4Story Online

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World of Warcraft Classic

4Story Online, released in 2008, is a fantasy MMORPG developed by Zemi Interactive and published by Gameforge. As an older free-to-play MMO, its player base has significantly declined from its peak, but it still maintains a small dedicated community, especially in Europe. The niche status and age of the game suggest low daily activity, typical of legacy MMOs still online after over a decade, likely under 1,000 daily players.

World of Warcraft Classic, released in 2019 by Blizzard Entertainment, is a major MMORPG revival of the original WoW experience. The game continues to have a robust, though markedly smaller, player base than at launch, thanks to a steady cycle of classic content and expansions (like Wrath of the Lich King Classic). As an MMORPG developed and maintained by a top-tier publisher, it sees strong retention, but is several years past launch and shares its community with retail WoW. Given this, an estimate in the 200,000–250,000 daily player range is reasonable as of 2024.