La Tale

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The Walking Dead: Empires

La Tale is a 2D side-scrolling fantasy MMORPG originally released in the mid-2000s in Korea and published in Western markets in 2014. It has maintained a small but steady niche player base over the years, mostly due to its unique art style and loyal community. However, as a relatively old game from a smaller publisher (Papaya Play), active daily players are likely now well below 1,000, consistent with the trajectory of similarly aged niche MMOs without major recent relaunches or expansions.

The Walking Dead: Empires is a blockchain-based survival game published by Gala Games and released in late 2023. Gala's platforms tend to attract niche but small audiences, and activity usually fades quickly without major press or sustained engagement. Given the game's tie-in to The Walking Dead IP but relatively minor press since launch, it likely has a modest daily player base. Not an MMO: its design seems to focus on survival and base-building, not large persistent worlds with hundreds of live players.