Examples of MMOs with small dev teams

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I'd like to see a list of MMOs with small development teams in order to better understand where small teams have found a place for themselves.

While examples of MMORPGs are of interest, so are games focusing on socializing, trade and commerce, city or empire building, crafting, exploration, strategy and so on. Any shipping game supporting between, say 800 and 10,000 simultaneous players belongs on this list.

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