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Scarlet Hollow

Black Tabby Games · 2021-06-11

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

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.

Scarlet Hollow is a 2021 Adventure, Casual, Indie and RPG game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 5293 reviews).

61
playing now
98%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,919
twitch viewers (latest)
1919.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
88/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (6.5k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

61 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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.

Trailer

Scarlet Hollow trailer thumbnail

Scarlet Hollow Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 61 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 5% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 106k–238k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,293 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$23.99-20%

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 60 of 91 observed days · $8.00 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

144372026-09-15 02:00 — 144 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 39 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 88 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 108 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 61 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 78 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 110 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 44 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 62 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 112 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 75 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 55 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 86 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 58 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 53 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 108 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 84 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 38 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 81 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 90 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 41 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 92 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 97 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 61 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3762Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 77Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 29Aug 2022 — avg 13 · peak 46Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 38Dec 2022 — avg 65 · peak 504Feb 2023 — avg 23 · peak 60Apr 2023 — avg 27 · peak 77Jun 2023 — avg 14 · peak 36Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 25 · peak 97Dec 2023 — avg 28 · peak 64Feb 2024 — avg 25 · peak 55Apr 2024 — avg 26 · peak 60Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 68Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 62Oct 2024 — avg 19 · peak 48Dec 2024 — avg 25 · peak 66Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 46Apr 2025 — avg 46 · peak 108Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 78Aug 2025 — avg 33 · peak 66Oct 2025 — avg 42 · peak 106Dec 2025 — avg 47 · peak 107Feb 2026 — avg 376 · peak 1,974Apr 2026 — avg 123 · peak 252Jun 2026 — avg 78 · peak 165Aug 2026 — avg 126 · peak 319
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002021-03-272026-10-142021-03-27 — best price $0.002021-12-03 — best price $17.992022-03-07 — best price $15.992022-06-15 — best price $19.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $15.992023-02-16 — best price $18.742023-06-11 — best price $18.742023-07-17 — best price $18.742023-10-20 — best price $18.742024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $18.742024-04-30 — best price $18.742024-08-14 — best price $24.992024-12-07 — best price $19.992025-01-24 — best price $24.992025-05-01 — best price $18.742025-06-27 — best price $18.742025-09-20 — best price $24.992025-11-17 — best price $18.742026-02-27 — best price $24.992026-04-09 — best price $18.742026-05-30 — best price $24.992026-07-30 — best price $18.742026-08-28 — best price $29.992026-09-05 — best price $29.992026-09-13 — best price $23.992026-09-21 — best price $29.992026-09-29 — best price $29.992026-10-07 — best price $23.992026-10-14 — best price $23.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

211672026-06-01 — 122 pageviews2026-06-05 — 80 pageviews2026-06-09 — 107 pageviews2026-06-13 — 134 pageviews2026-06-17 — 99 pageviews2026-06-21 — 85 pageviews2026-06-25 — 82 pageviews2026-06-29 — 80 pageviews2026-07-03 — 103 pageviews2026-07-07 — 111 pageviews2026-07-11 — 87 pageviews2026-07-15 — 104 pageviews2026-07-19 — 70 pageviews2026-07-23 — 94 pageviews2026-07-27 — 125 pageviews2026-07-31 — 162 pageviews2026-08-04 — 120 pageviews2026-08-08 — 136 pageviews2026-08-12 — 115 pageviews2026-08-16 — 140 pageviews2026-08-20 — 80 pageviews2026-08-24 — 109 pageviews2026-08-28 — 103 pageviews2026-09-01 — 101 pageviews2026-09-05 — 75 pageviews2026-09-09 — 106 pageviews2026-09-13 — 134 pageviews2026-09-17 — 151 pageviews2026-09-21 — 106 pageviews2026-09-25 — 118 pageviews2026-09-29 — 106 pageviews2026-10-03 — 67 pageviews2026-10-07 — 102 pageviews2026-10-11 — 87 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-07-30 (Steam store data)

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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