Scum

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Space Station 13

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.

Space Station 13 is a cult classic sandbox multiplayer game originally released in 2003, with various community servers running different versions. Despite its age, it maintains a small but active playerbase due to its unique gameplay and strong, niche community. Across all servers and codebases, the estimated daily player count ranges from 2,000–5,000, so approximately 4,000 daily players is a reasonable estimate in 2024.