Ghost Story: Love Destiny

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Scum

"Ghost Story: Love Destiny" is a new cross-platform RPG released in March 2024 by major publishers NetEase and VNG. Its themes and tags suggest a story-driven MMORPG or online RPG designed for Asian markets, a genre/region that typically has high short-term engagement. As a recent launch from notable publishers, it likely enjoys reasonable early traction. However, unless backed by mass popularity, daily numbers are likely in the low tens of thousands.

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.