SCUM
Open-world survival sandbox with detailed metabolism, crafting, and base building
Gamepires · Released Jun 17, 2025
ActionAdventureIndieMassively Multiplayer
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 74% of 127K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 60% of 542 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 6,646
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 1 week ago
- Sep 11, 2026
What is SCUM?
An open-world survival game set on a Croatian-inspired island, where prisoners take part in a televised survival contest. You scavenge, craft, hunt, build bases, manage health, metabolism, skills, and fatigue, and fight reanimated contestants, mutated creatures, or other players in single-player, co-op, PvE, and PvP.
For you if...
- +you enjoy detailed survival systems and complex character management
- +you want open-ended scavenging, crafting, hunting, and base building
- +you prefer solo, cooperative, and competitive play options
Not for you if...
- −you want simple survival mechanics and quick progression
- −you prefer a guided campaign with fixed progression
What players say
74% of 127,102 reviews are positive · 60% of 542 in the last 30 days
Players praise the detailed metabolism, injury, crafting, scavenging, and base-building systems, along with the freedom to play solo or online. The most common complaints concern cheating in online play, longstanding bugs, and post-launch updates that players say weakened PvE spawning or prioritized paid cosmetics over fixes.
Screenshots and trailer
SCUM system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 80 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- SSD Required
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 80 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Notes
- SSD Required
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 69
- Steam features
- Trading cards
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Polish.
Tags
- Open World Survival Craft
- Open World
- Survival
- Massively Multiplayer
- Nudity
- Zombies
- Crafting
- Singleplayer
- Action
- Realistic
- Hunting
- FPS
- Violent
- PvP
- Third Person
- Gore
Recent updates
- Sep 11, 2026 · Hotfix - 1.3.3.4.149664
- Sep 9, 2026 · Hotfix - 1.3.3.3.148720
- Sep 8, 2026 · Hotfix - 1.3.3.2.148381
- Aug 27, 2026 · Hotfix - 1.3.3.1.145413
- Aug 25, 2026 · SCUM: INTO THE WILD - August Update | 1.3.3.0.144566
21 DLC available.
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