Battle Ages

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World of Warcraft Classic

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.

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.