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Screencheat

Samurai Punk · 2014-10-21

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

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.

6
playing now
92%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
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$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
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 41 of 68 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-06 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.84$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-03-09 — best price $14.992015-04-20 — best price $17.842015-06-03 — best price $11.492015-07-17 — best price $14.992015-11-11 — best price $14.992016-03-01 — best price $11.992016-06-13 — best price $10.492016-09-22 — best price $14.992017-04-17 — best price $14.992017-09-01 — best price $14.992018-01-06 — best price $14.992018-05-28 — best price $14.992018-08-06 — best price $5.092018-09-15 — best price $11.992018-12-05 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $5.092019-11-28 — best price $7.492020-03-07 — best price $14.992020-08-14 — best price $4.642021-03-22 — best price $4.492021-11-26 — best price $3.742022-07-18 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $14.992023-04-10 — best price $2.992023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-11-07 — best price $3.742024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-05-27 — best price $2.992024-08-13 — best price $14.992025-01-16 — best price $4.492025-04-10 — best price $2.992025-07-28 — best price $2.992025-10-11 — best price $2.992026-01-12 — best price $2.992026-05-16 — best price $14.992026-08-09 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6032026-05-28 — 12 pageviews2026-05-31 — 6 pageviews2026-06-03 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 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

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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