I realize it was just released but i dont wanna buy another game that no one else plays.

Please read, if you haven't yet :) https://www.therepopulation.com/index.php/news/275-the-future-of-the-repopulation Thanks!

This is very much a work in progress, but new players or server operators may find it useful. https://sites.google.com/site/fragmentedgamewiki/home

Is the game abandoned and if so would the owners be willing to give the game to someone else to maybe finish/progress the development?

https://www.therepopulation.com/index.php/news/299-above-and-beyond-technologies-sells-the-repopulation-to-idea-fabrik http://massivelyop.com/2017/01/13/the-repopulation-will-relaunch-in-q1-2017-now-owned-by-idea-fabrik/ :O :O