Sorare Game: What Is, How to Play and Make Money

What Is Sorare?

Sorare is an NFT collectible card game based on Ethereum blockchain, in which users purchase digital football cards, assemble their teams and fight in tournaments.

The game features 227 officially licensed football clubs, including Liverpool, Juventus, Porto, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern München.
The game is developed in France, by the eponymous company founded in 2018.
Sorare is the most popular NFT football-themed game. It is sponsored by Gerard Pique, Antoine Griezmann and Rio Ferdinand. Sorare's digital card sales in 2021 were over £189,394,009.57.

Should You Pay Attention to This Game?

If you love football and want to earn money from your hobby as well as having fun watching football, Sorare is ideal. No financial investment is required to start playing. In contrast to real football, the team here is not made up of 11, but 5 players. When you register you get 11 trading cards to put your team together and start playing. The project has licenses from leading football clubs from all over the world, so it is definitely worth trying to play.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Sorare

SOR token

The Sorare SOR token is not a cryptocurrency, as Sorare offers unique digital assets in the form of NFTs. SOR is based on the Ethereum ERC-721 standard, which is used for non-playable assets on Ethereum. This means that users can freely trade SOR tokens through the Sorare platform and compatible Ethereum applications (such as the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet). Each SOR token represents a unique team or player, that is, a unique asset that can be tracked on public blockchain servers such as EtherScan. There are currently 329,383 SOR in circulation, priced at £64.39 per token.

How exactly I can make money in Sorare?

There are two ways to earn money in Sorare - by playing in tournaments or by selling player cards.

Tournaments

When registering, the user gets 11 base cards from which a team can be formed. You can put together a team but you can't expect to get much out of it. You must buy at least 4 uncommon cards to turn your squad into a steady, passive income. The investment of two hundred pounds will pay for itself in about three months, then it will start to generate income through prizes in the form of Etherium and player cards won in tournaments.

Selling cards

As well as earning prizes from tournaments, you can make money in Sorare by reselling cards.
There are several strategies for making money on reselling cards:

Buying Reserves. One of the most common tactics to try and make money on transfers. This strategy is based on the purchase of reserve cards of players with high potential. While the player is still on the bench, the card is cheap. But when a player will be fielded for an injury or other reason, his card will increase significantly, and you can sell it for a nice profit. Another way to buy a reserve player is by moving to another club, where he will play in the first team, and this will add a big profit to his score.

Buying injured players. Another popular tactic to make money is buying a player who is injured. The more serious the injury, the more the price of an injured player will drop. A serious injury can put a player out of action for months. If you buy a card with such an injury, it will be sold for several times as much, once the player is stronger again.

Buying youngsters. The most difficult and time consuming method, which is suitable only for those who know football. It consists of investing in a long-term squad with young, underrated players, who will be solidly lined up as star players in the next couple of years. The difficulty is that you need to scout out young talent that no one has seen yet. Buy them in bulk and then wait years until one of them is found.

You can sell your player cards for a profit in your own Sorare shop or on the OpenSea website.

How to start playing?

Step 1 — Registration

The first thing to do is to register on the Sorare website. To do this, click on the Sign Up button on the home page of the website. You can register using your email address as well as Google or Facebook accounts. If you have chosen to register via email, you will need to click on the link in the registration confirmation email after entering all your details.

Step 2 — Create your club

When you click on the confirmation link from Sorare, you will be asked to create your own football club. In the form that opens, enter your nickname, club name and add an avatar.

Step 3 — Choose your favourite club

You then have to choose your favourite football club from the list of available clubs, after which you will be given a pack of 4 player cards. Most of the cards in this pack will turn out to be player cards of the selected club.

Step 4 —  Choose a league

Next, you need to select the league in which your team will participate. For newcomers there is only one league available, Casual. At the end of this step, another pack of five playing cards will be available.

Step 5 —  Team

The next step is to create a team from the player cards that came up during the registration process. Once this step is completed, explanations about the types of player cards and game modes will follow. At the end of the registration process, two more cards will be given to the player, after which the game itself can begin.

Sorare Gameplay

Game cards

The general mechanics of Sorare are based around the sale and purchase of cards. The user makes up a team of 5 players and participates with them in tournaments and championships. If a player does something productive in real life, e.g. keeping his goal intact, not getting yellow cards during a season etc., the game raises his rating and the money value in the market-platform.

The playing cards in Sorare are divided into five types:

Game modes

Sorare has five main game modes, which differ from each other in terms of player card requirements:

Mix mode is also available, which provides an opportunity for practice games. Cards that are not used in the game modes can be used to create training teams, during which the base characteristics of the players will be increased.

Depending on the set of cards available, choose a game mode. We will be prompted to change the team composition. After making changes to the team composition, press Confirm, and wait for the real matches to finish.

The schedule of matches can be viewed in a separate tab.

After the matches are over, an email will be sent to you asking you to check your personal account.

If you have won anything, a message will be displayed on the top bar of your personal profile. Clicking on it will reveal the reward you've won.
You can find out more about how to play Sorare in the video below:

Sorare App

The Sorare app for iOS smartphones was released in May 2022, with an Android version expected later this year. The mobile version has slightly reduced functionality compared to the Web version of the game. In the smartphone version of the game, you can:

There is also a flexible notification setup in the Sorare smartphone app. You can set up to get notifications about key events that affect your players and teams. For example, you can sign up to be notified when a player scores a goal and when he earns points for your team.

Sorare Team

Sorare was founded in Paris by two people, and they are the main employees:

Roadmap

The developers of the game have a roadmap showing the development of the project until the end of 2021. It can be found at the following link.

Disclaimer

Play-it-yourself games can be highly risky due to price volatility. It is worth remembering that the NFT tokens used by Sorare are digital assets whose price is determined by the market. This type of investment requires a balanced approach. Gamers' investment in the game may suffer. We do not encourage you to invest your money in such products, and accept no responsibility for any money lost. All investments you make are at your own risk.

FAQ

Is Sorare a pyramid scheme?

Sorare is not a pyramid scheme, it is a major investment project. Licensing from the world's major football clubs confirms this.

Can Sorare be hacked?

The security of Sorare is taken very seriously and there are no known hacking attempts.

Is Sorare a scam in the UK?

Sorare is not a fraudulent organisation. The game is legal in the UK.

Conclusion

Sorare is a great example of what a blockchain game should look like. The developers have made a unique game in which the actions are tied to the achievements of the players in real life. This makes the gameplay more exciting and engaging.