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The Scouring
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
View on Steam ↗ $17.49 (US · as of 2026-09-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Good : It's a fun game. If you like Warcraft 2, this is the closest thing to a direct sequel we'll get. It has a surprising amount of attention to detail that you don't really get in the RTS genre. I find myself spending time playing a custom game just because the core gameplay…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“I really like the Scouring. It's a great Real-time Strategy game with the unique feature of having units actually be visible garrisoning the structures that you use to produce them. It reminds me a lot of Warcraft 3 gameplay, and art style. I really like the community and the…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“Believe me when I say that I wanted to love this game, I really really really did! It's just a little too simple, vanilla, limited and clunky, and it reaches points where you essentially can't win. You can literally rally endless waves of units to a battle, but units self-heal…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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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.
Asymmetry Update and 30% Discount!
Orcs and Humans! Big changes are here! We're pushing a major asymmetry update - shifting how Humans and Orcs play, adding new structures, new units, and reworking old mechanics. This is a bold step to
Update Notes for Aug 5
- Ships pathing improvements - Human's Ballista's projectile now penetrates target units, making it much more effective - Added an option for Centered Reticle when using Gamepad, and cursor stickiness
One Year of Early Access - New DLC Chapter, Balance Update & More!
Orcs and Humans! It's been almost one year since we launched The Scouring into Early Access. What a journey it's been. Thank you for sticking with us, for the feedback, the mods, the battles, and the
Update Notes For July 25
- Camera now shakes when events like cannon ball impact or ability cast happen on screen, making the effect more impactful. Option to disable camera shake added too. - units dialogues added (showcased
Controller Support Added To The Game!
Hello Orcs and Humans! You asked for it - we heard it. Full Controller Support added to the Game. You can now play both Heroes Mode and Classic mode without touching Keyboard or Mice. For Classic Mode
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, RPG, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · RTS · Base Building · Building · PvP · PvE · Fantasy · Strategy · Multiplayer · Management · Old School · Action RTS (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * , Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 33 |
| Official site | https://discord.gg/9eSrACUgcd |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Pentium Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 or equivalent Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system, DirectX 11+