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Scars Above cover art

Scars Above

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

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

3
playing now
77%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 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 19% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 72k–162k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,596 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 72 of 98 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

1702026-08-07 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$2.992023-02-282026-08-302023-02-28 — best price $33.192023-03-24 — best price $34.292023-05-11 — best price $34.862023-05-29 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $35.662023-08-14 — best price $34.862023-09-04 — best price $34.442023-09-26 — best price $33.822023-11-08 — best price $34.032023-12-04 — best price $34.662024-01-03 — best price $34.822024-01-25 — best price $7.992024-02-19 — best price $15.992024-04-04 — best price $7.992024-05-19 — best price $29.992024-06-19 — best price $5.992024-08-01 — best price $5.992024-09-05 — best price $5.992024-10-11 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-05 — best price $5.992025-02-21 — best price $29.992025-04-01 — best price $5.992025-05-16 — best price $29.992025-06-17 — best price $29.992025-07-23 — best price $4.492025-08-26 — best price $4.492025-10-09 — best price $5.992025-11-17 — best price $4.492025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-02-02 — best price $4.492026-03-03 — best price $29.992026-04-07 — best price $2.992026-05-18 — best price $4.492026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-08-01 — best price $29.992026-08-11 — best price $2.992026-08-20 — best price $2.992026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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.

Player tags

3DActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterAdventureDifficultSouls-likeExploration

Census log

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

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