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Scanner Sombre cover art

Scanner Sombre

Introversion Software · 2017-04-26

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Apr 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2017 (Mac)

Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

Scanner Sombre is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $6.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (90% of 4543 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

2
playing now
89%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (80 downloads)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Scanner Sombre is a cave exploration video game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was released for macOS and Windows PC on 26 April 2017. The game received mixed reviews upon release.

Trailer

Scanner Sombre trailer thumbnail

Scanner Sombre Launch Trailer

≈560,955 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 163 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 114k–273k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,556 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 80 of 86 observed days · $2.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10110120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
391Apr 2017Mar 2026Apr 2017 — avg 39 · peak 157Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 20Oct 2017 — avg 22 · peak 182Jan 2018 — avg 8 · peak 29Apr 2018 — avg 4 · peak 21Jul 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 17Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 17Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2022 — avg 12 · peak 55Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 35Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 42May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 137Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.892017-04-242026-10-152017-04-24 — best price $9.592017-07-19 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-04-23 — best price $9.992018-08-14 — best price $9.992018-11-06 — best price $1.492019-02-12 — best price $5.992019-11-01 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $5.992020-05-27 — best price $1.492020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-04-17 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $5.992022-03-21 — best price $0.892022-08-22 — best price $1.192023-01-03 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $1.192023-11-21 — best price $1.192024-01-27 — best price $4.792024-05-08 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $2.392025-04-23 — best price $2.392025-07-30 — best price $1.792025-10-07 — best price $4.792025-12-11 — best price $3.592026-03-17 — best price $2.402026-06-16 — best price $6.992026-08-28 — best price $6.992026-09-07 — best price $6.992026-09-17 — best price $2.092026-09-27 — best price $2.092026-10-07 — best price $6.992026-10-15 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11442026-05-13 — 21 pageviews2026-05-17 — 11 pageviews2026-05-21 — 18 pageviews2026-05-25 — 20 pageviews2026-05-29 — 12 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 22 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 114 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 21 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 16 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 18 pageviews2026-09-22 — 15 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 34 pageviews2026-10-04 — 18 pageviews2026-10-08 — 16 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews2026-10-13 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

25 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Czech…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-08-13 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRIndieShortActionCasualHorrorColorfulAdventureAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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