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Dune: Awakening

WarBirds Dogfights is a long-running online air combat simulator series best known for its popularity in the early 2000s. The 2016 release is niche, appeals to simulator enthusiasts, and is now quite old. Given its age, niche genre, lack of major publicity, and publisher/developer info, it's likely to have a small but dedicated player base, estimated around 50 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))