AFK Journey

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League of Angels

AFK Journey, developed by Farlight Games, is a recently released cross-platform fantasy idle RPG with gacha and adventure elements. The game has generated significant hype post-launch, especially among mobile and casual strategy communities, and leverages the popularity of its predecessor, AFK Arena. Recent mobile downloads and community activity suggest strong daily engagement, likely in the hundreds of thousands. Given its cross-platform support and gacha monetization, retention is high at launch. However, it does not qualify as an MMO despite some open-world and multiplayer features, as it lacks a persistent large-scale shared world.

League of Angels is a browser-based RPG first released in 2013 and is known for its autoplay style and regular sequel releases. Given its age (over 10 years old), peak popularity is long past, but it still maintains a niche player base, mainly in Asian markets and via various private servers. As a persistent online world supporting many concurrent players (often with city hubs), it qualifies as a lightweight MMO, but overall active daily player numbers are much lower than its heyday.