Daily peak online players count in popular games (mostly on Steam). (This is version v.03 of the list).
This list has three main goals:
1. Compare the peak online players count on Lichess and popular Steam games.
2. The study of game genres and statistics on them.
3. Recommendation of suitable games for chess players (in my personal opinion).
Technical Explanations.
01.01. The first number - Peak players concurrent count at June, 2024. Second number, after slash - all-time peak. k="kilo", thousands, kk=millions. As an example, "[game title] - 0.39k/ 1.49k means" that at June, 2024 there were 390 Peak players concurrent in this game, and all-time peak players concurrent were 1490 players.
Y.01.2000 is the release date of the game (month, year). For early access games, the date of the alpha version has been released on Steam.
01.02. This list does not reflect my personal preferences (mostly). Most of the games in the list are popular now in their genre. I tried to find similar information on games in the Epic Games Store, Origin catalog (EA Games Store), GoG com, but to no avail.
01.03. Many of the games on this list have warnings that they contain elements of violence, nudity and other content that readers of this review may find inappropriate. This is especially true for games in the genres listed below: MMORPG, Shooter, Action-Adventure, Battle Royale, Villain Protagonist.
Stats
02.01. Advance.
For comparison: In July 2024 players the number of players on Lichess was (according to my rare observations) from 36k to 96k. With 96k online players (peak) on July 15, 2024, Lichess overtakes these games (statistics taken for June 2024):
War Thunder (vehicular combat, War sim) 95k/121.2k Y.08.2013
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (Fantasy MMORPG) 92k/95.1k Y.02.2014
HELLDIVERSTM 2 (Shooter) - 91.69k/458.2k Y.02.2024
Warframe (Shooter-Looter) - 91.58k/181.50k Y.03.2013
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (tactical shooter) 88.6k/200.4k Y.12.2015
Dead by Daylight (Co-op Horror) - 83.74k/105.05k Y.06.2016
Fallout 4 (action RPG) 80.8k/471.9k Y.11.2015
Football Manager 2024 - 78.71k/88.89k Y.11.2023
02.02. Next goals are:
Sid Meier's Civilization VI (Turn-Based Strategy) 100.5k/162.3k Y.10.2016
7 Days to Die (Zombie Survival Crafting) 101.5k/103.7k Y.12.2013
Baldur's Gate 3 (RPG) - 103.76k/875.34k Y.08.2023
Monster Hunter: World (action/RPG) - 106.01k/329.33k Y.08.2018
Stardew Valley (Farm-sim, 2D) 118k/236.6k Y.02.2016
Call of Duty (first-person shooter) 133.3k/488.9k multi-title
Palworld - 143.3k/2,101.53k Y.01.2024
Team Fortress 2 (first-person shooter, class-based, team warfare) 148.5k/253.2k Y.10.2007
03.01. List of genres (for this particular review):
01-------(MOBA)--------
02-------(MMORPG)-----
03-------(Battle Royale)-----
04-------(TAB (Team Arena Brawler))-------
05-------(vehicular combat)-------
06-------(Survival Crafting)------
07-------(Shooter)-------
08-------(Action, Looter)------
09-------(Action-Adventure)-------
10-------(Villain Protagonist/Heist/Criminal)----
11-------(RPG-Slasher)------
12.1-----(action/RPG)-----
12.2-----(RPG)------
13-------(sports)-------
14-------(3D/2D fighting)-----
15-------(Social/Game Platform)-------
16-------(Co-op)-------
17-------(Asymmetrical Co-Op)----
18-------(Mechanical/Work/Education Sim)-----
19--------(Sandbox physics 3D)-------
20--------(Sandbox physics 2D)-------
21-------(Resource Management, Base Building)------
22-------(Building Sim, Management sim)------
23-------(2D, Tower Defense)------
24------(2D, action-adventure, sandbox survival)-----
25------(Precision Platformer/Arcade)----
26------(Puzzle Platformer)-----
27-------(Logic/Puzzle 3D)------
28-------(Logic/Puzzle 2D/sideview)-------
29------(Programming/Educational 2D)------
30------(Automation/Programming)----
31------(Hacking/Detective)-----
32------(Board games)-------
32.2---(Board games sites/Chess sites)-------
33------(Card Game)-----
34------(Turn-Based Strategy/Hex (or Square) Grid)-------
35------(Non-Hex Grid/Grand Strategy)-----
36------(Turn-Based Tactics)----
37------(Real-Time Tactics)-------
38------(Tactical RPG)-----
39------(real-time strategy)------
40------(Casual Strategy)----
41------(Live Sim, Casual)------
04.01. List of games:
01--------(MOBA)--------
- League of Legends, the daily peak online over the past year has ranged from 10kk to 13kk players. (Source: prioridata com). Y.10.2009
- Dota 2 = 870k/1,291k Y.07.2013
the daily peak online over the past year has ranged from 680k to 1000k players. The average is about 800k players at peak. (Source: steamcharts com, and for other steam games listed below).
