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Dune: Awakening

alt:V is a multiplayer modification framework for Grand Theft Auto V, enabling custom servers focused on RPG, open-world, and roleplay experiences. While it launched in 2017, it serves a niche but active modding community, similar to FiveM and RageMP, but is less popular. Its player base is split across many small servers, with concurrency rarely surpassing a few thousand. Estimated daily active users across all servers is around 4,000, as reflected in server trackers and community engagement.

As of late August 2025, Dune: Awakening had approximately 14,000 concurrent players, reflecting a significant decline from its peak of over 189,000 concurrent players shortly after launch in June 2025. This decrease is attributed to factors such as player burnout, game design issues, and technical problems. Despite these challenges, the developers remain optimistic, citing strong player retention and a 10-year development roadmap that includes plans to explore new planets and regions within the Dune universe. ([gamesradar.com](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-dev-says-player-retention-has-been-extremely-good-and-the-mmos-10-year-plan-still-has-so-much-to-pull-from-in-the-lore-well-go-to-new-planets-eventually/?utm_source=openai))