Official site: Fragmented, Steam
Fragmented is the multiplayer survival sandbox spin-off of indie sandbox The Repopulation, built by the same team in the same world and engine. It launched in early access spring 2016.
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Fragmented is ‘more or less in maintenance mode’ due to lack of revenue
Over the weekend, we added a new entry to our "whatever happened to X" series with a quick note about Fragmented, the survival sandbox...