- SMITE (3rd-person MOBA) 12.5k/31.1k Y.09.2015
02------(MMORPG)-----
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (Fantasy MMORPG) 92k/95.1k Y.02.2014
Black Desert (Online action MMORPG) 25k/59.9k Y.07.2019
Lost Ark (online MMORPG action RPG) 32k/1,324.7k Y.02.2022
EVE online: 28k (main server)/68k all-time peak - 2013 year.(Source: eve-offline net). (space-based, activities including mining, piracy, manufacturing, trading, exploration, and combat). Y.05.2003
Albion Online (MMORPG with open world) 19.7k/27.2k Y.05.2018
Myth of Empires (MMORPG, Action) 12.3k+/47.6k Y.02.2024
New World (MMORPG, Action) 8.4k/913k Y.09.2021
Guild Wars 2 (MMORPG) 5.4k/8.25k Y.08.2022
03------(Battle Royale)-----
Fortnite - 2,128k(06.2024)/11,616k(11.2023) (Source: playercounter com / activeplayer io / fortnite gg) . Early access: Y.07.2017
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS (Battle Royale) 700k/3,236k Y.12.2017
Apex Legends (Battle Royale) 327k/624.4k Y.11.2020
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 291k/385.7k Y.08.2021
Battlerite Royale - 0.03k/9.35k Y.09.2018
04-------(TAB (Team Arena Brawler))-------
Battlerite - 0.2k/44.85k Y.11.2017
05------(vehicular combat)-------
War Thunder (vehicular combat, War sim) 95k/121.2k Y.08.2013
Crossout - 5.97k/12.11k Y.07.2017
Robocraft - 0.212k/26.59k Y.08.2017
06------(Survival Crafting)------
Minecraft - Online Players (1Hour): 1,010.8k (Source: activeplayer io). Released: Y.2011
Rust (Survival Crafting) 175k/244.4k Y.02.2018
Palworld - 143.3k/2,101.53k Y.01.2024
7 Days to Die (Zombie Survival Crafting) 101.5k/103.7k Y.12.2013
Unturned - 65.05k/112.64k Y.07.2017
DayZ - 64.33k/73.33k Y.12.2018
ARK: Survival Evolved (Sandbox Survival) 39.6k/247.3k Y.08.2017
ARK: Survival Ascended (Sandbox Survival) 32.8k/98.0k Y.10.2023
Space Engineers (Building, Sim, Space) 8.7k/23.86k Y.02.2019
Scrap Mechanic - 2.967k/46.36k Y.01.2016
07------(Shooter)-----
Counter-Strike 2 - 1,510.8k/1,802.8k Y.08.2012
Valorant - Online Players (1H): 544,850 Released: Y.07.2020 (Source: activeplayer io).
