The Front

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Last Epoch

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.

Last Epoch is an action RPG released in early 2024, developed by Eleventh Hour Games. It has received strong attention from the ARPG community, especially in the wake of Diablo IV's mixed reception. Daily player count is estimated around 70,000 based on Steam charts peaks and genre trends for new, well-received indie ARPGs. Continued post-launch content could sustain or grow this. It is not an MMO, as it does not feature a true persistent world or large-scale multiplayer environments—multiplayer is limited to smaller parties.