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The Night of the Scissors

Tomás Esconjaureguy · selewi · 2022-05-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 13, 2022 (Mac), May 13, 2022 (Linux), Feb 08, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 08, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Feb 08, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 477 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 46% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.5k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 477 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.742022-05-132026-07-092022-05-13 — best price $2.992022-11-01 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-05-15 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-07-31 — best price $2.992023-11-02 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-05-12 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-01 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-05-11 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)36919%7

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

Player tags

3D1980sCrimeActionHorrorMysteryStealthThrillerAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

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