It seems like there is still a lot of hype about NFTs. In 2022, there has been a greater variety of intriguing NFT projects, games, and artwork to watch out for as the NFT market expands.

In fact, a lot of experts believe that 2022 will be a terrific year for the NFT revolution and increased usage of blockchain technology.

Here, listed are the 25 coolest NFT projects of 2022 that you must definitely check out.

1. Axie Infinity

Axie Infinity continues to hold the top spot in the NFT sector this year. One of the primary players advancing the Play-to-Earn NFT concept in the blockchain industry is Axie Infinity. To put it another way, Axie Infinity is different from most other NFT projects in that it only concentrates on how players achieve game objectives and breed Axies.

Ayers can use axes, and cute NFT animals, to fight one another or to continue trading for additional tokens. 4,019,390,587 USD have been traded on Axie Infinity at this time, with 1,645,122 purchasers overall.

Key Features:

• Pokemon-inspired concepts

• Play-to-earn features

• Traditional turn-based action

• Strategy game

• Combats

2. CryptoPunks

CryptoPunks is one of the most popular NFT projects that you shouldn't miss in 2022. The 10,000 punk-themed 8-bit characters known as The CrytoPunks each have their own special traits and abilities. The worth of NFT CryptoPunks is determined by the variances between each character, which have resulted in dozens of unique collections.

The most expensive collection of CryptoPunk artwork was sold for 124,457 ETH or 532 million USD. This unbelievable selling price has made CryptoPunk the most expensive NFT project to date. In fact, 5,238 buyers made up the whole trading volume of CryptoPunks, which stands at 2,084,406,290 USD.

Key Features:

• 10,000 unique collectible characters

• Proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain

• Press and appearances

• Bidding

• Marketplace instructions

3. Bored Ape Yacht Club

Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) is an NFT project. It has a number of distinctive 10,000 x 10,000 NFT avatars on the Ethereum blockchain. Each NFT from the BAYC collection is quite expensive because no two NFT characters have the same design, which is one of the things that makes BAYC so coveted.

Although it only made its debut in April 2021, this NFT project already seems to be able to compete with other well-known NFTs. After CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club is the second most popular NFT, according to Decrypt. Bored Ape Yacht Club will be a wise investment in 2022, which is not surprising given its current status as one of the top NFT projects.

Key Features:

• Unique

• Programmatically generated

• Community tools

• Roadmap activations

• Metamask Wallet

4. Art Blocks

Art Blocks is an Ethereum-based NFT initiative that provides distinctive, programmable, and customizable NFT art to international collectors. With the help of blockchain technology, artists may use the Art Blocks concept to combine digital materials to produce one-of-a-kind NFT artworks.

As a result, it is accomplished through the use of NFT drops, in which users mint NFTs without knowing what kind of NFT art they would ultimately receive. Art Blocks has a total trading volume of 1,200,650,344 USD and 26,977 purchasers as of the time of this writing.

Key Features:

• Collections

• Playground

• Factory

• Technical quality

5. NBA Top Shot

NBA Top Shot does a great job of simulating the physical memento-collecting experience that basketball fans have in the real world. Basketball enthusiasts may show off their enthusiasm by collecting "NBA moments.”

It is a set of NBA highlight videos that functions like a trading card, as part of the NFT initiative NBA Top Shot. Additionally, a user's collection of NBA highlights will appreciate over time. Currently, there are 419,583 buyers and a total trading volume of 938,251,588 USD for NBA Top Shot.

Key Features:

• Marketplace

• Challenges

• Community

• Pack drops

6. Mutant Ape Yacht Club

Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) is a branch of the NFT project, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). The distinguishing feature of MAYC is that it has 20,000 avatar collections, as opposed to 10,000 thousand in BAYC.

Collectors of the NFT Bored Ape Yacht Club are given a Mutat Serum to mutate their BAYC NFT monkeys into new MAYC animals as a thank-you present. MYAC is now ranked sixth in Cryptoslam as of March 2022, with an overall trading volume of 892,107,554 USD, 15,170 asset purchasers, and 668,910 owners.

Key Features:

• Stats

• Resources

• Collectibles

• Trading cards

7. CloneX

CloneX is an NFT collection of 20,000 3D unique avatars similar to the distinctive collection of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Collectors who obtain the CloneX avatars can utilize them in movies, video games, social media, and other types of material.

