Conquer Online

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Last Epoch

Conquer Online is a classic MMORPG launched in 2004 by TQ Digital (NetDragon). It was popular in its prime, especially in China and niche overseas communities, but it is now nearly 20 years old. While still supported and with a loyal core user base, most legacy MMORPGs in this age bracket have sharply diminished player counts, predominantly under 20,000 daily actives, unless there have been major relaunches or nostalgia-driven revivals. No such significant relaunch is noted, so a conservative estimate is around 10,000 daily active players.

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.