SCHiM
Ewoud van der Werf · Extra Nice · 2024-07-18
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Modes: Single player
Releases: Jul 18, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 18, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 18, 2024 (Xbox One), Jul 18, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 18, 2024 (Mac)
SCHiM is a game about jumping from shadow to shadow in a relaxing and lively environment. This 3D platformer takes elements of light, shadow & animation and adds them directly to the gameplay, delivering an experience that you will only find in SCHiM.
Schim is a 2024 video game developed by independent Dutch developers Ewoud van der Werf and Nils Slijkerman, and published by Slijkerman's development studio Extra Nice. Playism released the game in Japan. The game is a platformer in which players guide a "schim", a creature that lives in shadows, throughout the environment to be reunited with its host's shadow. Van der Werf developed the game inspired by childhood games involving shadows, with the game's title being a Dutch expression for a shadow. The game received mixed reviews upon release, with praise directed to the game's visual presentation and novel gameplay concept, and critiques to the repetition and lack of variety of its gameplay across its levels. Following release, Schim received awards at the Tokyo Game Show and nominations at the London Games Festival and A Maze festival.
Health check
- · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
- · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Top 45% of 12,566 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 332 total reviews — how this is computed.
Current store prices
| Microsoft Store | $24.99 |
Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.
All-time low: $8.22 at Steam (2025-07-18)via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $24.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $16.77 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Attention
Completion
- · 74.9% of players earned On Your Own
- · 8.7% of players earned Cannonball!
- · 0.5% of players earned Risky Mode
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
31 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (Steam) | 341 | 2% | 24 |
| PS5 (PlayStation) | 307 | 12% | 25 |
| Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox) | 96 | 3% | 24 |
| Switch (Nintendo) | 61 | 0% | 0 |
| PS4 (PlayStation) | 7 | 14% | 25 |
| PS4 (PlayStation) | 6 | 33% | 25 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Player tags
3DCuteCasualPuzzleColorfulRelaxingStylizedAdventureIsometricWholesome
Census log
- 2024-07-01First review activity on record (week of 2024-07-01).
- 2024-07-01Biggest review week on record: 64 reviews (week of 2024-07-01).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
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