Battle Ages

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Ark: Survival Evolved

Battle Ages is a free-to-play mobile-style historical real-time strategy game released in 2016 and later ported to consoles. It is published by 505 Games and developed by DR Studios. Although it had some traction at launch, this type of title typically sees declining engagement after a few years without major content updates or significant community presence, especially on console. I estimate a very low but ongoing player base primarily due to its F2P nature and casual market appeal.

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.