Tales of Pirates

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Roblox

Tales of Pirates is a classic MMORPG released in 2007 by IGG. It saw moderate popularity in its early years but has been officially discontinued for some time. While official servers are shut down, a few private servers remain with dedicated but very small active communities. Given its age, the closure of official platforms, and the niche nature of remaining play, estimated daily active players are a few hundred at most.

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.