Ark: Survival Evolved

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Viking Rise

Ark: Survival Evolved is a popular survival sandbox game released in 2017 and available on nearly all platforms. Its peak was several years ago, but it maintains a stable community thanks to official and community servers, modding, and occasional event content. While numbers have declined since launch, the game still sees tens of thousands of daily players across PC and consoles, especially due to its ongoing updates and active mod scene. However, it is not an MMO as it does not feature a single, large-scale persistent world—servers are capped and players are sharded.

Viking Rise is a mobile/PC strategy RPG by IGG (known for Lords Mobile). Launched in early 2023, it's a relatively recent entry in the competitive mobile strategy genre. IGG games typically maintain solid daily active player counts due to global marketing and engagement strategies, though not on the scale of top-tier titles. Around 100,000 daily players is a reasonable estimate given the publisher's track record and genre trends.