Hero of Aethric: An Orna RPG

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Scum

Hero of Aethric: An Orna RPG is developed by Northern Forge Studios, the makers of Orna, which is a niche mobile location-based RPG. This game is an indie title with a small developer and targets a limited, but loyal, community, primarily on iOS and Android. Orna has never reached massive scale, and spin-offs or related projects like Hero of Aethric generally have a few thousand daily active players. There is no evidence or industry reporting suggesting large-scale growth beyond a niche RPG audience.

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.