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South Scrimshaw, Part One
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“South Scrimshaw, Part One is honestly a really cool short game. It’s free, fun to play, and you actually learn some interesting stuff along the way. I didn’t expect to enjoy learning about marine life this much. Definitely worth trying”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“It is such a beautifully crafted visual novel. The illustrations are spectacularly eye catching and lovingly drawn. The whole world building and it being like a documentary makes it so captivating. While reading it, I couldn't stop looking at the details and admire the…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“This is an extremely cool speculative biology and world building project, and I really do love it. People criticise the game for using TTS AI voices without the consideration that this was done for free and voice acting does cost money. Additionally, I honestly do not think it…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-02 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Wishlist South Scrimshaw Part Two
First I want to repeat my sincere gratitude to everyone following this project. I have put so much work into this and sacrificed so much to do it while living under generally poor conditions. It's har
Artbook DLC Now Available To Support Development!
The Art of South Scrimshaw: Part One is now available on Steam ! Over 200 pages, 4K resolution, the book gives a brief survey of the project's evolution, contains art not in the VN, and shows select i
Part One Release and Part Two Timeline
When Part One published last Friday I posted a retrospective to my Twitter recounting how long the road had been to get here. My mood was more post-mortem than celebration, since until then my passion
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Sci-fi · Linear · Hand-drawn · Atmospheric · Underwater · Alternate History · Cinematic · Lore-Rich · Casual · 2D · Nature · Science (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 2 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card Storage: 1 GB available space