5 Ways To Make Money With Online Games

When it comes to making money with online games, there are numerous ways to do it. In fact, there’s probably more ways than you think. All it takes is a bit of creativity, hard work and the ability to take action. Without any further ado, here are five ways to make money with online games.

1. Create Your Own Game

The most obvious way to get started with making money with online games is to create your own. Depending on what kind of expertise you possess, such as coding, web development skills etc. . ., then there may be a ton of work involved. Thankfully, there are game creator tools you can use or you can hire a professional to do some things or everything for you. But be prepared to pay a pretty penny if you want a professional to create your game.

On that note, a few game creator tools you might want to check out include: 

. Flowlab
. GDevelop
. Sploder
. Stencyl

Monetizing your game can be done various ways. You can place adverts into your games or allow in-app purchases of special items. You can even charge a one-time fee for people to access your game or you can sell your games or pitch them to gaming platforms that might be interested in publishing your game; Once published, you can monetize them.

2. Review Online Games Via YouTube 

Record yourself reviewing online games. Then put those videos on YouTube and eventually you could earn via their ad sharing program. You do have to have a certain number of subscribers and meet other requirements, but give it time and before you know it, you’ll qualify to take part in their program. That being said, you’ll want to create a YouTube channel that’s solely for reviewing online games.

Film yourself playing some of the game and provide commentary (if the creators permit it). Alternatively, you can just play the game without filming yourself playing it, and then you can create your review.

Here’s a tip, try to create at least 3-4 videos per week. Then more consistent you are, the more of a chance you have of making money with online game reviews.

3. Write Articles For Third-Party Sites

When I say third-party sites, I mean sites like Hubpages and Infobarrel. You can join sites that share either ad revenue and then publish review-style articles to them. Obviously your reviews will be about online games you’ve recently played or have played at some point. However, don’t expect to make big money via this method. Unless you gain some serious traction with traffic, you probably won’t make much at all.

4. Write Articles For Your Own Site

If writing for third-party sites isn’t for you, then create your own website centered around reviewing online games. You can make money with online game reviews via advertising platforms, affiliate marketing, Patreon and the list goes on. If you go down this route, be consistent and post reviews regularly.

5. Offer Reviews

You can offer to do paid reviews of online games. Getting people to want to pay you to review their online game isn’t exactly easy and will require hard work. Then again, if you get it right, then you could do well. Just make sure you make it clear to people that you will only provide honest reviews. One way to attract people to pay you for online game reviews is to join Fiverr and sites like Fiverr.

In short, you can make money with online games by:

. Creating a game
. Do video reviews via YouTube
. Write Articles for third-third party sites
. Write articles for your own site
. Offer online-video game reviews (via Fiverr)

Creating your own game, reviewing online games via YouTube and writing articles for your own site are good ways to potentially earn cash with online games. The same goes for writing articles for third-party sites and you can offer online-video game reviews. If you want to make money with online games, then give one or all of those ways a try.