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Schein cover art

Schein

Zeppelin Studio · 2014-10-09

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 329 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 51% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.2k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 329 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at GreenManGaming (2019-12-13) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.982015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $4.492015-06-10 — best price $8.992015-07-23 — best price $8.992015-10-26 — best price $2.242016-01-04 — best price $8.992016-04-25 — best price $8.992016-07-27 — best price $1.792016-09-19 — best price $8.992016-11-14 — best price $8.992016-12-24 — best price $8.992017-03-13 — best price $1.792017-05-03 — best price $8.992017-07-17 — best price $1.342017-10-16 — best price $1.072018-01-04 — best price $8.992018-04-09 — best price $1.792018-07-16 — best price $2.242018-11-27 — best price $8.992019-03-18 — best price $8.992019-09-12 — best price $8.992020-01-23 — best price $1.792020-10-19 — best price $8.992021-02-15 — best price $8.992021-08-30 — best price $1.792022-01-05 — best price $8.992022-07-05 — best price $1.242022-09-26 — best price $1.242022-12-08 — best price $1.242023-02-21 — best price $4.992023-06-09 — best price $4.992023-08-25 — best price $4.992023-12-13 — best price $0.992024-02-09 — best price $0.992024-04-04 — best price $4.992024-06-25 — best price $4.992024-08-15 — best price $0.992026-02-16 — best price $1.002026-07-20 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, French

Player tags

2DActionPuzzleSokobanDifficultPlatformerStory Rich2D PlatformerSide ScrollerChoices Matter

Census log

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

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