in-game currency
Digital spending tokens
In-game currency is virtual money used within a video game to purchase items, upgrades, or abilities.
Games typically feature one or more currencies—gold, coins, gems, credits—that players earn through gameplay or buy with real money.
I spent all my in-game currency on a new skin.
The term distinguishes game money from actual payment methods.
- gemsCut precious stones
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- microtransactionsSmall payments within software
- pay to winBuying competitive edges
- auction housesFirms selling to highest bidder
tokens · gold · diamonds · black markets · scrip · stars · loot boxes · vouchers · arcade tokens · gacha · battle pass · free to play · points · limited circulation · barter systems · gold coins · transactional · grinding
- digital economye-commerce, digital payments, online shopping, digital marketplace, digital markets
- digital productsapp, apps, ebook, ebooks, software
- gaming commercemicrotransaction, in-app purchase, loot box, battle pass, DLC
- currenciesdollar, pound, euro, yen, peso
- cryptoBitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, cryptocurrency, tokens
in-game currencylegal tender
Officially recognized payment medium
real money · fiat currency · cash · hard currency · national currency
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