Battle Dawn

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Dune: Awakening

Battle Dawn is a browser-based real-time strategy game released in 2006. It enjoyed moderate popularity in its heyday, but as a 18+ year-old game with minimal recent publicity and coming from a small publisher (Tactic Soft), its daily player count is now likely very low. Given typical aging and retention curves for browser strategy MMOs, an estimate of about 500 daily active players seems plausible.

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))