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Hamster Kombat, a popular game on Telegram, has seen its user numbers plummet 86% from 300 million in August to 41 million in November. In contrast, the Paws Mini App launched on Telegram with 20.5 million users joining in the first eight days. The decline coincides with Hamster Kombat’s token HMSTR decreasing nearly 70% in value. Despite these issues, the Hamster Kombat team plans to integrate a payment system, launch new games, and include non-fungible tokens. Meanwhile, Paws Mini App is thriving, with 11 million users signing up within two days of its launch.

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Remember Hamster Kombat, the tap-to-earn game that used to be so popular on Telegram? It’s been hit by some political drama, some bans, and a heap of new competitors, and has seen its user number drop like a stone. Back in August, they could brag about having 300 million users, but by Nov. 5, the number of active players per month had plummeted to just 41 million, a drop of 86%.

And while Hamster Kombat has been struggling, Paws, a newbie Mini App on Telegram, came out of the gate with a bang. With 20.5 million users joining the fun in the first eight days following launch, it blew past the growth rate of Hamster Kombat.

Stats from IntoTheBlock reveal a telling trend: Hamster Combat’s user activity reached a high on Sept. 27, with about 772,330 active addresses. However, since that date, user interest has steadily dropped, falling over 36% in just a week.

Hamster Kombat’s woes also show in the value of their HMSTR token. From a high of $0.01 on Sept. 26, the token’s price has dived by nearly 70% to roughly $0.0022 as of Nov. 4. Price decline coincides with a lower number of engaged users and daily active users.

In contrast, the number of addresses holding HMSTR has kept rising, hitting a 30-day high of 3.5 million holders on Nov. 4.

This pattern of dwindling user activity and tokens going down in value isn’t unique to Hamster Kombat – it’s happened to other games popular on Telegram, like the Dogs (DOGS) token, the value of which fell from $0.0014 to $0.0004 between August and Nov. 4.

Adding to the difficulties, Hamster Kombat has run into some issues in Iran and false rumours of bans in Uzbekistan. Despite these challenges and envying Paws’ upswing in popularity, the Hamster Kombat team is planning for the future with plans to integrate payment system, launch new games and include non-fungible tokens as in-game assets.

So while Hamster Kombat is grappling with problems, the Paws Mini App has no such worries. In fact, within just two days of launch, more than 11 million users had already signed up, as announced on Nov. 4. That’s some seriously paws-itive news!