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Screencheat cover art

Screencheat

Samurai Punk · 2014-10-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 01, 2016 (Xbox One), Mar 01, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 21, 2014 (Mac), Oct 21, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 21, 2014 (Linux)

Screencheat is a ridiculous competitive split-screen first-person shooter where everyone is invisible, so players are forced to look at each other’s screens to win. Supporting both local and online multiplayer, combat in Screencheat is fast and furious with a wide variety of one-hit kill weapons.

4
playing now
92%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (518 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Screencheat is a first-person shooter video game developed by Samurai Punk and published by Surprise Attack. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux in October 2014 and was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2016. The game was later ported to Nintendo Switch in November 2018, under the name Screencheat: Unplugged, and featuring enhanced graphics and a revamped interface.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,941 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2022-11-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 55 of 105 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6902026-09-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
421Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2014 — avg 5 · peak 50Mar 2015 — avg 9 · peak 47Jul 2015 — avg 19 · peak 212Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 39Mar 2016 — avg 10 · peak 45Jul 2016 — avg 9 · peak 32Nov 2016 — avg 7 · peak 38Mar 2017 — avg 5 · peak 42Jul 2017 — avg 9 · peak 35Nov 2017 — avg 22 · peak 73Mar 2018 — avg 8 · peak 34Jul 2018 — avg 9 · peak 33Nov 2018 — avg 5 · peak 21Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 22Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 24Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 24Mar 2020 — avg 5 · peak 30Jul 2020 — avg 6 · peak 28Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 18Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 21Jul 2021 — avg 6 · peak 30Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 29Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 28Nov 2022 — avg 27 · peak 216Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 31Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 17Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 28Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-03-12 — best price $9.742015-04-23 — best price $16.512015-06-10 — best price $14.992015-08-28 — best price $3.342015-12-05 — best price $7.492016-04-11 — best price $8.992016-07-13 — best price $24.992016-12-12 — best price $14.992017-07-03 — best price $4.942017-12-05 — best price $14.992018-05-10 — best price $4.942018-07-29 — best price $14.992018-09-13 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $5.092019-12-01 — best price $4.642020-03-23 — best price $14.992020-09-10 — best price $14.992021-06-28 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-02-06 — best price $2.992023-06-05 — best price $14.992023-10-03 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-04-23 — best price $2.992024-08-02 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-07-28 — best price $2.992025-10-16 — best price $2.992026-01-23 — best price $2.992026-06-09 — best price $2.992026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $2.992026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6032026-05-28 — 12 pageviews2026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 12 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 21 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 9 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 11 pageviews2026-09-29 — 3 pageviews2026-10-03 — 14 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
47%
earned "Just Getting Started"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor Alternatives1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,3521%34
PS4 (PlayStation)2,13911%35
Xbox One (Xbox)1,3684%34
Switch (Nintendo)1680%0

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

Player tags

FPSCo-opFunnyActionComedyShooterStylizedControllerLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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