Islands of Insight

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Scum

Islands of Insight is a puzzle-focused adventure game released in February 2024 by Behaviour Interactive and Lunarch Studios. While it features open-world and multiplayer elements, it does not have the scale or persistent world expected of a true MMO. Since its launch, it has garnered some attention for its unique genre mix but has seen modest concurrent player numbers on platforms like Steam, typical for niche puzzle/adventure titles. Current daily active players are likely in the low 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.