Splinterlands: State of the Game 2023 | Week #19

Greetings Splinterfolk!

The purpose of this series of posts is to provide you with up-to-date insights into the ecosystem of Splinterlands.

In my opinion, the most important metric to keep track of is the number of new Summoner's Spellbooks purchased as this reflects the true number of new players entering into the game and the wider ecosystem of Splinterlands.

Date	Signups (Total)	Spellbooks (Total)	Signups (Daily Avg.)	Spellbooks (Daily Avg.)
01.01	231	18	231	18
02.01 - 08.01	2,096	97	299	14
09.01 - 15.01	1,979	99	282	14
16.01 - 22.01	2,131	134	304	19
23.01 - 29.01	2,055	112	293	16
30.01 - 05.02	2,389	126	341	18
06.02 - 05.03	8,802	510	314	18
06.03 - 19.03	3,400	259	242	19
20.03 - 26.03	1,639	117	234	17
27.03 - 02.04	1,722	101	246	14
03.04 - 09.04	1,670	168	238	24
10.04 - 16.04	1,767	248	252	35
17.04 - 23.04	1,585	137	226	20
24.04 - 30.04	1,552	68	221	10
01.05 - 07.05	1,351	84	193	12
08.05 - 14.05	1,341	90	191	13
Total	35,710	2,368	-	-

• Out of the 1,341 new accounts created last week, only 90 new accounts (6.71%) actually bought the Summoner's Spellbook.
• In 2023, there have been 35,710 new accounts created but only 2,368 Summoner's Spellbooks purchased which is a 6.63% conversion rate.
• Based on the average daily Spellbooks purchased in 2023 (17.80), Splinterlands should expect to have a total of 4,112 new players buying into the game. In the first post of this series, I predicted that 8,250 Summoner's Spellbooks would be purchased in 2023... Hopefully the run rate picks up soon!

Below is the average daily amount of players, battles, and transactions that are taking place within Splinterlands.

Date	Active Players	Battles	Transactions
01.01	154,935	3,284,741	2,881,366
02.01 - 08.01	199,915	3,472,011	4,134,432
09.01 - 15.01	217,339	4,353,159	3,849,825
16.01 - 29.01	225,165	4,744,095	4,258,768
30.01 - 05.02	166,606	2,334,444	2,738,901
06.02 - 05.03	141,640	3,009,261	2,537,547
06.03 - 19.03	118,549	2,398,647	2,145,851
20.03 - 26.03	97,931	830,084	2,078,699
27.03 - 02.04	111,641	849,980	2,059,965
03.04 - 09.04	69,904	949,361	1,864,133
10.04 - 16.04	79,722	735,590	1,942,324
17.04 - 23.04	64,822	724,936	1,598,066
24.04 - 30.04	78,044	771,336	1,627,784
01.05 - 07.05	63,940	627,400	1,397,053
08.05 - 14.05	68,346	706,385	1,576,105

• On average, every Splinterlands account that was active last week battled 10 times and made 23 transactions per day.
• The peak number of active players for last week was 72,929 which was on Sunday, 14th of May.
• In 2023, the peak number of active players was 271,118 which was on Monday, 16th of January. In the first post of this series, I predicted that the peak number of active players for a single day would be 250,000 so I am happy to see that Splinterlands has already proved me wrong. Now the question is: When can we achieve 500k active players in a single day? And, what would it take to make that happen?

Below is the total amount and volume of Splinterlands cards purchased, the high and low for SPS, and the average DEC price.

Date	Cards Purchased (Amount)	Cards Purchased (Volume)	SPS (High)	SPS (Low)	DEC (Avg.)
01.01	56,311	$37,607	$0.023	$0.020	$0.00653
02.01 - 08.01	548,809	$294,811	$0.044	$0.022	$0.00068
09.01 - 15.01	378,444	$287,394	$0.040	$0.022	$0.00066
16.01 - 29.01	425,567	$350,188	$0.037	$0.022	$0.00067
30.01 - 05.02	678,950	$389,309	$0.034	$0.022	$0.00067
06.02 - 05.03	1,614,297	$1,297,490	$0.032	$0.023	$0.00070
06.03 - 19.03	655,769	$713,604	$0.032	$0.023	$0.00074
20.03 - 26.03	267,684	$398,111	$0.032	$0.023	$0.00076
27.03 - 02.04	291,121	$350,005	$0.032	$0.023	$0.00077
03.04 - 09.04	346,953	$429,143	$0.031	$0.023	$0.00079
10.04 - 16.04	282,908	$290,697	$0.031	$0.023	$0.00081
17.04 - 23.04	224,579	$242,496	$0.031	$0.023	$0.00082
24.04 - 30.04	193,194	$243,548	$0.031	$0.023	$0.00083
01.05 - 07.05	149,927	$275,364	$0.031	$0.023	$0.00084
08.05 - 14.05	118,190	$203,292	$0.031	$0.021	$0.00085
Total	6,232,703	$5,803,059	-	-	-

• The average price per card that was sold last week was $1.72.
• In 2023, the high for SPS was $0.044 which was during the first week of the year. In the first post of this series, I predicted that the high for SPS would be $0.075... Is that even still possible for 2023?

While Splinterlands does have a referral program, it only benefits the referrer and not the referee. Therefore, it is up to us (the existing players) to create our own referral program to help new players enter into the game. I've outlined below how my custom referral program works:

• Sign up for Splinterlands through my referral link here.
• Once you buy the Summoner's Spellbook, I will receive 500 credits ($0.50) which I will use to buy DEC, cards, or both to help you start your Splinterlands journey.
• All you need to do is comment below the IGN you used to sign up with. Once I have verified it, I will reach out to see what you would like to spend your $0.50 on and then send it over.