Paima Studio Gaming
1 known investors
Paima Studios builds onchain games and the Paima Engine, a framework for developing fully on-chain Web3 games and "Stateful NFTs" where game state lives on the blockchain. Its titles include Tarochi: Monster Chronicle, Wrath of the Jungle: Tower Defense, and Jungle Wars, running on networks such as Xai and Arbitrum Orbit.
Also known as Paima Studios
Investors Β· 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Paima Studios develops Paima Engine, a development framework that lets teams apply existing Web2 programming skills to build Web3 games and applications on blockchain Layer-2 infrastructure. The company's central technical concept is the "Stateful NFT" (which it positions as NFTs 2.0), in which a non-fungible token represents a character, item, equipment or any other piece of in-game state that changes as the player acts, rather than a static asset whose only value is scarcity. All Stateful NFT data is stored fully on-chain, which the company frames as removing dependence on centralized servers and bridges.
Alongside the engine, Paima Studios ships its own titles. Tarochi: Monster Chronicle is an onchain RPG in which quests, challenges and captured monsters are recorded on chain; it runs on the Xai network via Arbitrum Orbit and uses Paima Engine. Players can begin without connecting an external wallet, as the game generates a wallet that can later be transferred to a user's main wallet, and no bridging is required. Other listed products include Wrath of the Jungle: Tower Defense, Jungle Wars (including Jungle Wars: NFT Rumble), a Stateful NFT auto battler, and Volcaneers NFTs. A published roadmap organized into stages ("Egg Hatching", "The Basin", "Dinizia", "The Kaieteur") covers the website launch, the Volcaneers NFT launch, a private alpha MVP of Paima Engine, Jungle Wars tournaments and launch, Paima Whirlpool for cross-chain gameplay, the Tarochi announcement, the Wrath of the Jungle launch, a planned Stateful NFT marketplace, a fourth game and further engine capabilities.
Business model
The company both licenses/provides a gaming engine to external developers and publishes its own onchain games. It describes a monetization approach for Stateful NFTs in which companies sell low-priced 'level 1' NFTs to grow a large player community, in contrast to selling small quantities of scarce static NFTs at high prices.
Traction
The company lists multiple shipped or announced titles β Tarochi: Monster Chronicle, Wrath of the Jungle: Tower Defense, Jungle Wars / Jungle Wars: NFT Rumble, a Stateful NFT auto battler and Volcaneers NFTs β and describes a community of players and developers across Discord, Twitter, YouTube and Reddit.
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
Paima Studios positions Paima Engine as the first framework to make Stateful NFTs available to developers, contrasting fully on-chain game state with typical Web3 games that rely on centralized servers or bridges, and with static 'NFT 1.0' assets whose value derives only from scarcity. It also emphasizes onboarding without wallet connection or bridging.
Technology
Paima Engine is a framework designed so developers can reuse Web2 programming skills to build Web3 games and apps on blockchain Layer-2 technology. Its distinguishing capability is Stateful NFTs, where in-game state β characters, items, equipment and other game data β is held entirely on chain and evolves with player actions, avoiding reliance on centralized servers or bridges. A component called Paima Whirlpool is described as enabling cross-chain gameplay. The company's flagship title Tarochi runs on the Xai network, made possible by Arbitrum Orbit, and includes automatic in-game wallet creation so players can start without connecting a wallet and later transfer their game data to a personal wallet.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-player distribution of free-to-start onchain games such as Tarochi, combined with developer outreach for Paima Engine. Community channels include Discord, X/Twitter, YouTube and a Reddit community, plus an email update newsletter, all promoted from the company website.
Two groups: game development teams that want to build Web3 games and applications using familiar Web2 skills and integrate Stateful NFTs into their own titles, and players of the studio's own onchain games, who can start playing free of charge and without bridging.
Compiled by commissioned research from 4 cited public sources β announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
βΈResearch sources Β· 4
primary sources listed
- Paima Studio Gamingpaimastudios.com Β· web
4 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Paima Studio Gaming do?
- Paima Studios builds Paima Engine, a Web3 gaming framework, and onchain games such as Tarochi: Monster Chronicle.
- Who are Paima Studio Gaming's investors?
- Paima Studio Gaming's investors include Hyperithm.