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Scratchers

muffler · 2025-06-16

Steam

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 16, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scratchers is an incremental game where you scratch cards to earn cash, unlock upgrades, and hire little scratchers to do the scratching for you. Discover rare cards, and optimize your earnings as you climb to scratcher supremacy!

58%
positive of 582 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 9,739 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 582 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.94 at Steam (2026-04-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020252026Week of 2025-06-16: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.942025-06-162026-08-072025-06-16 — best price $2.542025-06-23 — best price $2.992025-07-31 — best price $2.392025-08-14 — best price $2.992025-09-21 — best price $2.392025-09-27 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-10-28 — best price $2.392025-11-11 — best price $2.992025-12-11 — best price $2.392025-12-18 — best price $2.242026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-01-17 — best price $2.092026-01-31 — best price $2.992026-03-04 — best price $2.242026-03-18 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.242026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-04-22 — best price $1.942026-05-06 — best price $2.992026-06-09 — best price $2.092026-06-23 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.942026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-26 — best price $2.692026-08-07 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
99.5%
earned "First Card"
83.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)82868%10

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

Census log

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

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