"play to earn" has a search volume of 1000 and a SEO difficulty of 74, which definitely makes it highly competitive.

"games to play to earn money" for instance, has a low search volume of 90, but a SEO difficulty of 27, which makes it a lot easier to rank.

"play to earn crypto games" has a search volume of 1300 and a SEO difficulty of 68.

"play to earn crypto games 2021" however, has a search volume of 590 and a SEO difficulty of 63. While "play to earn crypto games 2022" has 0 search volume and a SEO difficulty of 4.

So, if you would go with the long-tail keyword "play to earn crypto games" for instance, you could also include the "2022", if you think people are going to search for that specific search term during the last ~6 months of 2022. That way you'll increase your chances of generating traffic for different variations of your keywords, than just the main one.

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