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SCARLET NEXUS

BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2021-06-24

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 25, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jun 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 25, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 25, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.

SCARLET NEXUS is an Action, Adventure, and RPG title released in 2021, priced at $9.59, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 18189 reviews).

41
playing now
80%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (90 ratings)
49
Nexus mods (79k downloads)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (9,420 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 82% recommend · from 146 critics
35h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 60h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.59
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Scarlet Nexus is a 2021 action role-playing game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Tose, and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on June 25, 2021. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the combat, but criticism for its side missions. It sold 1 million units by April 2022.

Trailer

SCARLET NEXUS trailer thumbnail

Scarlet Nexus - Official Trailer | TGS 2020

≈407,398 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 461 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,811 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 364k–819k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,189 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$7.35-88%
Steam$19.99-80%
Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.21 at GamesPlanet UK (2024-04-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 129 of 150 observed days · $13.78 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20212026Week of 2021-06-01: 2,342 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 469 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,459 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

106312026-09-15 12:00 — 53 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 44 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 38 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 69 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 62 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 35 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 51 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 43 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 77 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 61 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 35 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 46 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 68 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 49 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 49 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 72 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 90 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 60 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 47 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 50 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.8k58Jul 2021Aug 2026Jul 2021 — avg 1,756 · peak 6,481Sep 2021 — avg 439 · peak 1,146Nov 2021 — avg 247 · peak 538Jan 2022 — avg 260 · peak 621Mar 2022 — avg 506 · peak 1,245May 2022 — avg 229 · peak 491Jul 2022 — avg 231 · peak 678Sep 2022 — avg 312 · peak 949Nov 2022 — avg 325 · peak 937Jan 2023 — avg 586 · peak 3,564Mar 2023 — avg 227 · peak 516May 2023 — avg 146 · peak 350Jul 2023 — avg 209 · peak 448Sep 2023 — avg 115 · peak 265Nov 2023 — avg 188 · peak 510Jan 2024 — avg 214 · peak 547Mar 2024 — avg 193 · peak 680May 2024 — avg 153 · peak 452Jul 2024 — avg 137 · peak 310Sep 2024 — avg 106 · peak 274Nov 2024 — avg 80 · peak 192Jan 2025 — avg 139 · peak 335Mar 2025 — avg 84 · peak 195May 2025 — avg 92 · peak 219Jul 2025 — avg 88 · peak 195Sep 2025 — avg 69 · peak 181Nov 2025 — avg 79 · peak 159Jan 2026 — avg 91 · peak 184Mar 2026 — avg 73 · peak 154May 2026 — avg 65 · peak 138Jul 2026 — avg 61 · peak 121Aug 2026 — avg 58 · peak 151
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$5.402021-03-182026-10-122021-03-18 — best price $46.692021-06-25 — best price $42.982021-11-22 — best price $34.312022-01-14 — best price $38.992022-03-28 — best price $23.102022-05-12 — best price $25.802022-06-24 — best price $59.992022-08-20 — best price $15.842022-10-07 — best price $59.992022-11-28 — best price $50.992023-01-19 — best price $50.992023-03-22 — best price $12.572023-05-21 — best price $12.592023-07-19 — best price $13.332023-08-18 — best price $14.992023-10-17 — best price $53.332023-12-06 — best price $59.992024-01-24 — best price $12.002024-03-25 — best price $11.992024-05-17 — best price $9.602024-07-03 — best price $7.692024-09-03 — best price $8.992024-10-24 — best price $9.592024-12-12 — best price $9.592025-02-24 — best price $48.992025-05-04 — best price $48.992025-06-30 — best price $9.602025-08-30 — best price $52.992025-11-02 — best price $52.992026-01-06 — best price $49.772026-03-02 — best price $5.882026-04-27 — best price $50.992026-06-29 — best price $35.992026-08-16 — best price $8.992026-09-19 — best price $8.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

412522026-05-31 — 97 pageviews2026-06-04 — 162 pageviews2026-06-08 — 125 pageviews2026-06-12 — 95 pageviews2026-06-16 — 91 pageviews2026-06-20 — 117 pageviews2026-06-24 — 119 pageviews2026-06-28 — 94 pageviews2026-07-02 — 86 pageviews2026-07-06 — 83 pageviews2026-07-10 — 94 pageviews2026-07-14 — 92 pageviews2026-07-18 — 87 pageviews2026-07-22 — 71 pageviews2026-07-26 — 73 pageviews2026-07-30 — 89 pageviews2026-08-03 — 77 pageviews2026-08-07 — 84 pageviews2026-08-11 — 91 pageviews2026-08-15 — 92 pageviews2026-08-19 — 80 pageviews2026-08-23 — 92 pageviews2026-08-27 — 87 pageviews2026-08-31 — 85 pageviews2026-09-04 — 119 pageviews2026-09-08 — 99 pageviews2026-09-12 — 91 pageviews2026-09-16 — 81 pageviews2026-09-20 — 118 pageviews2026-09-24 — 66 pageviews2026-09-28 — 110 pageviews2026-10-02 — 117 pageviews2026-10-06 — 52 pageviews2026-10-10 — 66 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
75.5%
earned "Scarlet Guardian"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing7 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2021-06-24, latest 2022-02-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)20,8075%53
PS5 (PlayStation)17,34429%53
Steam (Steam)11,1848%53
PS4 (PlayStation)9,76526%53

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

RPGJRPGAnimeActionCombatSci-fiFantasyFightingAdventureAction RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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