Collaboration between RTFKT and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami resulted in the NFT project of CloneX. Murakami is well-known for using vibrant colors and having a distinctive style that can be found in many renowned art collections.

As a result, the Clone X avatars combine Murakami-inspired characteristics with incredibly realistic components derived from RTFKT and the Daz 3D platform technology.

As of this writing, CloneX has 7,008 buyers and a total trading volume of 456,296,886.

Key Features:

• Play-to-earn features

• Turn-based action

• Strategy game

• Combats

8. Meebits

Meebits is a brand new NFT project of Larva Labs, following the success of CryptoPunk. Meebits has 20,000 unique 3D characters that are all based on well-known video game characters like those seen in Roblox and Minecraft. Up to 9,000 units were suddenly sold for 22,500 ETH in just eight hours after the initial sale in May 2021.

Meetbits can also be utilised as avatars in games, the metaverse, or virtual reality. Since Meetits uses the ERC-721 token standard and runs on the Ethereum blockchain, it may be traded on any cryptocurrency services and exchanges. Meebits is ranked eighth on Cryptoslam with a 404,398,876 USD trading volume.

Key Features:

• Stats and Reports

• Resources

• Collectibles

• Trading cards

9. Azuki

Azuki is an NFT project influenced by Japanese anime, as suggested by the project's name. You're right, of course. Azuki is the creation of Chiru Labs, a group of four unidentified young people. Early in 2022, the Azuki project was just begun, setting a new record by selling out 8,700 characters in under 3 minutes while earning over 29 million USD.

According to data from OpenSea, this NFT project was later sold for about $300 million USD, placing it at the top of the leaderboard for trading in digital collectibles in January 2022. At the time this article was written, Azuki had amassed an overall trading volume of 374,334,143 USD.

Key Features:

• Chiru Labs project

• Based on Japanese anime

• Leaderboard

• Trading

10. Sandbox

Sandbox is a play-to-earn NFT game that gives blockchain-savvy players a new possibility to make money while enjoying the game. Sandbox, an NFT project, has the potential to draw in millions of new participants and offer alluring investment opportunities.

The Sandbox has increased the market in numerous nations today. The Sandbox, as disclosed by CryptoSlam, has 19,143 asset owners and an overall trading volume (all-time) of 365,423,547.

Key Features:

• Play-to-earn NFT game

• Investment opportunities

• High trading volume

• Marketplace

11. The Forest

The Forest is a platform that aims to provide creatives with the tools they need to take control of NFT and Web 3 environments. The "Noctura" are their mascots. Users can count on the owl-like Noctura, who serves as the forest's guardians and serve as their guides and protectors as they travel across the NFT universe.

A series of trees are planted as a result of each transaction completed on The Forest by their partner, One tree is planted, demonstrating their environmental consciousness. To follow the debut of this brand-new initiative, subscribe to their mailing list on their discord server.

Key Features:

• Creative tools

• Web2 Environment

• Discord server

• Mailing subscription

12. FlyFish Club

The Flyfish club, another project of Gary Vaynerchuk, is the first exclusive private dining club in the world for NFT members. Members of the Flyfish club will have access to a private dining area in New York City that is more than 10,000 square feet in size. There are two types of FFC memberships: the ordinary Flyfish members cost 2.5 ETH, and the Flyfish Omakase, which includes the omakase room, costs 4.25 ETH.

You can reserve a table for up to 8 non-token holders with the basic Flyfish membership. You can reserve a table for the same number of people using the Flyfish Omakase option, but you can only bring one person to the omakase room.

Key Features:

• Private dining club

• FFC memberships

• Table reservation

• Non-token holders

13. Doodles

Doodles are 10,000 NFTs (non-fungible tokens) together and are comprised of hundreds of captivating visual characteristics created by Burnt Toast. Skellys, cats, aliens, apes, and mascots are among the hand-drawn Doodles. Numerous uncommon heads, outfits, and color combinations from the artist's pallet are also included in the Doodles collection.

Owning a Doodle gives you the opportunity to vote on community-driven features, upcoming goods, and events, which is what makes it so special. The collectors and the project architects/designer worked together to create the full roadmap for Doodles.

