Free Solana Game Pass NFT Offers Access and Crypto Rewards

And more and more games launch on the chain, the Solana gaming ecosystem aims to get a boost from Thursday's launch of the Solana Game Pass—a free $NFT that will provide early access to games and potential crypto rewards to players.

Available to mint via $NFT marketplace Magic Eden, the Solana Game Pass launches with four weeks' worth of promotions across 30 partnered games, comprising "Season 0" of what's planned to be a multi-season program.

Players who hold the free $NFT will gain early access to games, and can complete quests via Solana's partner platform GAM3S.GG to win raffle tickets towards a prize pool of over $10,000 worth of Solana ($SOL), NFTs, and other assets. Prizes will be distributed following the end of the four-week campaign.

The initial Season 0 campaign includes collaborations with notable Solana-based games, including the likes of space simulator Star Atlas, hero shooter Nyan Heroes, move-to-earn fitness game Stepn, role-playing games Aurory and DeFi Dungeons, racing game MixMob: Racer 1, and battle royale shooter BR1: Infinite.

More than 13,000 of the free Solana Game Pass NFTs have been minted so far via Magic Eden, with the mint set to remain open throughout the four-week Season 0 campaign. Solana has teased larger benefits and potential rewards in future seasons, such as the launch of in-game quests in partnered titles, as well as an enhanced progression system.

Solana is a layer-1 blockchain, with $SOL ranked as the sixth most-valuable cryptocurrency by market cap. It's flat over the last 24 hours at a current price of $132, per data from CoinGecko, after touching its highest price so far in April on Thursday.