Champions Ascension

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Dune: Awakening

Champions Ascension is an indie mix of hack-and-slash, MOBA, and open-world elements released in 2022 by Rough House Games. While it has unique mechanics and active development, it's a niche project with a smaller publisher, limited mainstream visibility, and lacks major streamer presence. Indie multiplayer games of this type generally have several hundred daily players at most unless they break out into wider popularity.

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))