Key Features:

• Visual characters

• Hand-drawn doodles

• Numerous collections

• Community-driven features

14. Invisible Friends

Invisible Friends is created by Markus Magnusson, an animator who creates 5,000 walking invisible figures. If you look at his Vimeo, you can see why Markus Magnusson is aptly called Motion Markus. The Invisible Friends project, which is scheduled to launch in February 2022, has already amassed a sizable Discord (250k+ users) and Twitter following (373k followers).

If you don't have the good fortune to outsmart the odds and mint one of the 5,000 characters, Markus has released a pretty well-made merchandise bundle that can be obtained here.

Key Features:

• Sizable discord

• Merchandise bundle

• Marketplace

• Community-driven

15. Adam Bomb Squad

Adam Bomb Squad is a project you must definitely check out if you enjoy streetwear clothing. Project Adam Bomb Squad was developed by The Hundreds (a famous streetwear brand that launched in 2003).

The project's threefold premise is that they want to give the NFT space identity, community, and ownership. The Adam Bomb Squad project aims to document the 18-year history and use of this character, which is known as The Hundreds' "Adam Bomb" logo/character.

Key Features:

• Threefold premise

• Numerous collections

• Community-driven features

• Amazing visuals

16. Nouns

The Nouns project aims to establish a solid foundation for identity, community, governance, and a fund that the community can utilize to build long-term value and expand the project. Every day, forever, one Noun (NFT character) will be produced by Nouns.

The DAO treasury, a decentralized autonomous organization that receives 100% of the proceeds from NFT sales, is what makes the Noun project special. The Noun holders are in charge of and regulate the Treasury; they choose how it will be used in the future, how projects will be carried out, and more.

Key Features:

• Decentralized

• Treasury

• Stats and Reports

• Resources

• Collectibles

17. God Hates NFTees

God Hates NFTees project, which is unrelated to Bobby Hundreds or the Hundreds, used the protest's attention to launch a successful and well-known NFT campaign. After staging an anti-NFT rally, Bobby Hundreds, the co-founder of The Hundreds, created God Hates NFTees.

The God Hates NFTeesA lot of people immediately started following the now-banned God Hates NFTees Twitter account because of their amusing Twitter Spaces, which were run by SrPetersETH.

Key Features:

• Unique

• Programmatically generated

• Community tools

• Numerous activations

18. Property’s

Property’s is the most cutting-edge real estate collecting game in the NFT and metaverse spaces. By combining the gameplay elements of the most played video games, they want to deliver a brand-new experience both inside and outside of the metaverse. Each NFT is a collector card that shows a real estate object influenced by many cultures and economies.

Prior to its launch, Property's has been frantically forming alliances with other companies and NFT groups. One such collaboration is with the Crypto Baristas, where the game on the Property will have coffee shops and carts with Crypto Barista themes all over the place.

Watch out for Property's game as it is a component of the user-generated Sandbox universe, which is just starting to take shape.

Key Features:

• Alliances

• Various elements

• Excellent gameplay

• Collector cards

• Cutting-edge real estate game

19. Kibatsu Mecha

Kibatsu Mecha, is a collection of 2,222 hand-drawn, fully animated figures produced byJerry Liu, an artist, and animator. The rarity of Kibatsu Mechas varies, and they combine seven different attributes. A small number of Kibatsu Mechas will be designated "super rare" and have special qualities that are not shared by the other characters in the collection.

Key Features:

• Animated figure

• Characters

• Collection

• Stats

20. Deekay

DeeKay Kwon has completed 72 walk cycles successfully as of the time of this writing and has even worked with projects like Invisible Friends, Doodles, and Kibatsu Mecha. Artist DeeKay Kwon is responsible for the well-known #LetsWalk series. LetsWalk is an ongoing effort that aims to produce 100-character walk cycles.

Key Features:

• Numerous collections

• Community-driven features

• Unique concept

• Amazing visuals

21. VeeFriends

VeeFriends, in a nutshell, is a pass to Gary V's multi-day super conference, to which only VeeFriends token owners are allowed. Gary Vaynerchuk, a successful serial entrepreneur, is the creator of VeeFriends. Gary holds the positions of CEO of VaynerMedia, Chairman of VaynerX, and Owner/Creator of VeeFriends.

