After the first season of Hamster Kombat ended, many Russian players expressed dissatisfaction with the game. Experts in the crypto field warned that the Hamster Kombat token will face selling pressure when trading opens. Many players found that their returns after months of gameplay were only between 5 to 15 USD. The development team informed 2.30 million players that they would be excluded from the airdrop, leading to further discontent. The development team stated that the token price would come under pressure when players began trading their $HMSTR tokens for fiat currency.