Shell Shockers

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Scum

Shell Shockers is a browser-based multiplayer shooter released in 2017, developed by Blue Wizard Digital. Despite being several years old, it has maintained a solid player base due to its accessibility, cross-platform play, and popularity in schools and casual environments. However, as a niche indie title, its daily active user base is much lower than major shooters, likely around 20,000–30,000 per day.

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.