Airdrop Pyramid: a free game about pump-and-dump coins

What is Airdrop Pyramid?

$ZIPCOIN (made up) is “going to the moon”. Your €100 rides it while people recruit people. Recruiting friends pumps it faster. At a moment only the founders know, they sell. Get out first, then see who kept the money.

Airdrop Pyramid is a free satire game about pump-and-dump coins. Your €100 rides $ZIPCOIN, a made-up coin “going to the moon”, while people recruit people.

Recruiting friends pumps the price, and every one of them buys near the top. At a moment only the founders know, they sell everything. Sell first, then see who kept the money.

At a glance

Category

Social Engineering

Difficulty

Medium

Play time

2–4 min

Price

Free, in your browser, sign-up optional

How to play

Sell

Sell before the crash. Score: what you gained.

Recruit

Recruiting pumps the price and costs 15 points: those friends buy at the top.

Three levels

Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.

Satire

Satire with a lesson: every name, brand and platform is made up, and every run ends on how to spot the trick.

Scoring

Each launch scores what your €100 gained when you sold, minus 15 per friend recruited.

Win by ending above what you put in, with at most two friends recruited.

What it trains

Spotting pump and dumps

Recruit-to-earn, founders' wallets, promised returns.

Decision timing

Getting out under pressure.

Strategy and tips

Watch the warnings

On the easier levels, red flags appear just before the crash.

Recruiting costs points

Each friend recruited is someone who bought at the top.

In real life

If a price only rises while new people join, the late buyers pay the early ones.

Why play Airdrop Pyramid?

Pump-and-dump schemes rely on hype and recruiting. Feeling the crash in a game is cheaper than feeling it in real life.

Frequently asked questions