Destiny 2 (MMO Shooter Looter) 314k/316.6k Y.10.2019
Once Human - 231.34k/231.34k Y.07.2024
Team Fortress 2 (first-person shooter, class-based, team warfare) 148.5k/253.2k Y.10.2007
Call of Duty (first-person shooter) 133.3k/488.9k multi-title
HELLDIVERSTM 2 - 91.69k/458.2k Y.02.2024
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege (tactical shooter) 88.6k/200.4k Y.12.2015
Ready or Not (tactical shooter) - 10.49k/55,17k Y.12.2023
08-------(Action, Looter)------
The First Descendant - 264.86k/264.86k Y.06.2024
Warframe - 91.58k/181.50k Y.03.2013
No Man's Sky (Space exploring, Action, Looter) 20k/212.3k Y.08.2016
Starfield (Action RPG with open world) 14.2k/330 Y.09.2023
09------(Action-Adventure)-------
Grand Theft Auto V (Action-Adventure) 171k/360.7k Y.04.2015
Red Dead Redemption 2 (action-adventure, shooter) 47k/77.3k Y.12.2019
Contraband Police 1.0k/8.10k Y.03.2023
10-----(Villain Protagonist/Heist/Criminal)----
Teardown (Physics, Voxel) - 4.977k/8.22k Y.04.2022
Thief Simulator - 2.28k/7.18k Y.11.2018
Thief Simulator 2 - 0.535k/4.14k Y.10.2023
11-------(RPG-Slasher)------
Path of Exile (Loot-Action RPG-Slasher) 14.9k/209.5k Y.10.2013
Last Epoch (Loot-RPG-Slasher) 5.02k/258.5k Y.02.2024
12.1-----(action/RPG)-----
ELDEN RING (action/RPG) 780.8k/952.5k Y.02.2022
Monster Hunter: World - 106.01k/329.33k Y.08.2018
Fallout 4 (action RPG) 80.8k/471.9k Y.11.2015
12.2-----(RPG)-----
Baldur's Gate 3 - 103.76k/875.34k Y.08.2023
13-------(sports)-------
EA SPORTS FCTM 24 (Sports) 78.4k/107.1k Y.09.2023
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game - 0.690k/0.916k Y.05.2024
Football Manager 2024 - 78.71k/88.89k Y.11.2023
14------(3D/2D fighting)-----
Street FighterTM 6 (3D fighting) 49.2k/70.5k Y.06.2023
TEKKEN 8 (3D fighting) 11.9k/46.1k Y.01.2024
Mortal Kombat 11 - 4.8k/27.3k Y.04.2019
Mortal Kombat 1 - 3.9k/26.57k Y.09.2023
Bopl Battle (2D, Fighting) 1.4k/1.57k Y.11.2023
ROUNDS - 1.21k/2.20k Y.04.2021
Mortal Kombat X - 0.6k/13.65k Y.06.2023
15-------(Social/Game Platform)-------
Roblox (online game platform and game creation system) 3,000-8,000k live player count (concurrent) (Source: activeplayer io). Released: Y.2011/Y.2014
VRChat (online game platform) - 45.5k/51.32k Y.02.2017
Garry's Mod (community-based games, HL2 mod, sandbox, physics) 33.5k/73.7k Y.11.2006
16------(Co-op)-------
Dead by Daylight - 83.74k/105.05k Y.06.2016
Left 4 Dead 2 - 49.6k/161.6k Y.11.2009
Left 4 Dead - 1.40k/2.33k Y.11.2008
17-----(Asymmetrical Co-Op)----
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Board game) - 0.320k/1.74k Y.10.2015
18-------(Mechanical/Work/Education Sim)-----
Farming Simulator 22 - 56.28k/96.40k Y.11.2021
House Flipper 1 - 5.0k/15.85k Y.05.2018
House Flipper 2 - 3.56k/18.1k Y.12.2023
My Summer Car - 2.83k/5.50k Y.10.2016
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2.7k/22.5k Y.08.2021
PC Building Simulator 0.4k/3.88k Y.01.2019
House Builder - 0.108k/0.76k Y.02.2024
ServiceIT: You can do IT - 0.034k/0.088k Y.03.2024
19--------(Sandbox physics 3D)-------
Besiege - 2k/11.12k Y.02.2020
Universe Sandbox - 0.520k/0.720k Y.08.2015
Poly Bridge 3 - 0.320k/1.02k - k/k Y.05.2023
Poly Bridge - 0.30k/4.10k Y.07.2016
Poly Bridge 2 - 0.180k/1.85k Y.05.2020
The Enjenir - 0.10k/0.12k Y.12.2023
20--------(Sandbox physics 2D)-------
Tricky Towers - 0.240k/0.936k Y.08.2016
World of Goo - 0.030k/2.04k Y.10.2008
Crayon Physics Deluxe - too few players Y.01.2009
