19. Compete In Tournaments

It won’t necessarily be a consistent source of money (you know, unless you’re UNBELIEVABLY talented), but winning video game tournaments for competitive games like Call of Duty, League of Legends, Fortnite and FIFA can net you some serious cash.

While it’s highly unlikely you’ll ever reach his level, a good example to look to is Timothy Miller AKA “Bizzle”. He’s one of the world’s top e-sports competitors and earns around $322k per year participating in Fortnite tournaments.

It’s probably the easiest way to make money playing video games, but also not a big earner unless you’re extremely good at the game(s) in question and consistently win.