Weekly digest
This Week in MMOs — August 3–9, 2026
2026-08-03 → 2026-08-09. Movers compare average Steam concurrent players this week against the week before; games under 150 average players are excluded. Generated automatically from daily tracking, the release tracker, and the news archive.
📈 Risers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mabinogi | 271 | 331 | +22% |
| Wizard101 | 367 | 438 | +19% |
| Old School RuneScape | 1.1K | 1.3K | +18% |
| PSO2: New Genesis | 676 | 743 | +10% |
| Star Resonance | 448 | 495 | +10% |
📉 Fallers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellowship | 968 | 573 | -41% |
| PIONER | 612 | 373 | -39% |
| Farever | 1.3K | 773 | -39% |
| Where Winds Meet | 20K | 13K | -37% |
| Lost Ark | 5.6K | 3.7K | -35% |
🗓️ Release-schedule changes
No release-schedule changes were recorded this week.
🚀 Confirmed in the next two weeks
- World of Warcraft — Patch 12.1: The Curse of Ula'tek · Major Update · August 11, 2026
- Stars Reach — Steam Early Access · Early Access · August 18, 2026
📰 Headlines
- Sorry, Wizards - Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Fixes Overtuned Crits While Badia de Cara Heads Toward Testing · MMORPG.com · Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
- Command the Narada Miracle Worker Juggernaut! · Star Trek Online · Steam · Star Trek Online
- EverQuest Legends saw weekend outages, and gamers took it out on the community manager · MassivelyOP · EverQuest Legends
- 🔱 Ocean Spartans, Summer Sets, Solving Mysteries, and Screenshot Winners 🏆 · AdventureQuest 3D · Steam · AdventureQuest 3D
- [8/10 Official Live Stream] Summer Event 2026 Live Gameplay! · Toram Online · Steam · Toram Online
- Aion 2 details changes for party sizes, activities, and founder's pack benefits for its global release · MassivelyOP · Aion 2
- Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions adds new missions with Sinking Reef update, teases next patch · MassivelyOP · STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions
- World of Warcraft posts patch notes for Curse of Ula'tek while buffing up its world bosses · MassivelyOP · World of Warcraft
- Stars Reach is readying another server slam this afternoon ahead of early access · MassivelyOP · Stars Reach
- [08/08 - 09/08] 34hr Happy Hour - let it rain NosDollars! · NosTale · Steam · NosTale
- [Livestream] New Life Update Preview (August 2026) · Mabinogi · Steam · Mabinogi
- Betawatch: Palworld goes full mobile MMORPG as Guild Wars 3 talks species · MassivelyOP · Guild Wars 3
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