I cannot be called a fan at all.
But Dune holds memories of my childhood while Conan does not, indeed.
I stumbled into this game at random as you said, just because my boyfriend was on it at that moment (the same could be told of other games). However, I wanted to keep playing Conan Exiles after our server was closed and he had uninstalled it.
I tried a few private servers, discovered for the first time the vanilla servers, and met with Conan fans. The way they were speaking of it was what made me interested in its lore. I bought the books, and I do not regret it.
Now, Conan Exiles is the game I have played the most. I still want to try Dune because of my feelings of nostalgia, but I know Conan Exiles is a game I genuinely like (minus the current inventory lol) and want to play in the future.

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