Ragnarok Re:Start

VS

Scum

Ragnarok Re:Start is a relaunch of the classic Ragnarok Online as a progression server, released in 2017 by Gravity Interactive. While the parent franchise was extremely popular, Re:Start has been largely surpassed by other official servers and mobile spinoffs, and niche progression servers tend to see sharp player drop-off after the initial years unless they're heavily supported or relaunched. Given its age, lack of recent high-profile updates, and industry trends, active daily players are likely very low.

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.