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Scorn

Ebb Software · Kepler Interactive · 2022-10-14

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 03, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Scorn is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 19793 reviews).

33
playing now
77%
positive of 20k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (151 ratings)
20
Nexus mods (8.3k downloads)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (2,280 ratings)
68/100
opencritic · fair · 40% recommend · from 97 critics
6h
to beat · rushed 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Scorn is a 2022 survival horror adventure game developed by Ebb Software. Drawing on biopunk themes, the game is inspired by the works of visual artists H. R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński. The game was released on 14 October 2022 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S. It was subsequently released for PlayStation 5 on October 3, 2023.

Trailer

Scorn trailer thumbnail

Scorn - Official Launch Trailer

≈417,792 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,618 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~327/week).
  • · Review velocity up 163% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 396k–891k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,793 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-75%
GOG$9.99-75%
GamersGate$10.00-75%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 171 of 212 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.1k4.1k20222026Week of 2022-10-01: 4,139 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,431 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

178312026-09-16 04:00 — 37 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 38 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 63 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 46 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 94 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 79 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 107 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 173 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 95 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 87 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 178 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 89 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 99 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 122 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 65 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 56 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 62 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 64 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 74 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 56 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 62 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k0Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Nov 2022 — avg 125 · peak 347Jan 2023 — avg 47 · peak 124Mar 2023 — avg 24 · peak 80May 2023 — avg 25 · peak 84Jul 2023 — avg 69 · peak 253Sep 2023 — avg 31 · peak 102Nov 2023 — avg 34 · peak 85Jan 2024 — avg 35 · peak 121Mar 2024 — avg 41 · peak 86May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 67Jul 2024 — avg 41 · peak 95Sep 2024 — avg 34 · peak 100Nov 2024 — avg 38 · peak 100Jan 2025 — avg 42 · peak 77Mar 2025 — avg 33 · peak 74May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 127Jul 2025 — avg 24 · peak 58Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 65Nov 2025 — avg 34 · peak 92Jan 2026 — avg 36 · peak 77Mar 2026 — avg 176 · peak 927May 2026 — avg 42 · peak 94Jul 2026 — avg 65 · peak 164Aug 2026 — avg 47 · peak 89
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$3.992022-05-032026-10-152022-05-03 — best price $99.992022-08-07 — best price $28.132022-09-03 — best price $27.422022-10-26 — best price $29.672022-12-15 — best price $23.192023-02-07 — best price $25.592023-04-04 — best price $20.492023-05-24 — best price $21.992023-07-14 — best price $13.892023-09-11 — best price $15.992023-10-30 — best price $15.992023-12-13 — best price $15.992024-01-30 — best price $34.432024-03-20 — best price $39.992024-05-03 — best price $13.992024-06-19 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $39.992024-09-09 — best price $11.992024-10-24 — best price $9.992024-12-05 — best price $9.992025-01-06 — best price $7.462025-02-25 — best price $8.852025-04-02 — best price $39.992025-05-08 — best price $39.992025-06-29 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $7.802025-10-04 — best price $8.662025-11-17 — best price $9.992025-12-20 — best price $9.572026-03-05 — best price $9.992026-04-24 — best price $8.862026-06-06 — best price $8.602026-07-17 — best price $33.172026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-29 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k1792026-06-02 — 228 pageviews2026-06-06 — 254 pageviews2026-06-10 — 222 pageviews2026-06-14 — 319 pageviews2026-06-18 — 264 pageviews2026-06-22 — 226 pageviews2026-06-26 — 273 pageviews2026-06-30 — 303 pageviews2026-07-04 — 311 pageviews2026-07-08 — 209 pageviews2026-07-12 — 274 pageviews2026-07-16 — 227 pageviews2026-07-20 — 295 pageviews2026-07-24 — 254 pageviews2026-07-28 — 318 pageviews2026-08-01 — 565 pageviews2026-08-05 — 371 pageviews2026-08-09 — 293 pageviews2026-08-13 — 257 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,163 pageviews2026-08-21 — 351 pageviews2026-08-25 — 346 pageviews2026-08-29 — 757 pageviews2026-09-02 — 348 pageviews2026-09-06 — 390 pageviews2026-09-10 — 294 pageviews2026-09-14 — 647 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,089 pageviews2026-09-22 — 463 pageviews2026-09-26 — 578 pageviews2026-09-30 — 521 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1,060 pageviews2026-10-08 — 442 pageviews2026-10-11 — 429 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
52.1%
earned "003"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-10-15, latest 2022-12-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)20,91232%12
Steam (Steam)7,12337%12
PS5 (PlayStation)1,83865%13

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkGoreHorrorNudityPuzzleSci-fiViolentAdventureAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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