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SCUM
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “detailed realistic survival systems” (63 of 104 reviews) and “enjoyable PvP, PvE, and co-op” (16); the most common complaint is “crashes and update-induced glitches” (23). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I'm fine with janky complicated games, all would be forgiven if you could play with your friends no stress. But the process to play with your buddies without needing a rented server is esoteric and frankly, scary. This…”
“I'm going to be honest. I love this game for how it looks, and it's absolutely beautiful on high graphics settings. It's reminiscent of Rust, except you're not always stuck in first-person perspective. The game has…”
“Having played over 5000 hours I have a hard time recommending this game right now. With every new update (probably the last 5, I lost count) I have to delete the game file, reload it. Then hope it works. Game is awesome…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A bit too complicated at first for a survivor genre novice like myself but I gave it my best effort & unfortunately have to drop this one. I do appreciate the ability to have a modified local server to find your…”
“a pretty good game, and I had lots of fun when I was playing with my friends... But if you want to keep interested on this game, you have to find some servers that have some interesting things to do, or you will feel…”
“I love the game and have been playing it since it came out. I have mainly played PVP and the thrill it gives when your life and gear are at stake is phenomenal. Also base building is top notch. I have tried many…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Welcome to simulation of non-sexually transmitted disease, washing clothes and resting from the flu... SCUM :) The game has good potential but feels unfinished to me. For being 7 years in development, I would have…”
“I'm going to be honest. I love this game for how it looks, and it's absolutely beautiful on high graphics settings. It's reminiscent of Rust, except you're not always stuck in first-person perspective. The game has…”
“Heavy on the Details of survival and unlike some other its playable in PVE Inventory can be a bit odd if you are not used to it Devs are constantly working on rebalances and fixs ( a Bit slow but its a welcome ) Very…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I'm going to be honest. I love this game for how it looks, and it's absolutely beautiful on high graphics settings. It's reminiscent of Rust, except you're not always stuck in first-person perspective. The game has…”
“Its a hardcore survival game, they paid attention to details like you cannot eat if you wear a mask, in order to heal from burn you need to put gel, alcohol and then bandage you can get sick and stuff, the game is cruel…”
“challenging, hyper-realistic. fun base building with endless possibilities. realistic hit boxes against zombies.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“At 60 hours and I am loving this game, lots to explore and do. Great value in my opinion.”
“SCUM is one of those games that sticks with you long after you stop playing, especially if you’ve experienced it with someone else. For me, it created some great memories with my brother—just exploring the map, building…”
“Ive only scratched the tiny dirt specks on the surface of this game, there is soo much for me to yet discover and explore so many mechanics and i love the grind i came from Dayz with high expectations and this game has…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Not worth your money. The game constantly crashes with fatal errors on both official and private servers, and many bugs persist from wipe to wipe. The latest patch has driven a lot of players away, including those with…”
“Developers just do not care about the game. Every path/update comes with tons of bugs, old ones are not being fixed, questionable QoL. Patch from 23rd of April totally eliminated PvE, vehicles can be destroyed by other…”
“Welcome to simulation of non-sexually transmitted disease, washing clothes and resting from the flu... SCUM :) The game has good potential but feels unfinished to me. For being 7 years in development, I would have…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The Plague of Cheating in SCUM: A Deep Dive into the Chinese Pestilence Problem Introduction SCUM, the open-world survival game developed by Gamepires and published by Devolver Digital, has built a reputation as one of…”
“Developers just do not care about the game. Every path/update comes with tons of bugs, old ones are not being fixed, questionable QoL. Patch from 23rd of April totally eliminated PvE, vehicles can be destroyed by other…”
“You invest days of your life on the server grinding with teammates, stacking up and enjoying every aspect and every minute of the game, just to have a random guy with improvised stuff running around lock picking golden…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Welcome to simulation of non-sexually transmitted disease, washing clothes and resting from the flu... SCUM :) The game has good potential but feels unfinished to me. For being 7 years in development, I would have…”
“I really wanted to like SCUM, but my experience has been nothing but frustrating. For a zombie survival game, the balance feels completely off. The first zombie I encountered took 27 hits with a basic crafted spear to…”
“Honestly. this game could have rivaled Dayz by a long shot. but from the amount of bullpoop you experience here makes dayz look charming. wanna melee a wolf pack that's suddenly attacking you? nope. not a single swing…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I cannot in good conscience recommend this game. The devs are delaying updates, gaslighting the fanbase, deleting posts in discord and pretending everything is ok. The game should still be in early access, horrible.”
“Not worth your money. The game constantly crashes with fatal errors on both official and private servers, and many bugs persist from wipe to wipe. The latest patch has driven a lot of players away, including those with…”
“Developers just do not care about the game. Every path/update comes with tons of bugs, old ones are not being fixed, questionable QoL. Patch from 23rd of April totally eliminated PvE, vehicles can be destroyed by other…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Welcome to simulation of non-sexually transmitted disease, washing clothes and resting from the flu... SCUM :) The game has good potential but feels unfinished to me. For being 7 years in development, I would have…”
“I really wanted to like SCUM, but my experience has been nothing but frustrating. For a zombie survival game, the balance feels completely off. The first zombie I encountered took 27 hits with a basic crafted spear to…”
“You invest days of your life on the server grinding with teammates, stacking up and enjoying every aspect and every minute of the game, just to have a random guy with improvised stuff running around lock picking golden…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Short Ver: Try it if you’re curious. Skip it if you’re not. It’s one of those things that sits in the middle: interesting enough to give it a shot, not essential enough to lose sleep over. ---- Long Ver: SCUM is basically what happens when someone looks at survival games and…”
— a player, Steam review · 170 hrs played“After 6 years of playing and managing a SCUM server, I’ve seen firsthand how much the game has evolved. The team at Gamepires has worked incredibly hard, and I want to give a special shout-out to CheeseKing! he’s been providing top-tier support since his first day on the team.…”
— a player, Steam review · 10,978 hrs played“Thanks Splash Damage Group, after 3000 hours of playtime you've completely ruined the game for me and others. Not only are you too incompetent or too stingy to maintain the servers after every update or hire server admins, but the cheaters are overrunning the game. Thanks for…”
— a player, Steam review · 3,034 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
SCUM | Halloween Update Preview - Official Server Merges & Partial Wipe
Prisoners, Our Halloween update will arrive on Wednesday 28 October , bringing new Halloween items alongside ongoing fixes and improvements. There’s more on the way after Halloween as we continue to b
Hotfix - 1.3.4.2.161892
Prisoners! Some of you had a very profitable night fishing in the radioactive zone. A bug meant processing Radioactive Carp produced excessive amounts of Depleted Uranium, allowing players to earn far
Hotfix - 1.3.4.1.161318
Prisoners! Following October’s Update , today’s hotfix addresses several issues you’ve encountered on the Island, including a fix for performance hitches caused by field-of-view changes when aiming do
SCUM: INTO THE WILD – October Update | 1.3.4.0.160241
Prisoners, The October Update is live, bringing Into the Wild to a close. Larger fish now put up more of a fight, Fishing Quests are available across three tiers, and a new leaderboard tracks the bigg
SCUM | October Update Preview & What's Next
Prisoners, The final Into the Wild update arrives October 5. We had hoped to release it before the end of September, but testing uncovered issues with some of the new fishing changes. We’re taking a f
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer |
| Player tags | Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Multiplayer · Open World · Zombies · Nudity · Massively Multiplayer · Action · Realistic · Adventure · Singleplayer · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Polish * |
| Achievements | 69 |
| Official site | http://scum.game |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 80 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Required