21-------(Resource Management, Base Building)------
RimWorld (2D, construction and management simulation, Resource Management, Base Building) 33k/62.2k Y.10.2018
Frostpunk - 10.64k/29.19k Y.04.2018
Prison Architect - (Base Building, simulation) 5.4k/16.2k Y.06.2015
They Are Billions - 4.36k/22.29k Y.06.2019
The Riftbreaker (Base Building, Slasher, Tower Defense) 3.5k/21.5k Y.10.2021
Mindustry (Resource Management, Base Building) 1.8k/3.34k Y.09.2019
Thronefall (3D, Strategy, Tower Defense) 0.8k/6.72k Y.08.2023
22-------(Building Sim, Management sim)------
Two Point Hospital - 1.61k/34.0k Y.08.2018
Project Hospital - 0.73k/2.65k Y.10.2018
23-------(2D, Tower Defense)------
Bloons TD 6 (2D, Tower Defense) 23k/53.9k Y.12.2021
Plants vs. Zombies: GotY (2D, Tower Defense) 6.3k/16.2k Y.05.2009
Bloons TD Battles 2 (Multiplayer, 2D, Tower Defense) 1.1k/16.8k Y.11.2021
Kingdom Rush Vengeance (2D, Tower Defense) 0.7k/3.18k Y.10.2020
The Last Spell (2D, Tower Defense) 0.6k/6.72k Y.03.2023
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense - 0.252k/1.49k Y.04.2021
24------(2D, action-adventure, sandbox survival)-----
Stardew Valley (Farm-sim, 2D) 118k/236.6k Y.02.2016
Don't Starve Together (2D, top-down, wilderness survival) 67.6k/114.1k Y.04.2016
Terraria (2D, action-adventure sandbox) 47.8k/486.9k - Y.05.2011
tModLoader (mod for 2D Adventure Action Sandbox game) 45k/47.6k Y.05.2020
Kingdom Two Crowns (Adventure, Co-op) 2.7k/4.72k Y.12.2018
25-----(Precision Platformer/Arcade)----
Super Meat Boy 0.157k/4.83k - Y.12.2010
26------(Puzzle Platformer)-----
Supraland - (Puzzle Platformer) - 0.143k/1.39k Y.04.2019
Gish - too few players Y.05.2004
YAPP: Yet Another Puzzle Platformer (Puzzle Platformer) - too few players Y.12.2017
27-------(Logic/Puzzle 3D)------
Portal 2 = 6.1k/14.99k Y.04.2011
Portal 1.63k/3.37k Y.10.2007
Portal: Revolution 0.41k/7.45k Y.01.2024
Portal Reloaded 0.12k/4.42k Y.04.2021
28-------(Logic/Puzzle 2D/sideview)-------
Baba Is You - (sokoban inspired) - 0.39k/ 1.49k Y.03.2019
14 Minesweeper Variants 0.30k/0.34k Y.11.2022
Hexcells Infinite - 0.280k/0.374k Y.09.2014
Mini Metro 0.238k/2.1k Y.11.2015
hexceed - 0.087k/0.747k Y.01.2021
Gorogoa - 0.083k/0.809k Y.12.2017
Patrick's Parabox - 0.077k/ 0.581k Y.03.2022
Zup! S - 0.064k/ 0.711k Y.11.2018
Hexcells Plus - 0.041k/0.198k Y.02.2014
Understand (IQ test - inspired) - 0.031k/ 0.113k Y.10.2020
Hexcells - 0.030k/0.377k Y.02.2014
Hexologic - 0.011k/0.129k Y.05.2018
Bonfire Peaks (sokoban inspired) - 0.007k/ 0.057k Y.09.2021
The Swapper - 0.007k/0.89k Y.05.2013
An Architect's Adventure - (sokoban inspired) - too few players Y.03.2023
Sokobond Express - too few players - Y.02.2024
29------(Programming/Educational 2D)------
Turing Complete - 0.333k/0.367k Y.10.2021
Opus Magnum 0.10k/0.89k Y.1.2017
SHENZHEN I/O - 0.09k/1.16k Y.11.2016
while True: learn() - 0.074k/0.819k Y.01.2019
Word Factori - 0.031k/0.203k Y.08.2023
SpaceChem 0.03k/0.86k Y.03.2011
The Signal State - 0.022k/0.217k Y.09.2021
Virtual Circuit Board - 0.017k/0.061k Y.10.2023
JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator 0.016k/0.060k Y.01.2024
Alan's Automaton Workshop - too few players Y.01.2022
Project Chemistry - too few players Y.06.2021
MOLEK-SYNTEZ - too few players Y.11.2019
30------(Automation/Programming)----
Screeps: World (MMO RTS, Programming) - 0.076k/0.357k Y.11.2016
Human Resource Machine 0.072k/0.758k Y.10.2015
7 Billion Humans - 0.061k/0.70k Y.08.2018
