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Scrutinized

Detective horror game about sorting reports while intruders stalk your home

Reflect Studios · Released Aug 5, 2020

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Reviews
Very Positive
89% of 1,473
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
10
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
14 hours ago
Nov 7, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 970
8 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Scrutinized?

In this single-player detective horror game, you play Luna Youngman, a criminal analyst investigating threats in a suburban town from her home. Across ten nights, you examine digital reports, messages, and phone records to classify people as threats or not, while checking windows and lights to keep intruders out.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy piecing together clues from digital records
  • +you like tense multitasking between investigations and home security
  • +you want a mode focused only on detective work

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike timed phone puzzles, even in detective mode
  • −you dislike restarting after a failed survival run

What players say

89% of 1,473 reviews are positive

Players praise the variety and detail of the case files. Common complaints focus on unforgiving survival difficulty and tight phone-cracking timers; some players also find the evidence requirements unclear.

How many players finish Scrutinized?

3.3% of Steam players have unlocked «Fearless», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

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Scrutinized system requirements

Minimum: GTX 970, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
2.4 GHz or Better
Graphics
Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 or equivalent
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Game is optimized in 1080p, GPU must have 3 GB VRam

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Scrutinized have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Scrutinized run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
22
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English.

Does Scrutinized use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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