Farm Merge Valley

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Ark: Survival Evolved

"Farm Merge Valley" is a relatively recent (late 2022) web-based game from CoolGames and Zynga. Zynga has strong experience in casual and social games. The merge/farming/simulator genre appeals to casual and idle game audience, but typical browser game daily activity is lower than for mobile-native hits. A moderate estimate for a midlife web-browser farming game from a major casual publisher is about 10,000-20,000 daily players.

Ark: Survival Evolved is a popular survival sandbox game released in 2017 and available on nearly all platforms. Its peak was several years ago, but it maintains a stable community thanks to official and community servers, modding, and occasional event content. While numbers have declined since launch, the game still sees tens of thousands of daily players across PC and consoles, especially due to its ongoing updates and active mod scene. However, it is not an MMO as it does not feature a single, large-scale persistent world—servers are capped and players are sharded.