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Scars Above

Mad Head Games · Prime Matter · 2023-02-28

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Feb 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 28, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Feb 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 28, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Scars Above is a challenging sci-fi third-person action adventure shooter combining the rewarding feel of overcoming difficulty with a compelling and intricate story, set in a mysterious alien world to explore.

Scars Above is an Action, Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 3614 reviews).

5
playing now
77%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (6.7k downloads)
3.94★
PlayStation Store rating (2,224 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Scars Above is an action-adventure / third-person shooter video game developed by Mad Head Games and published by Prime Matter in 2023.

Trailer

Scars Above trailer thumbnail

Scars Above – Official Gameplay Trailer | The Game Awards 2022

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 392 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 72k–163k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,614 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 109 of 135 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21921920232026Week of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3322026-09-14 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
438Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 42 · peak 215May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 57Jul 2023 — avg 13 · peak 41Sep 2023 — avg 14 · peak 70Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2024 — avg 27 · peak 155Mar 2024 — avg 43 · peak 140May 2024 — avg 17 · peak 63Jul 2024 — avg 31 · peak 169Sep 2024 — avg 20 · peak 58Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 41Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 48Mar 2025 — avg 15 · peak 46May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Jul 2025 — avg 13 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 58Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 51Jan 2026 — avg 16 · peak 43Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 46May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 38Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$2.992023-02-282026-10-142023-02-28 — best price $33.192023-04-13 — best price $33.192023-05-18 — best price $34.482023-06-29 — best price $25.992023-08-14 — best price $34.862023-09-07 — best price $34.152023-10-25 — best price $15.992023-11-30 — best price $34.862024-01-03 — best price $34.822024-01-29 — best price $15.992024-03-07 — best price $39.992024-04-26 — best price $5.992024-06-19 — best price $5.992024-08-05 — best price $5.992024-09-25 — best price $5.992024-11-22 — best price $5.992025-01-05 — best price $5.992025-03-03 — best price $5.992025-04-23 — best price $5.992025-06-06 — best price $5.992025-07-23 — best price $4.492025-09-22 — best price $29.992025-10-28 — best price $4.492025-12-11 — best price $4.492026-02-02 — best price $4.492026-03-09 — best price $4.492026-04-23 — best price $2.992026-06-09 — best price $29.992026-08-01 — best price $29.992026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $2.992026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-13 — best price $2.992026-09-23 — best price $2.992026-10-03 — best price $2.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4162026-06-01 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 28 pageviews2026-06-09 — 37 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-17 — 16 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 19 pageviews2026-07-03 — 20 pageviews2026-07-07 — 30 pageviews2026-07-11 — 26 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 23 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 16 pageviews2026-09-09 — 14 pageviews2026-09-13 — 16 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-21 — 21 pageviews2026-09-25 — 21 pageviews2026-09-29 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 13 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
92.6%
earned "Construction Work"
38.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-03-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)3,40744%46
Steam (Steam)2,70923%45
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,49717%45
PS4 (PlayStation)60141%46

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

3DActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterAdventureDifficultSouls-likeExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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