Yuga Labs’ first big swing at gaming was already a success, but now the web3 studio best known for creating the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection said its latest video game Forge is retaining twice as many users as the previous title.

“For Forge, the retention rate is two times that of Dookey Dash, with a day 10 retention rate of 42%,” Yuga Labs Chief Gaming Officer Spencer Tucker told The Block. Tucker joined Yuga about a year ago after previously working at the mobile gaming studio Scopely.

Yuga launched Dookey Dash earlier this year and generated more than $110 million in trading volume for the game's Sewer Pass NFTs, according to CryptoSlam! data. Additionally, a well-known Fortnite gamer won the game’s short-lived contest, earning $1.6 million for his trouble. 

Tucker …