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SCP: 5K cover art

SCP: 5K

Affray Interactive · Balor Games · 2022-02-22

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!

SCP: 5K is a 2022 Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and Strategy title priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 15,136 reviews).

77
playing now
79%
positive of 15k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
54
Nexus mods (18k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

77 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The SCP Foundation has gone dark. Disturbing intel from one of the many Foundation sites, Area-12, a biological research and specialized containment facility deep underground in West Virginia, has been forwarded to the FBI, who send operatives from their anomalous branch, the UIU (Unusual Incidents Unit) to investigate before initiating the Faultline Protocol. Upon arrival the UIU are ambushed and trapped within Area-12 by a facility wide lock-down, leaving you alone and without backup. For reasons yet unclear, Area-12 has adopted a new agenda creating weaponized hybrids of anomalies at this (Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

SCP: 5K trailer thumbnail

SCP: 5K // 0.14 Cinematic Trailer

≈259,530 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 77 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,005 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~126/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 304k–685k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,224 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
85985920222026Week of 2022-02-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

145242026-09-15 12:00 — 46 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 65 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 77 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 108 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 107 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 64 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 49 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 65 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 102 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 60 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 58 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 55 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 42 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 85 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 69 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 93 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 83 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 80 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 67 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 103 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 83 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 101 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 50 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 77 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71628Feb 2022Aug 2026Feb 2022 — avg 91 · peak 197Apr 2022 — avg 47 · peak 156Jun 2022 — avg 49 · peak 235Aug 2022 — avg 97 · peak 331Oct 2022 — avg 91 · peak 437Dec 2022 — avg 87 · peak 261Feb 2023 — avg 49 · peak 118Apr 2023 — avg 62 · peak 174Jun 2023 — avg 105 · peak 650Aug 2023 — avg 381 · peak 1,121Oct 2023 — avg 202 · peak 825Dec 2023 — avg 249 · peak 707Feb 2024 — avg 96 · peak 259Apr 2024 — avg 74 · peak 179Jun 2024 — avg 174 · peak 440Aug 2024 — avg 109 · peak 229Oct 2024 — avg 106 · peak 803Dec 2024 — avg 205 · peak 668Feb 2025 — avg 119 · peak 259Apr 2025 — avg 207 · peak 470Jun 2025 — avg 140 · peak 393Aug 2025 — avg 379 · peak 2,002Oct 2025 — avg 157 · peak 380Dec 2025 — avg 132 · peak 307Feb 2026 — avg 132 · peak 346Apr 2026 — avg 122 · peak 366Jun 2026 — avg 82 · peak 182Aug 2026 — avg 82 · peak 159
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$13.992022-02-222026-07-092022-02-22 — best price $17.992022-04-05 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $15.992022-08-22 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $15.992022-12-12 — best price $19.992023-02-20 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-15 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-10-26 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-04-18 — best price $16.982024-06-27 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-10-29 — best price $15.892024-11-22 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $15.992025-01-12 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $17.882025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-19 — best price $17.882025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-08-26 — best price $17.882025-10-27 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
99.6%
earned ""Crow, this is entry team.""
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller Support1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Danish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-20 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSCo-opHorrorShooterMilitaryStrategyTacticalImmersiveRealisticMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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