Call of Dragons

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Ark: Survival Evolved

Call of Dragons is a 2023-released cross-platform (mobile and PC) real-time strategy MMO by Farlight Games, the studio known for other successful live-service titles. The game is still fairly new and is well-promoted, benefitting from the popularity of the fantasy RTS genre on mobile platforms, which typically sustain large active playerbases in the first years. Its persistent world and strategy MMO design (similar to Rise of Kingdoms) support high daily engagement. However, competition and genre norms (mobile RTS/MMO) suggest a gradual decline after the first year, so a conservative estimate is around 300,000 daily active players currently.

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.