Infestation: Survivor Stories

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Scum

Infestation: Survivor Stories (originally known as The War Z) launched in 2012 and was subject to significant controversy, negative reviews, and eventual removal from Steam. While it has a small cult following and has seen community-run servers and relaunches, its active player base has dwindled significantly. The game is over a decade old, and publisher support has been minimal for years. Estimated current daily active players are very low, likely under 100, with most activity on unofficial servers.

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.