Hero of Aethric: An Orna RPG

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Age of Empires Online: Celeste Fan Project

Hero of Aethric: An Orna RPG is a mobile RPG from Northern Forge Studios, known for their niche but dedicated community. The game appears to be a spinoff or companion to Orna: The GPS RPG, which has small but consistent user engagement. Livestreams, Reddit activity, and social media suggest a modest but active player base of a few thousand daily, likely in the 2,000–5,000 DAP range. As an indie mobile RPG with party features but not massive, ongoing large-world multiplayer, retention is reasonable but the scale is not MMO-like.

Age of Empires Online: Celeste Fan Project is a fan revival of the defunct Age of Empires Online, maintained since 2017. Despite a passionate niche following, it's a small-scale community project rather than a commercial product, and daily active players are much lower than mainstream RTS titles. Community size and social activity suggest 1,000–2,000 daily users is a reasonable estimate.