Pi Network is making an extraordinary jump in Web3 game. On November 13, 2025, the platform published a post stating that it has a vision of building the Steam of Web3. The news releases the strategy of Pi Network to combine gaming, blockchain, and payments without blockchain issues to a single ecosystem powered by the same Picoin.

Mobile Mining to Full-scale Gaming

Pi network was started by Stanford PhD Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis and Dr. Chengdiao Fan in 2019 as a mobile friendly mining project. It enabled users to gain Pi coins directly using their smart phones without consuming battery and power. The network has more than 50 million users in 150 or more countries by the end of 2025. Its projected open network stage which may take place in 2026 will allow full connectivity with the outer exchange and Web3 ecosystems.

Building the “Steam of Web3”

Its ambition is revealed with the comparison with Steam, which is a dominant gaming platform owned by Valve. Steam transformed the Web2 gaming with more than 120 million monthly active users. Pi Network is currently seeking to do so in the Web3 by empowering developers to create, deploy and monetize blockchain-based games that use Picoin.

Decentralization and inclusion are the center of the ecosystem by Pi. The most significant traits that motivated adoption by the developers.

Seamless Payments: Picoin enables quick inter-border low-cost transfers.

Real-Time Analytics: The developers are able to track the engagement and player behavior in real-time and make informed decisions based on data and enhance user experience. The system provides the metrics as Google Analytics but adapted to blockchain gaming.

Enhanced Security: Pi Network secures transactions using blockchain identity and end-to-end encryption. This minimizes fraud, hacking and data breaches- a necessary precaution in the decentralized system.

Global Scalability: Pi network is based on mobile-first architecture and has a capacity of millions of users at the same time.

The strong point of Pi Network is its community, referred to as Pioneers. These users certify transactions, test applications and facilitate adoption in the world. Local chapters such as Pi Network Saigon are important in the creation of awareness of the regions. This is an indication of increased trust in the ecosystem of Pi and its mission of making Web3 accessible to everyone.

The economic model developed by Pi has anchored the value of its currency on the utility of the real world especially in the form of gaming and marketplace. Internal estimates show that by 2026 the network will have 10 billion coins in circulation, and its demand will grow due to the adoption of games and staking. Pi Network has challenges in its regulation and competition, although it is successful. The platform should also meet such regulatory standards as MiCA of EU and SEC of the United States. It is also competing with large Web3 gaming networks like Immutable X, Gala Games and Axie Infinity, which control a portion of the decentralized gaming economy. However, Pi has a mobile accessibility, a strong global community and a decentralized payment infrastructure that gives it an advantage.