Weekly digest
This Week in MMOs — September 28 – October 4, 2026
2026-09-28 → 2026-10-04. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farever | 228 | 485 | +113% |
| Fellowship | 196 | 253 | +29% |
| Palia | 4K | 5K | +27% |
| Destiny 2 | 15K | 19K | +26% |
| Wakfu | 198 | 242 | +22% |
📉 Fallers this week
| Game | Prior week (avg) | This week (avg) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpiritVale | 2.9K | 2.2K | -23% |
| Star Resonance | 204 | 178 | -13% |
| Wizard101 | 417 | 376 | -10% |
| DC Universe Online | 342 | 307 | -10% |
| Throne and Liberty | 4.4K | 3.9K | -10% |
🗓️ Release-schedule changes
- Aion 2 — Advance Access (Founder's Packs): confirmed → released · Early Access launched on September 30 as scheduled. NC's announced start moved from the estimated 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM PDT (14:00 UTC) via two 30-minute maintenance extensions on the day; the date is unchanged and the October 5 free-to-play launch is unaffected. source
🚀 Confirmed in the next two weeks
- Aion 2 — Global Launch (PC) · Launch · October 5, 2026
📰 Headlines
- RuneScape is getting a new character type that promises a fresh start, but existing players are wary of splitting the community up · RuneScape · Steam · RuneScape
- Star Wars Galaxies Legends brings back the Halloween-y Galactic Moon Festival on October 9 · MassivelyOP · Star Wars Galaxies
- Let's Talk PvP in ArcheAge Chronicles · ArcheAge Chronicles · Steam · ArcheAge Chronicles
- Scheduled Maintenance Sun Oct 4 / Mon Oct 5 · Aion 2 · Steam · Aion 2
- Advanced Access & War for Atreia Series 1 Twitch Drops · Aion 2 · Steam · Aion 2
- Silvissira Balance and Fixes · Winds of Valen · Steam · Winds of Valen
- 🎃 Spooky Goodies, Pumpkin Smashing, and Flying Brooms 🧹✨ · AdventureQuest 3D · Steam · AdventureQuest 3D
- Viewer Present Lucky Draw & "Florashroom Petarie" battle! · Toram Online · Steam · Toram Online
- Steam Autumn Sale: Save 35% on Stars Reach! · Stars Reach · Steam · Stars Reach
- Myth of Empires Throne offers a sneak peek at the floating islands that are coming in Season 4 · MassivelyOP · Myth of Empires
- RuneScape 4 announced at RuneFest, full MMO sequel started as expansion to survival game Dragonwilds · RuneScape · Steam · RuneScape
- RuneScape 4, The Next MMO From Jagex, Announced At RuneFest This Weekend · MMORPG.com · RuneScape 4
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