Call of Dragons

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Last Epoch

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.

Last Epoch is an action RPG released in early 2024, developed by Eleventh Hour Games. It has received strong attention from the ARPG community, especially in the wake of Diablo IV's mixed reception. Daily player count is estimated around 70,000 based on Steam charts peaks and genre trends for new, well-received indie ARPGs. Continued post-launch content could sustain or grow this. It is not an MMO, as it does not feature a true persistent world or large-scale multiplayer environments—multiplayer is limited to smaller parties.