Hi! Sorry you feel that Rising Star is a "pay to play" but actually I designed the game to be fun first and the fact that you can earn crypto is secondary.
If you get a chance to give it a go you can play for free and see if you enjoy it.
This game is my lockdown project and merges my two passions of music and programming and we put a lot of love into it.
Cheers!
Jux.
I have not tried it, but I have tried some of the other card type games, I am just more of an open worlds gamer like skyrim, and fallout, I like lots of exploring to do with being able to go off script and still enjoy the game.