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Roblox is a massively popular sandbox platform, released in 2006 but continually updated and widely adopted by younger audiences globally. It consistently reports tens of millions of monthly active users, with peak daily actives usually around 5–10% of monthly users. Recent filings and reports indicate Roblox has over 60 million daily active users, but this covers global user logins across many devices and experiences. Adjusting conservatively for reporting and engagement variance, daily actives typically exceed 50 million worldwide, but simultaneous users generally peak in the hundreds of thousands to low millions. As a platform with persistent worlds, it fits the broader MMO definition.

Shaiya is a classic fantasy MMORPG first released in 2007 by Aeria Games. It had a sizable player base in its early years, peaking around 2008–2010, but as an aging free-to-play MMORPG with limited recent updates and heavy competition, its global daily active player base has dwindled. Some private servers persist, but the official game maintains a much smaller yet dedicated community.