Endless Ocean: Luminous

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Scum

Endless Ocean: Luminous is a 2024 release from Nintendo and Arika for the Switch, building on a recognizable niche series focused on underwater exploration. Although recently released and backed by Nintendo, its genre (exploration/simulation) typically attracts a dedicated but smaller audience compared to action or competitive titles. Early post-launch engagement is likely solid, but the adventure/exploration focus generally leads to moderate, not massive, daily concurrency.

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.