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Scrutinized

Scrutinized

Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

Released Aug 5, 2020 Developer Reflect Studios Platforms Windows SimulationHorrorDetectiveSurvivalHacking
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

88.9%positive1,173 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“oh boy oh boy!!! i love getting stalked by a man while i do police work!!!! i honestly thought games were to escape reality!!!”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game i hate it but its really good 10/10 do play”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I LOVE THIS GAME SOO MUCH BUT TANNER I HATE YOU SO MUCH BROO <3”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

11playing at last check
1224-hour peak
262all-time peak
0 50 100 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 91 avg · Aug 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

22achievements
3.1%median completion
0.5%rarest: God Gamer
67.8% of players 39.1% of players 26.4% of players 22.0% of players 20.2% of players 19.2% of players 11.2% of players 5.4% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 67.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
67.8%Power Tripper — Trip the power.
39.1%Detective I — File 5 reports correctly in a row in a single run.
26.4%Gotcha! — Catch Tanner in a security camera.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%God Gamer — Beat the game on nightmare mode.
0.6%RootKit God — Crack 50 phones in a single run.
0.8%RootKit Pro IV — Crack 40 phones in a single run.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 23, 2026
A New Test of Survival

Welcome to the Game III launches on July 16th!After over two years of development we're very excited for people to experience what Welcome to the Game III has in store.At launch the game will be price

Oct 19, 2025
Patch 1.2.0 Now Live!

Hey All!Just in time for the spooky season, Patch 1.2.0 is now done! In this patch we fixed several bugs, performance issues and added WASD support to the cameras. I have also updated the Casual Mode

Jul 10, 2025
Patch 1.2.0 Testers needed

Hey All, I know its been a very long time since I have updated this game, however with its recent second life it has gotten, I figured I would go back in and start working on a new patch to address so

Oct 05, 2023
Are you ready for the next thrill?

Are you guys ready for the next thrill? Staged inside the Welcome to the Game universe? Then be sure to head on over to our latest installment Dead Signal and add it to your wishlist!! https://store.s

Aug 15, 2020
Patch 1.1.2 - The Giga Nerf

Nerfed casual and normal pretty hard. Enjoy!

Games like Scrutinized

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

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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.

GenresIndie, Simulation
Player tagsSimulation · Horror · Detective · Survival · Hacking · 3D · Dark · Singleplayer · Indie · Perma Death · Difficult · Survival Horror (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements22
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.reflectstudios.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2.4 GHz or Better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Game is optimized in 1080p, GPU must have 3 GB VRam