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SCP: Descent cover art

SCP: Descent

Pixel Drip Games · 2024-03-20

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.

56%
positive of 112 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,423
twitch viewers (latest)
5423.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 28,840 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 112 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920242026Week of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$3.492024-03-202026-07-092024-03-20 — best price $5.942024-03-27 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $5.242024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-10-28 — best price $4.542024-11-04 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $4.542024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $4.192025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $3.842025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-04-30 — best price $5.592025-05-07 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $4.892025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-10-27 — best price $4.192025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $4.192026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $4.192026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.192026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
49.6%
earned "Reject Reality"
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DDark1980sIndieActionHorrorPuzzleSurrealRealisticConspiracy

Census log

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

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