Weekly digest
This Week in MMOs — August 31 – September 6, 2026
2026-08-31 → 2026-09-06. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Once Human | 18K | 22K | +26% |
| Myth of Empires | 594 | 724 | +22% |
| MapleStory | 7K | 8.2K | +17% |
| Tree of Savior | 159 | 183 | +15% |
| Tower of Fantasy | 197 | 224 | +14% |
📉 Fallers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Resonance | 465 | 293 | -37% |
| Farever | 491 | 335 | -32% |
| Blade & Soul NEO | 151 | 106 | -30% |
| Mabinogi | 374 | 270 | -28% |
| Elsword | 178 | 133 | -25% |
🗓️ Release-schedule changes
No release-schedule changes were recorded this week.
🚀 Confirmed in the next two weeks
- RuneScape: Dragonwilds — 1.0 Launch · Launch · September 15, 2026
📰 Headlines
- The MOP Up: World of Warcraft's doggo raises $1.3M for Habitat for Humanity · MassivelyOP · World of Warcraft
- Now in the NosMall: 40% Discount on Fairy Items · NosTale · Steam · NosTale
- Something’s INSIDE Blaire’s Book… 👀 plus Greenguard Camo Gear + Pirate Hammers! · AdventureQuest 3D · Steam · AdventureQuest 3D
- Make My MMO: Stars Reach's prospects, Squadron 42's postponements · MassivelyOP · Stars Reach
- Lineage II announces plans to launch another server 'with its own identity and ecosystem' September 15 · MassivelyOP · Lineage
- Star Wars Galaxies Legends teases a new Halloween heroic and weekly repeatable content · MassivelyOP · Star Wars Galaxies
- 8-year Old School RuneScape saga comes to a close with former dev sentenced for stealing $400K in gold and items from players · Old School RuneScape · Steam · Old School RuneScape
- Banshee Login Reward Starting September 23! · Warframe · Steam · Warframe
- Ultima Online New Legacy announces October 15 release date for Season 2 · MassivelyOP · Ultima Online
- Former Old School Runescape dev sentenced for stealing from players to cash in over $400,000 in "black market" payouts · Old School RuneScape · Steam · Old School RuneScape
- Last Day for the Marvel Machine! · MapleStory · Steam · MapleStory
- CAMPFIRE CHECKPOINT: 05/09/2026 · Fellowship · Steam · Fellowship
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