Black Desert Mobile

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Scum

Black Desert Mobile, released in late 2019 by Pearl Abyss, is a mobile MMORPG with a strong publisher pedigree and consistent content updates. While its peak has passed, it remains popular in Asian markets and retains a robust, though declining, global player base estimated at around 120,000 daily active players. The mobile version benefits from the franchise's reputation and ongoing events.

Scum is a multiplayer open-world survival game developed by Gamepires and originally entered Early Access in 2018. While it is not a full MMO, it supports servers with dozens of players (up to 64 per server). The game maintains a niche but dedicated following and is frequently updated; however, it has never reached large mainstream status. Based on long-term trends of similar survival games, its daily active player base is estimated to be in the low thousands, and this estimate would hold unless a major relaunch or expansion revitalized the player base.