The world's first NFT-ticketed conference is VeeCon. At VeeCon, the community of VeeFriends token owners comes together to form enduring relationships, exchange innovative ideas, and advance collective knowledge.

Key Features:

• Collective knowledge

• Advance functions

• Community features

• In-built tokens

22. Crypto Barista

Crypto Barista’s second season has debuted with 66 caffeinated characters whose ownership contributes to the livelihood of a Honduran coffee farming community. Owners of a Crypto Barista get reduced coffee from Coffee Bros. and all future partners as well as other caffeinated benefits for life.

Owners will collaborate with and give to groups who are working to change things in order to support the communities in Honduras that cultivate coffee. The donations' aim is to support the farm's and producer's operations by promoting openness, sustainability, better processing, and striving for Honduras' Cup of Excellence.

Key Features:

• Number of characters

• Collaboratio with groups

• Community-driven

• Unique features

23. Autograph.io

Autograph.io Instead of being a single project, is more of a marketplace for athletics, entertainment, culture, and cutting-edge digital experiences. Tom Brady co-founded the initiative, and it had strong support from a board of advisors that included Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, Naomi Osaka, and others.

The current focus of NFTs on Autograph.io is on athletes, including the professional's legitimate signature, access to future drops, and secret Discord channel entry.

Given that everyone engaged is behind this initiative, it will be interesting to see how it develops. Despite the current emphasis on athletics, keep a lookout for a swift expansion into entertainment and novel online/offline encounters.

Key Features:

• Marketplace

• Future drops

• Secret discord channel entry

• Cutting-edge digital experience

24. Decentraland

Decentraland is a virtual world that has a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) that cedes control to the users of the environment. The virtual in-game market for items like land, wearables (for your characters), and other items powers the universe of Decentraland.

A web browser and a cryptocurrency/digital asset wallet like MetaMask are all that is needed to play. Although not necessary, the wallet enhances the gaming experience by protecting all of your digital possessions, including names, valuables, and LANDS.

Key Features:

• Cedes control

• Virtual in-game market

• Wearables

• Crypto asset

• Digital wallet

25. Clayings

The Claylings initiative aims to introduce 4,040 figures from clay animation to the blockchain. Another highly sought-after project is The Claylings, which is now in fifth place overall in terms of trending volume ($6.42 million as of the time this article was written). Establishing a Claymation short film with one of the previously created characters is one of the project's objectives (it would be cool to see your character in the movie).

Key Features:

• Play-to-earn NFT game

• Investment opportunities

• High trading volume

• Marketplace

Conclusion

It's not always easy to identify the qualities of an excellent NFT project or a wise investment. While choosing the top NFT projects for 2022, we assembled projects that were more than just works of art. (known as Utility NFTs)

NFTs that provide the artwork a specific purpose, such as access to in-game objects, membership to a private event, or entrance, is referred to as "utility NFTs." When deciding what to look for in your first NFT purchase, choose a utility project that you would profit from.

FAQs

What is an NFT Project?

Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are special collections that are part of an NFT initiative. An NFT is a non-exchangeable data storage unit with ownership evidence that is kept in a blockchain.

In general, an NFT project is generated on a considerably greater scale than NFT art. NFT projects are created by major organizations and made accessible for trading on their own platforms, whereas NFT art is created on a small scale, primarily by individual artists, and sold on the NFT marketplace.

How do NFTs gain value?

In essence, NFTs increase in value when buyers are able to sell their NFTs for more money than they originally paid for them. Similar to cryptocurrencies, the value of a group of non-fungible tokens rises when market demand rises and the aggregate supply of NFTs on the market declines.

Why are NFTs so expensive?

A reason NFTs may be so expensive is due to what economists term a bubble. A market is said to be in a bubble when investors buy products with the intention of selling them soon after at a higher price. This raises the price. When a new technology emerges, bubbles tend to form.

Can anyone make an NFT?

An NFT is a one-of-a-kind digital item with a single owner. The rarity provides an NFT value. Ascertain that you own the intellectual property rights to the thing you wish to convert into an NFT. Making an NFT for a digital asset you don't own could get you in hot water.

How can you make money through NFTs?

The most common strategy to profit from NFTs is to sell them on NFT-specific marketplaces. There are numerous marketplaces and platforms available now where you can create, list, sell, and exchange NFTs.