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Scythe: Digital Edition cover art

Scythe: Digital Edition

The Knights of Unity · 2018-09-05

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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!

36
playing now
89%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$19.99
steam price (US)

36 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 36 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 14% of 5,933 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 95k–229k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,815 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 13 of 27 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

9102026-08-07 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 60 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 60 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 54 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 51 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 48 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 29 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 44 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 37 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 47 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 47 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 73 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.62$3.992018-06-132026-08-302018-06-13 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $9.992019-02-22 — best price $19.992019-12-02 — best price $7.992020-03-23 — best price $19.992020-05-28 — best price $19.992020-06-15 — best price $19.992020-07-15 — best price $19.992020-08-09 — best price $19.992020-09-01 — best price $9.992020-09-23 — best price $17.882020-10-10 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $16.992020-11-26 — best price $17.882021-01-14 — best price $19.992021-03-22 — best price $9.992021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-07-01 — best price $16.992021-10-19 — best price $16.882021-12-03 — best price $15.742022-05-15 — best price $19.992022-08-10 — best price $17.882022-11-22 — best price $9.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-07-18 — best price $19.992023-10-10 — best price $19.992023-12-15 — best price $6.402024-02-29 — best price $7.992024-05-10 — best price $10.002024-07-23 — best price $9.992024-09-25 — best price $5.992024-11-25 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $7.992025-05-12 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

278962026-05-30 — 170 pageviews2026-06-02 — 152 pageviews2026-06-05 — 137 pageviews2026-06-08 — 147 pageviews2026-06-11 — 117 pageviews2026-06-14 — 158 pageviews2026-06-17 — 111 pageviews2026-06-20 — 139 pageviews2026-06-23 — 196 pageviews2026-06-26 — 120 pageviews2026-06-29 — 131 pageviews2026-07-02 — 127 pageviews2026-07-05 — 152 pageviews2026-07-08 — 137 pageviews2026-07-11 — 176 pageviews2026-07-14 — 134 pageviews2026-07-17 — 121 pageviews2026-07-20 — 147 pageviews2026-07-23 — 149 pageviews2026-07-26 — 177 pageviews2026-07-29 — 137 pageviews2026-08-01 — 140 pageviews2026-08-04 — 111 pageviews2026-08-07 — 115 pageviews2026-08-10 — 116 pageviews2026-08-13 — 100 pageviews2026-08-16 — 157 pageviews2026-08-19 — 96 pageviews2026-08-22 — 124 pageviews2026-08-25 — 197 pageviews2026-08-27 — 162 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

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.

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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