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Telegram Mini App game development
Telegram Mini App games that grow your brand.
A branded game that opens inside Telegram in one tap — for loyalty, product launches, promos and lead capture. Real gameplay, leaderboards and Telegram Stars payments. No tokens, no airdrops, no tap-to-earn.
Non-crypto Telegram Mini Apps · Last updated October 2026
Use cases
A game is a reason to come back.
A Telegram Mini App is a web app that runs inside the chat app — no store download, no sign-up form. Players launch it from your bot's menu button or a direct t.me link, and Telegram already knows who they are.
Loyalty & rewards game
Points, levels and unlockable rewards tied to your real offers. Players collect in the game, redeem in your shop or venue.
Product launch campaign
A short, polished game built around a new product, with a leaderboard and prizes for the campaign window — shareable by link in any chat.
Daily rewards & streaks
Daily challenges and streak rewards that give your community a reason to open the bot every day, with optional bot messages when a new challenge is live.
In-game purchases with Stars
Sell extra lives, cosmetic skins or premium levels. Telegram requires digital goods in Mini Apps to be paid in Telegram Stars — we wire that in properly.
Not a crypto game
Why brands avoid tap-to-earn.
Many Telegram games are built to farm wallets and token hype. A brand game has a different job: earn attention, collect consented leads and send people to your product.
| Option | Tap-to-earn crypto game | Template / reskin | VL Studio brand game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core loop | Tapping for a token | Generic mechanic, your logo | Designed around your product and audience |
| Rewards | Tokens, airdrops | Usually none | Real offers, discounts, prizes |
| Payments | Wallets, tokens | Varies | Telegram Stars for digital goods |
| Data you keep | Wallet addresses | Often none | Opt-in leads, events, leaderboard history |
| Brand safety | Speculation risk | Looks like everyone else | Custom art, your tone, your rules |
Our games
We make games, not just apps.
Game feel is a craft: juice, pacing, difficulty, economy. We build and run our own titles, and the same team builds yours.
Puzzle · Web + mobileBlock Nook
A cozy premium block puzzle with a collectible museum meta-game — and a web version, the same kind of build a Telegram Mini App runs on.
Action · 3D · GodotKosti
A 3D dark-fantasy action survivor built in Godot: realistic heroes and bosses, a full animation pipeline and voice-over in three languages.
How it's built
Light, fast, cheat-aware.
Mini Apps are web technology, so load size matters more than anything. We pick the engine for the game, not the other way around.
HTML5 or Godot web
Lightweight HTML5 / WebGL for most brand games so they open in seconds on mobile data; a Godot web export when the game needs real 3D.
Native Mini App features
Full-screen mode, theme colors, a home-screen shortcut, launch by bot menu or t.me link, and Telegram's own login — no passwords.
Scores you can trust
Player identity verified server-side from Telegram's signed launch data, plus score sanity checks and rate limits before anything hits the leaderboard.
Telegram Stars
Purchases of digital items through Telegram's Stars invoices, with server-side confirmation before items are granted.
Analytics & leads
Event tracking for sessions, levels and conversions, plus opt-in lead capture that lands in your CRM or a sheet.
Admin & live updates
Change rewards, prizes and daily challenges without a new release; leaderboard resets for each campaign.
Price
from $10,000 MVP
New customers: $8,000 · 20% off your first project
The MVP is one polished game mode with leaderboards. Bigger scopes — more modes, Stars shop, live-ops tooling — are quoted at a fixed price after a free scoping call.
Plan my game →- Game concept and core loop built around your brand
- Custom art and UI in your visual style
- Telegram bot + Mini App setup and launch links
- Leaderboards with server-side validation
- Telegram Stars payments (optional)
- Analytics events and opt-in lead capture
Want a game on your website instead of Telegram? Branded web mini-games start at $8,000 — see all prices in the pricing section.
FAQ
Questions,
answered.
How much does a Telegram Mini App game cost?
Our MVP starts at $10,000 (new customers get 20% off): one polished game mode, leaderboards, your branding and the Telegram setup. Extra modes, a Stars shop or live-ops tools add to that, and we quote them at a fixed price before work starts.
Do we need crypto, tokens or a wallet?
No. We don't build tap-to-earn or token games. Rewards are your real offers, and paid digital items use Telegram Stars, which players buy inside Telegram.
How do Telegram Stars payments work?
Telegram's rules say digital goods and services in bots and Mini Apps must be paid exclusively in Telegram Stars. We connect Stars invoices to your bot and confirm every payment on our server before an item is granted. Physical goods follow different rules — ask us if you want to sell merchandise.
How do you stop bots and cheaters?
Every session is tied to a Telegram user whose launch data is verified on the server with Telegram's signature. Scores go through sanity checks and rate limits, and suspicious entries are held back from the leaderboard. Prize campaigns get extra rules on top.
What analytics do we get?
Sessions, level progress, drop-off points, purchases and campaign conversions, sent to the analytics tool you already use or a simple dashboard. Lead capture is opt-in and goes straight to your CRM.
How long does it take?
It depends on the game, so we give a dated plan with the fixed quote. A focused single-mode MVP is a matter of weeks, not months.
Can the same game run on our website too?
Yes. A Mini App is a web app, so with a few platform switches the same build can also run on your site.
Next step
Tell us the campaign.
We'll design the game.
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