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World of Warcraft Classic

Allods Online is a Russian-developed MMORPG originally launched in 2009, with the Russian version supported by Mail.Ru. The game has a persistent world and large-scale multiplayer, fitting MMO criteria. While it had high popularity in its early years, activity has waned due to age (over a decade old) and the declining Russian MMO market. However, it likely maintains a small but stable core audience due to its unique style and steady content updates in the RU region.

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.