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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

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).

101
playing now
79%
positive of 15k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

101 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 101 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 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 303k–681k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,136 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 6 of 12 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

134462026-08-06 22:00 — 72 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 96 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 110 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 101 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 91 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 93 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 115 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 97 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 100 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 101 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 87 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 58 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 85 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 102 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 46 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 84 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 105 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 64 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 80 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 71 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 89 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 64 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 73 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 69 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 46 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 80 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 101 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Twitch viewers

21702026-08-26 19:15 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 187 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 217 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 209 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 205 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (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

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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