6 in-game currencies you MUST know
🤑 6 in-game currencies you MUST know
❶ Soft Currency
• Low value
• General-purpose currency
• Can be obtained for free by playing or waiting
Examples: Credits in Call of Duty Mobile, Coins in Royal Match or Polygun Arena
❷ Medium Currency
• Obtainable through grinding (like soft currency)
• but it has some kind of limitation such as their usage or accumulation
Examples: Gold or Elixir in Clash of Clans
❸ Hard Currency
• High value currency
• Mostly you can get it through in app purchase meaning it’s closely related to monetization
Examples: Gems in Polygun Arena or Brawl Stars or Clash of Clans
❹ Energy Currency
• Exchanged exclusively for playing time
• Usually priced over every attempt or action
Examples: Heart in Royal Match or Homescapes
❺ Event Currency
• This currency just exist temporarily during an event
• It’s focused around a time-limited event or feature
Examples: Pickaxes during Hidden Temple in Royal Match, Event currencies in Fortnite during a seasonal promotion
❻ VIP Currency
• This currency can only get obtained after you perform an IAP (in app purchase)
• It’s an incentive for monetization and customer reward
Examples: VIP points and packages in UNO mobile game