Neon Noodles - 0.005k/0.06k Y.08.2023
Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft - too few players - Y.02.2024
31----(Hacking/Detective)-----
Shadows of Doubt - 0.670k/3.56k Y.04.2023
Anonymous Hacker Simulator - 0.225k/0.920k Y.04.2024
Grey Hack - 0.078k/0.332k Y.12.2017
EXAPUNKS - 0.040k/0.750k Y.10.2018
32-------(Board games)-------
Tabletop Simulator 8.6k/36.8k Y.06.2015
32.2---(Board games sites/Chess sites)-------
Lishogi org 0.130k/?k Y.??.????
Pychess org 0.042k/?k Y.??.????
33-----(Card Game)-----
Slay the Spire - 20.70k/32.93k Y.01.2019
Inscryption - 3.69k/17.04k Y.10.2021
KARDS - 2.84k/2.91k Y.04.2020
Cultist Simulator (Choices Matter, Deckbuilding) - 1.40k/3.08k Y.05.2018
WINGSPAN - 0.822k/1.45k Y.09.2020
Cobalt Core - 0.424k/1.65k Y.11.2022
Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions - 0.356k/0.639k Y.03.2019
34-------(Turn-Based Strategy/Hex (or Square) Grid)-------
Sid Meier's Civilization VI (Turn-Based Strategy) 100.5k/162.3k Y.10.2016
Stellaris (Grand Strategy, Space) 25k/68.5k Y.05.2016
Sid Meier's Civilization V (Turn-Based Strategy) 22.3k/91k Y.09.2010
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War - 7.877k/11.11k Y.11.2018
Battle Brothers (RPG/Hex Grid) - 1.80k/8.05k Y.07.2017
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Turn-Based Strategy) 2.2k/2.6k Y.07.2007
Panzer Corps 2 - 0.887k/3.45k Y.03.2020
Old World - 0.796k/3.56k Y.05.2022
Panzer Corps 1 - 0.427k/1.05k Y.07.2011
Order of Battle: World War II - 0.317k/0.909k Y.04.2015
Unity of Command II - 0.179k/0.611k Y.11.2019
Scythe: Digital Edition - 0.119k/1.20k Y.09.2018
Hex of Steel - 0.105k/0.123k Y.04.2020
Hexarchy (Deckbuilding) - 0.104k/0.630k Y.10.2023
35-----(Non-Hex Grid/Grand Strategy)-----
Hearts of Iron IV (Grand Strategy) - 62.13k/78.08k Y.06.2016
Total War: WARHAMMER III - 49.75k/166.51k Y.02.2022
Europa Universalis IV (Historical) 25.4k/47.8k Y.08.2013
Crusader Kings III - 21.21k/98.47k Y.09.2020
Total War: MEDIEVAL II - 4.954k/8.420k Y.11.2006
36----(Turn-Based Tactics)----
XCOM 2 - 5.3k/132.6k 2 Y.02.2016
BATTLETECH - 2.275k/35.48k Y.04.2018
Jagged Alliance 3 - 1.70k/25.33k Y.07.2023
Blood Bowl 3 - 0.811k/3.07k Y.02.2023
Xenonauts 2 - 0.456k/3.46k Y.07.2023
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - 0.427k/2.758k Y.11.2018
Door Kickers 2 (Real-Time with Pause) - 0.377k/1.03k Y.11.2020
Into the Breach - 0.373k/14.57k Y.02.2018
Door Kickers (Real-Time with Pause) - 0.076k/2.02k Y.10.2014
Breach & Clear - 0.011k/0.508k Y.03.2014
37------(Real-Time Tactics)-------
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront - 4.99k/8.75k Y.06.2021
Steel Division 2 - 0.951k/2.25k Y.06.2019
Ultimate General: Civil War (Board game) - 0.69k/1.67k Y.07.2017
Partisans 1941 - 0.50k/3.05k Y.10.2020
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - 0.335k/4.98k Y.12.2016
Desperados III - 0.15k/6.0k Y.06.2020
38----(Tactical RPG)-----
Darkest Dungeon - 5.733k/19.73k Y.01.2016
Darkest Dungeon II - 1.693k/23.68k Y.05.2023
Gloomhaven - 1.125k/6.90k Y.10.2021
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - 0.277 k/3.91k Y.08.2023
Expeditions: Rome - 0.265k/9.73k Y.01.2022
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - 0.090k/4.01k Y.12.2018
39-------(real-time strategy)------
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 25.5k/38.7k Y.11.2019
Men of War II - 2.08k/3.58k Y.05.2024
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - 2.04k/9.72k Y.05.2014
