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Scanner Sombre
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Played it for about 2.5 hours. Was not expecting it to be this good. Very good Chill game with some horror attached to it. I took my time playing it to. It is good for maybe 1-2 play throughs imo. I would continue to explore if there was more here. To Introversion: I want to…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“A short game, but a very unique experience. The "horror" elements are very light and really just boil down to a basic platforming challenge. I would love to see something like this expanded on into a larger game. Definitely worth it for <$3”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Scanner Sombre is basically you walking into a black hole with a laser pointer and slowly realizing that was a terrible idea. You don’t “see” the cave, you earn it, ping by ping, little dots turning into walls, shapes, spaces… and your brain starts filling the gaps with stuff…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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New Windows / SteamDeck build available on the Beta branch
We have been workling mainly on SteamDeck compatibilty: = Steam Deck and PC usability, compatibility fixes. - D-Pad can navigate menus - Game Controller Mapping updates: - Button naming / Icons match
Minor Update
Fix OpenSSL-related crash-on-start bug with Intel 10th Generation and later CPUs.
Official Soundtrack released, free to download
Greetings, We wanted to say a big thank-you to everyone who has supported Introversion through the years, and especially to those that love our oddball art exploration game Scanner Sombre. We were all
VR mode released into beta!
We are very proud to announce you can now play Scanner Sombre in VR, using a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. We've been busy working on this since Scanner Sombre launched, and we think it's one of the most a
VR mode released into beta!
We are very proud to announce you can now play Scanner Sombre in VR, using a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. We've been busy working on this since Scanner Sombre launched, and we think it's one of the most a
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Exploration · Horror · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric · Indie · Adventure · First-Person · VR · Singleplayer · Short · Psychological Horror · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Danish * , Dutch * , Norwegian * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Bulgarian * , Czech * , Finnish * , Greek * , Hungarian * , Japanese … |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.scanner-sombre.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64 bit OS. Windows 7 or Greater Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 2000/GeForce 8 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: Ad Lib Music Synthesizer or greater VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale