Champions Ascension

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Pony Town

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.

Pony Town is a social sandbox game, launched in 2016, focused on creative interaction and customization rather than traditional progression. It has a dedicated but niche community, mostly sustained via word of mouth and social platforms. Its web- and mobile-based accessibility helps retention, but it remains a relatively small game by mainstream standards, with an estimated daily active user base of about 5,000.