Half Dead 2

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Castaways

Half Dead 2 is a small-scale indie multiplayer survival game released in 2019. As it is several years old, not from a major studio, and never had mainstream notoriety, its daily player base is likely low—typically under a few hundred. The game has persistent niche interest on platforms like Steam, especially during sales, but is not an MMO and doesn't sustain large populations.

Castaways by Branch.GG is a sandbox adventure game available for web browsers, released in 2022. It has had some viral moments on social media and Twitch since launch, but as a small studio release, its daily player base is likely modest, in the low thousands, and has probably stabilized post-launch. Ongoing development and updates may keep a core community active, but the lack of a major publisher or wide platform presence constrains larger growth.