Call of Dragons

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Dune: Awakening

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.

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))