Wargame: Red Dragon - 1.265k/4.78k Y.04.2014
Starship Troopers: Terran Command - 1.258k/8.09k Y.06.2022
Wargame: Airland Battle - 0.072k/4.41k Y.05.2013
Wargame: European Escalation - 0.047k/2.19k Y.02.2012
40----(Casual Strategy)----
RISK: Global Domination - 3.561k/11.60k Y.02.2020
Plague Inc: Evolved (real-time strategy simulation) - 1k/17.89k Y.02.2016
Mini Motorways - 0.660k/9.91k Y.07.2021
41-------(Live Sim, Casual)------
The SimsTM 4 - 44.82k/96.18k Y.09.2014
05.01. My conclusions and recommendations on the choice of computer games for chess players.
The number in parentheses is the genre number in the list (look at the post above).
05.02. Tower Defense (23), Casual Strategy (40) (and also Resource Management (21), Base Building) games are quite similar to simple version of chess. Games of these genres should be suitable for those who play chess at an elementary or simple amateur level. Turn-Based Strategies (34, 35) are on average more difficult, especially games of the Grand Strategy genre, but they require a lot of training. For competitive multiplayer, it is advisable for players to remember a lot of information from the game encyclopedia about the parameters of units and buildings, the rules and mechanics of the game. Personally, before I became interested in chess, among other games, I played single-player modes in the Civilization series for a long time (4th-5th Civ mostly), and then studied Europa Universalis 4 with interest. (But I have no desire to return to them yet). Btw the World (Team) Championship (9th season) is taking place in Civilization VI.
05.03 For more experienced players (for example, with a rating of solving random puzzles with 1700+ rating), these genres certainly will be suitable: Puzzle, Logic (27, 28). And for me personally, collectible card games (in their absence - just Singleplayer Card Games (33)), Sandbox physics 3D/2D (19,20). Some MOBAs also have require long training, observation, close-knit teamwork, good resource management and making many tactical and strategic decisions during the game that are incomprehensible even to experienced chess players.
05.04 For even more experienced players, (with a puzzle rating of 2000+) these genres may be suitable: education, programming (29).
05.05. I would also personally like games of the (Mechanical/Work/Education Sim) (18), which
can give me skills and knowledge valuable in areas of life that are not related to games. This could probably help me focus my attention only on the most necessary games.
No WoW tho!
@salmon_rushdie said in #5:
> No WoW tho!
World of Warcraft - released: Y.2004-2005
daily active players all-time high: 1,860,000 players in 2023.
estimated daily players - 357.8 thousand (maybe wrong stats, should be around 2-3 millions) (this number should be several times higher than the daily peak number). (Source: mmostats com)
Disclaimer.
I do not recommend playing any MMO that is not dedicated to logic games. Especially focused on collecting resources, loot, leveling character characteristics. It will be easier to get rid of session MMO games than from MMO games with long and expensive character leveling.
Watching streams and recordings of games, video reviews of characters, reading encyclopedias on game mechanics in order to understand new complex games, as well as switching to less demanding PC games is a good way to reduce your addiction to games (based on my own experience).
