E) and tap-to-earn games have problems retaining players as soon as the first stimuli fade, and Hamster Kombat seems to be no exception.
In the meantime, the recent decline is following the conclusion of the ‘Gamedev Heroes Combo’, a recurring in-game event with player stimuli. User activity has decreased without such rewards for players, which means that concern about the ability of the game to support long -term involvement in the long term.
Despite the setbacks, the Hamster Kombat team insists that the L2 network is still at an early stage. They say that the further stress tests will undergo to determine its full possibilities. Nevertheless highlights Volatility in blockchain gaming projects.
Their ability to breathe new life into the first momentum of the blockchain remains uncertain. Similarly, it can be seen whether developers and gamers will continue to see value.
Hamster Kombat (HMSTR) Price performance. Source: Coingecko
Coingecko data shows the nutrition of Hamster Kombat, HMST, traded for $ 0.002144 from this letter. This represents a decrease of almost 4% in the last 24 hours.