DeSpace Protocol Competitors

The Sandbox is an immersive metaverse platform in which users play, create, and monetize unique experiences alongside their favorite brands, IPs, and celebrities across gaming, entertainment, music, art, and more. The Sandbox leverages web3 technologies to fully enable end-user creation and creator economies, disrupting existing platforms by providing both players and creators with true ownership of their assets, creations, and rewards as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Over 400 partners have joined The Sandbox, including Warner Music Group, Gucci, Ubisoft, Paris Hilton, The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, Attack on Titan, Lacoste, Steve Aoki, The Smurfs, and many more

Decentraland is where you hang out online. Every week there are movie screenings, trivia nights, live music, parties, and community meetups, the kind of place where familiar faces keep showing up and newcomers always find their crowd. It's what the internet never quite gave us: somewhere to actually be together. Your space, your identity, and what you build are yours. No single company controls it, and no one can take it away. Founded in 2015 and publicly launched in 2020, Decentraland is a community-driven space guided by its users through transparent governance. Available now as a desktop app, with mobile coming soon.

Launched in 2019, Upland is a persistent city-builder game mapped to the real world where players keep what they build. Their properties and items stay with them, can be customized, and can be traded with other players. Unlike solo city games, Upland doesn’t reset—every action helps shape living neighborhoods. Players develop districts, run shops, collaborate on projects, and may sell eligible digital items for USD. Upland blends the creativity of city builders with massive multiplayer scale and lasting ownership, delivering a strategic, social experience that endures.