# Cryptogames

Polygon zkEVM Fees Dropped 94% After Etrog 2.0 as Daily Active Gamers Hit 210k
Polygon zkEVM just turned into a cheap game chain, and users came. After Etrog 2.0 upgrade, median fees dropped 94% to $0.003 per swap, and daily active gamers hit 210k, a record high. Daily transactions rose to 4.8 million, with 72% from games, 18% from NFT mints, and 10% from DeFi. Total fees burned hit $28k per day, versus $420k before, so users save 93%.
How fees fell matters. Etrog 2.0 cut L1 data from 120 bytes per tx to 8 bytes via better compression and validium data for game moves. One shooter game with 6