Dæmons New Token, $DMN, Launch Details and Long-Term Roadmap for Game Development

Dæmons, the popular turn-based web3 game, has released its Strategic & Tokenomic Lightpaper, providing gamers with an in-depth look at its future plans. The paper includes the launch details for a new token to power the Dæmons ecosystem, $DMN. 

As part of the launch, the old token, $DMNAI, will be retired and can be converted into $DMN at a premium. This article will explore the details of the Dæmons ($DMN) token launch, analyze its tokenomics, and explain what to expect from its roadmap.

What is Dæmons?

Dæmons is an AI-powered play-to-progress Web3 game where gamers raise and fight digital companions based on their blockchain activity. As opposed to traditional gaming NFTs or characters, the Dæmons game characters grow depending on the NFTs you own, your transaction history, and other blockchain activities. 

This model seeks to maintain player participation through substantial incentives within the gameplay quality, specifically not falling into the traps of grabbing the short-term speculative interest without community expansion in the long term.

The game also features AI-driven plots, which adds an exciting narrative layer to the strategic battles and the collection gameplay. Since its launch, the Dæmons game has attracted more than 5,500 players and sees more than 500 active gamers daily. 

The first NFT collection of the Dæmons ecosystem, the OG Playable Omnichain NFTs, has sold out. The game is supported by major ecosystems, including Avalanche, Base, Immutable, and Sonic, and the team has entered some strategic partnerships in the Web3 gaming space.

Dæmons $DMN Token Launch Details

The recently released Strategic and Tokenomic Lightpaper revealed that the Dæmons ecosystem has a new token, $DMN. According to the paper, $DMN will serve as the primary token of the ecosystem and will have a fixed cap of 1 billion tokens.

The older $DMNAI token will be retired for the new $DMN token. The game is now fully live on its mainnet, and holders of the older tokens can convert them to the new $DMN token at a premium. The details of the distribution of the new $DMN tokens are as follows:

• 33% reserved for community rewards and incentives
• 25% allocated to a treasury for ecosystem growth
• 42% to be split between the team, partners, liquidity, and early airdrops

The utility of the $DMN token is directly tied to core gameplay. It will be the primary currency for:

• Purchases Within the Game: Gamers will spend a virtual currency, DMN, to obtain cosmetic upgrades that make their Dæmons unique.
• Character Development: Evolving Dæmons is one of the key features of the game and will involve the use of money in the form of DMN. This generates natural demand for the $DMN token.
• New Content Unlock: New Dæmons, abilities, or game modes can be unlocked with $DMN.

Four-stage Roadmap to Mainstream Success

The Dæmons team also revealed a four-stage roadmap it aims to use to achieve mainstream success by 2028.

• Early Launch and Community Onboarding (Done): This was the stage that laid the foundation of the base game, NFT minting, and the first community cohorts. The number of players and daily users reached more than 5,500 and 500, respectively.
• Product-Market (-2025 end): The project will focus on usability, dual NFT collection models (paid and free), tournaments, and community events. The target is to reach 10,000 registered gamers and 1,000–2,000 daily active players. 
• Web3 Scaling: More extensive tournaments will be introduced, onboarding will be simplified, and PvE stories will be created with the help of AI, as well as guilds will be partnered with. The aim is to have 100,000 registered gamers and 10,000 people playing daily.
• Web2 Expansion & Mass Adoption (2027-2028): Marked by esports partnerships, tournaments hosted by streamers, bringing Web2 identities into in-game companions, and cross-chain single identity layers. The target is to reach more than 1,000,000 gamers and 100,000 players.

Community Reward Programs

To stimulate user engagement and participation, Dæmons has announced a number of community programs. Players can compete for $10,000 in NFTs, 1 million $DMN tokens, and other daily rewards based on their rankings on the Dæmons leaderboard campaign through Immutable Play.

There are also individual leaderboards in September 2025 where Dæmons players can earn rare characters. In addition, the ongoing Soul Points Program tracks the in-game activity of all players to determine their eligibility for initial $DMN airdrops.