The Front

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Ark: Survival Evolved

The Front is a survival open-world shooter developed by Samar Studio. It launched in 2023 to average interest, but as an indie game in a highly competitive survival genre, it did not make major waves or maintain a top player base. Its Steam player counts have been modest, with daily active users likely in the low thousands in 2024. It does not qualify as an MMO, as its servers support limited numbers of concurrent players and lack large-scale persistent world features typical of MMOs.

Ark: Survival Evolved is a popular survival sandbox game released in 2017 and available on nearly all platforms. Its peak was several years ago, but it maintains a stable community thanks to official and community servers, modding, and occasional event content. While numbers have declined since launch, the game still sees tens of thousands of daily players across PC and consoles, especially due to its ongoing updates and active mod scene. However, it is not an MMO as it does not feature a single, large-scale persistent world—servers are capped and players are sharded.