Tribal Wars

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Dune: Awakening

Tribal Wars is a browser-based real-time strategy MMO launched in 2003 by InnoGames. Its age suggests most of its original audience has moved on, but it still maintains a dedicated niche community, especially in Europe. As a persistent world strategy game with large-scale simultaneous players, it meets basic MMO criteria. The player base has slowly declined over the years but stable support from InnoGames and mobile/web access help it retain several thousand daily active players.

As of late August 2025, Dune: Awakening had approximately 14,000 concurrent players, reflecting a significant decline from its peak of over 189,000 concurrent players shortly after launch in June 2025. This decrease is attributed to factors such as player burnout, game design issues, and technical problems. Despite these challenges, the developers remain optimistic, citing strong player retention and a 10-year development roadmap that includes plans to explore new planets and regions within the Dune universe. ([gamesradar.com](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-dev-says-player-retention-has-been-extremely-good-and-the-mmos-10-year-plan-still-has-so-much-to-pull-from-in-the-lore-well-go-to-new-planets-eventually/?utm_source=openai))