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Scarab Tales cover art

Scarab Tales

Playito.com · 2015-07-01

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 01, 2015 (Mac), Jul 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 01, 2015 (Linux)

Scarab Tales is a casual puzzle game in Egyptian theme. Lead scarabaeus bugs to safety by clicking on them and various level elements. Solve 100 original challenging levels, gain achievements and compete with other players in crossplatform score chart and global leaderboards.

Scarab Tales is a 2015 Casual, Indie and Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 to 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 50 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 50 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-11-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-07-10 — best price $4.992015-11-26 — best price $0.992016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $1.242016-11-11 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.692017-02-06 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-11-28 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $1.142019-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-26 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-11-15 — best price $2.792021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-11-21 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-11-13 — best price $3.742023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-11-24 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
16.1%
earned "Tutorial Wisdom"
13%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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