Farm Merge Valley

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Last Epoch

"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.

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.