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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.

Schein is a 2014 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (73% of 329 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 330 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.3k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 330 total reviews — how this is computed.

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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 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).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
24.1%
earned "Leap of Faith"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

3 supported languages: English, German, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7045%21

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DActionPuzzleSokobanDifficultPlatformerStory Rich2D PlatformerSide ScrollerChoices Matter

Census log

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

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