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Scholar's Mate

JanduSoft · 2024-05-30

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 04, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jul 10, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), May 30, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 04, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 04, 2024 (Xbox One), Jul 04, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Scholar's Mate is an immersive first-person horror Escape Room experience that puts you in the shoes of Judith, a young woman who wakes up in the gloomy facilities of a psychiatric hospital.

68%
positive of 72 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$3.24
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 66% of 13,920 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.24-75%
Microsoft Store$12.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520242026Week of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$3.242024-05-302026-09-082024-05-30 — best price $9.742024-10-28 — best price $9.742024-11-27 — best price $9.742024-12-09 — best price $9.742024-12-20 — best price $9.742025-02-10 — best price $9.742025-03-13 — best price $6.492025-05-05 — best price $6.492025-06-16 — best price $6.492025-06-27 — best price $6.492025-07-28 — best price $6.492025-09-15 — best price $6.492025-09-29 — best price $6.492025-10-27 — best price $5.192025-12-18 — best price $3.242026-02-23 — best price $3.242026-03-19 — best price $3.242026-04-20 — best price $3.242026-06-01 — best price $3.242026-06-25 — best price $3.242026-07-13 — best price $3.242026-09-07 — best price $3.242026-09-08 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam Cloud

11 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Catalan, Turkish, Ukrainian

Player tags

DarkHorrorPuzzleStealthAdventureControllerStory RichAtmosphericEscape RoomExploration

Census log

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

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