Pokémon Mystery Universe

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Scum

Pokémon Mystery Universe is a long-running indie fan project inspired by the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. Despite its relatively niche appeal, it has maintained a small but steady community since its release in 2016 due to ongoing development and a dedicated fan base. However, player activity remains modest given the age and indie nature of the project.

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.