Dragon Quest X Online

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Scum

Dragon Quest X Online is a persistent-world MMORPG developed and published by Square Enix, released in 2012 and currently active primarily in Japan. As a long-running, subscription-based MMORPG with regular updates and a strong local fanbase but limited overseas presence, it likely retains a dedicated player base, though far below its peak. 30,000 daily active players is a conservative estimate given its age, limited regional release, and genre.

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.