Dune: Awakening

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Trove

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))

Trove is a voxel-based sandbox MMORPG released in 2015 by Trion Worlds. While its initial popularity was moderate, daily active player numbers have declined over the years due to its age and lack of major recent expansions. However, it maintains a small, loyal playerbase across platforms and is still updated, supporting an estimated 10,000–20,000 daily active players currently.