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Scythe: Digital Edition

The Knights of Unity · 2018-09-05

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 05, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 05, 2018 (Mac), Sep 16, 2020 (iOS)

Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!

Scythe: Digital Edition is a 2018 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 3818 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

47
playing now
89%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

47 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Scythe is a board game for one to five players designed by Jamey Stegmaier and published by Stonemaier Games in 2016. Set in an alternative history version of 1920s Europe, players control factions that produce resources, develop economic infrastructure, and use dieselpunk combat mechs to engage in combat and control territories. Players take up to two actions per turn using individual player boards, and the game proceeds until one player has earned six achievements. At this point, the players receive coins for the achievements they have attained and the territories they control, and the player with the most coins is declared the winner.

Trailer

Scythe: Digital Edition trailer thumbnail

Scythe: Digital Edition - Global Release Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 47 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 99 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (330 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 95k–229k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,818 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 69 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31231220182026Week of 2018-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

76172026-09-14 22:00 — 39 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 36 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 45 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 63 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 35 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 58 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 68 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 37 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 58 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 44 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 40 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 38 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 39 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 52 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 36 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 30 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 63 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 34 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 40 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 49 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 47 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4810Jan 2018Aug 2026Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Jun 2018 — avg 49 · peak 117Sep 2018 — avg 75 · peak 165Dec 2018 — avg 80 · peak 279Mar 2019 — avg 81 · peak 181Jun 2019 — avg 90 · peak 221Sep 2019 — avg 79 · peak 293Dec 2019 — avg 85 · peak 199Mar 2020 — avg 186 · peak 1,052Jun 2020 — avg 231 · peak 509Sep 2020 — avg 165 · peak 387Dec 2020 — avg 151 · peak 390Mar 2021 — avg 134 · peak 311Jun 2021 — avg 81 · peak 154Sep 2021 — avg 76 · peak 142Dec 2021 — avg 102 · peak 257Mar 2022 — avg 88 · peak 164Jun 2022 — avg 70 · peak 148Sep 2022 — avg 66 · peak 126Dec 2022 — avg 82 · peak 175Mar 2023 — avg 84 · peak 185Jun 2023 — avg 57 · peak 107Sep 2023 — avg 63 · peak 152Dec 2023 — avg 74 · peak 148Mar 2024 — avg 69 · peak 159Jun 2024 — avg 58 · peak 119Sep 2024 — avg 63 · peak 142Dec 2024 — avg 61 · peak 128Mar 2025 — avg 62 · peak 186Jun 2025 — avg 48 · peak 98Sep 2025 — avg 48 · peak 93Dec 2025 — avg 48 · peak 102Mar 2026 — avg 54 · peak 124Jun 2026 — avg 38 · peak 73Aug 2026 — avg 46 · peak 101
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.62$3.992018-06-132026-10-142018-06-13 — best price $19.992018-12-27 — best price $9.992019-05-27 — best price $7.992020-03-02 — best price $19.992020-05-28 — best price $19.992020-06-19 — best price $17.882020-07-24 — best price $19.992020-08-28 — best price $19.992020-09-23 — best price $17.882020-10-14 — best price $17.882020-11-16 — best price $9.002020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-03-22 — best price $9.992021-04-25 — best price $8.992021-08-18 — best price $20.622021-11-29 — best price $7.992022-05-15 — best price $19.992022-08-23 — best price $19.992023-02-13 — best price $7.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-10-10 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-04-03 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-08-11 — best price $5.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2441012026-05-30 — 170 pageviews2026-06-03 — 122 pageviews2026-06-07 — 140 pageviews2026-06-11 — 117 pageviews2026-06-15 — 138 pageviews2026-06-19 — 102 pageviews2026-06-23 — 196 pageviews2026-06-27 — 156 pageviews2026-07-01 — 129 pageviews2026-07-05 — 152 pageviews2026-07-09 — 116 pageviews2026-07-13 — 164 pageviews2026-07-17 — 121 pageviews2026-07-21 — 154 pageviews2026-07-25 — 117 pageviews2026-07-29 — 137 pageviews2026-08-02 — 174 pageviews2026-08-06 — 127 pageviews2026-08-10 — 116 pageviews2026-08-14 — 122 pageviews2026-08-18 — 138 pageviews2026-08-22 — 124 pageviews2026-08-26 — 150 pageviews2026-08-30 — 144 pageviews2026-09-03 — 145 pageviews2026-09-07 — 140 pageviews2026-09-11 — 117 pageviews2026-09-15 — 101 pageviews2026-09-19 — 152 pageviews2026-09-23 — 101 pageviews2026-09-27 — 153 pageviews2026-10-01 — 121 pageviews2026-10-05 — 126 pageviews2026-10-09 — 105 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
49.8%
earned "The Four Mechmen"
14.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-07-11, latest 2019-05-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6001%56

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XMechsSci-fiHex GridStrategyTabletopSteampunkBoard GameHistoricalTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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