With the pandemic and the shift to hybrid work patterns, the last few years have seen a drastic increase in the number of players in Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games.<\/p>\n
This then begs the question of which of the established MMOs from last year had the highest number of players.<\/p>\n
Along with the number of total players, one must also consider the number of active users.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t matter how many players have the game, especially if it’s free if none of them is playing it.<\/p>\n
Therefore, without further ado, here are the biggest MMOs from 2021.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hardly surprising to see World of Warcraft here, given the fantasy MMORPG more or less defined the genre and has been a household name for over a decade.<\/p>\n
World of Warcraft had a total player population of 115 million last year, which is a staggering figure that shows just how many people have tried out what the game has to offer.<\/p>\n
However, despite this substantial figure, the game only had 2,1 million active players.<\/p>\n
This should not be unexpected given the game\u2019s age, as many players will own a copy, but only occasionally play the game when new content comes out<\/p>\n
Additionally, World of Warcraft\u2019s latest expansion Shadowlands, though successful, was not received well by all fans and Blizzard\u2019s recent issues have not helped the problem.<\/p>\n