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Scarlet Hollow cover art

Scarlet Hollow

Black Tabby Games · 2021-06-11

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 11, 2021 (Linux), Jun 11, 2021 (Mac), Jun 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

80
playing now
98%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,919
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

80 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Scarlet Hollow is an episodic visual novel developed and published by Black Tabby Games. It entered early access on June 11, 2021, for Linux, MacOS, and Microsoft Windows systems. As of 2026, five episodes have been released out of a planned seven.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 80 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,437 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~180/week).
  • · Review velocity up 110% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 103k–232k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,156 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2021-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 48 of 53 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41141120212026Week of 2021-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

170512026-08-11 23:00 — 170 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 94 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 101 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 159 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 95 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 168 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 161 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 88 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 154 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 139 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 59 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 141 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 111 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 66 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 127 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 95 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 59 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 135 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 123 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 62 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 102 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 88 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 51 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 105 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 56 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 98 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 83 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 80 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002021-03-272026-08-302021-03-27 — best price $0.002021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $16.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-11 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $15.992022-08-22 — best price $15.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $15.992023-01-07 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $18.742023-06-09 — best price $18.742023-06-29 — best price $18.742023-07-25 — best price $24.992023-09-19 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $18.742024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-22 — best price $18.742024-03-20 — best price $24.992024-04-17 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $18.742024-08-21 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $18.742025-01-24 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $18.742025-05-09 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $17.492025-08-11 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $19.992025-10-28 — best price $24.992025-12-15 — best price $24.992026-02-27 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-02 — best price $24.992026-05-29 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $18.742026-08-01 — best price $18.752026-08-26 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

186652026-06-01 — 122 pageviews2026-06-04 — 100 pageviews2026-06-07 — 116 pageviews2026-06-10 — 102 pageviews2026-06-13 — 134 pageviews2026-06-16 — 113 pageviews2026-06-19 — 117 pageviews2026-06-22 — 106 pageviews2026-06-25 — 82 pageviews2026-06-28 — 121 pageviews2026-07-01 — 109 pageviews2026-07-04 — 129 pageviews2026-07-07 — 111 pageviews2026-07-10 — 80 pageviews2026-07-13 — 131 pageviews2026-07-16 — 97 pageviews2026-07-19 — 70 pageviews2026-07-22 — 84 pageviews2026-07-25 — 89 pageviews2026-07-28 — 92 pageviews2026-07-31 — 162 pageviews2026-08-03 — 102 pageviews2026-08-06 — 82 pageviews2026-08-09 — 124 pageviews2026-08-12 — 115 pageviews2026-08-15 — 135 pageviews2026-08-18 — 116 pageviews2026-08-21 — 69 pageviews2026-08-24 — 109 pageviews2026-08-27 — 120 pageviews2026-08-29 — 82 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.0k02026-08-19 05:12 — 1,984 viewers2026-08-19 06:12 — 1,949 viewers2026-08-19 07:12 — 1,886 viewers2026-08-19 08:12 — 1,601 viewers2026-08-19 09:12 — 1,919 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.4%
earned "That Damned Smile."
51%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game MenusPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1311%224

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

HorrorMysteryNarrativeDating SimStory RichDark FantasyEarly AccessLovecraftianSupernaturalVisual Novel

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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