Thus, if you are an RPG fan, then beware of getting caught on the MMORPG network, it's better to switch to exploring other games and finding entertainment in them. MMORPGs and other MMO games often support the domestic economy through in-game items. Sometimes this leads to an excessive player's fascination with finding the means to make a profit in an in-game way, trading in-game items.
Global Population Statistics (Source: wowanalytica com):
Factions:
35.46% Alliance
64.54% Horde
Guilds:
32792 number of guilds
21619 Horde guilds
11173 Alliance guilds
Average guild size: 99 members
Character's gender:
53.15% Male
46.85% Female
Realms:
Region |-| Realm's name |-| % Horde |-| % Alliance |-|No. of guilds |-|% of Global Population
1. US - Area 52 - 99.72% - 0.28% - 1133 - 3.13%
2. EU - Draenor - 98.50% - 1.50% - 907 - 3.03%
3. US - Illidan - 99.36% - 0.64% - 1017 - 2.86%
4. KR - Azshara - New Players - 98.66% - 1.34% - 891 - 2.74%
5. EU - Kazzak - 99.09% - 0.91% - 913 - 2.64%
6. EU - Silvermoon - 1.60% - 98.40% - 762 - 2.52%
7. US - Stormrage - 1.70% - 98.30% - 807 - 2.41%
8. EU - Tarren Mill - 99.86% - 0.14% - 813 2.30%
9. US - Tichondrius - 92.11% - 7.89% - 773 - 2.30%
10. EU - Twisting Nether - Roleplaying - 99.64% - 0.36% - 731 - 2.27%
Classes:
Class |-| Average level |-| % of Global Population
1. Druid - 178 - 11.63%
2. Paladin - 175 - 10.44%
3. Hunter - 171 - 10.15%
4. Mage - 167 - 8.88%
5. Shaman - 176 - 8.74%
6. Warrior - 166 - 8.15%
7. Priest - 172 - 7.99%
8. Demon Hunter - 173 - 7.81%
9. Death Knight - 167 - 7.01%
10. Warlock - 166 - 6.77%
11. Monk - 169 - 6.31%
12. Rogue - 158 - 6.13%
Races:
Race |-| Average level |-| % of Global Population
1. Blood Elf - 176 - 20.23%
2. Night Elf - 171 - 9.50%
3. Orc - 184 - 9.46%
4. Human - 169 - 9.01%
5. Troll - 182 - 6.65%
6. Tauren - 177 - 5.47%
7. Undead - 168 - 4.87%
8. Zandalari Troll - 173 - 4.36%
9. Void Elf - 159 - 3.62%
10. Vulpera - 156 - 3.27%
11. Pandaren - 162 - 2.94%
12. Draenei - 165 - 2.64%
13. Mag'har Orc - 160 - 2.33%
14. Nightborne - 154 - 2.19%
15. Goblin - 171 - 2.06%
16. Worgen - 155 - 1.95%
17. Dwarf - 163 - 1.78%
18. Highmountain Tauren - 163 - 1.77%
19. Dark Iron Dwarf - 158 - 1.60%
20. Gnome - 152 - 1.51%
21. Lightforged Draenei - 149 - 1.19%
22. Kul Tiran - 151 - 0.97%
23. Mechagnome - 150 - 0.63%
Professions:
Profession |-| % of Global Population
1. Herbalism 29.46%
2. Alchemy 24.99%
3. Enchanting 20.01%
4. Mining 19.90%
5. Engineering 19.74%
6. Skinning 13.99%
7. Tailoring 9.82%
8. Leatherworking 9.48%
9. Blacksmithing 7.24%
10. Jewelcrafting 5.16%
11. Inscription 4.57%
It is better to study the subtleties and history of these professions from real life (not Inscription, not Alchemy, not Enchanting, not Herbalism). And I also do not like the graphic style of the WoW game.
I found several other discussions on computer games here on the forum:
"video games vs chess " - https://lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/video-games-vs-chess?page=1
"MOBA games discussions" https://lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/moba-games-discussions#4
"So if I wanna get into chess, where to start?" https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/so-if-i-wanna-get-into-chess-where-to-start?page=1
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