Gamepires
Scum
Scum aims to evolve the multiplayer open world survival game with unprecedented levels of character customization, control and progression, where knowledge and skills are the ultimate weapons for long-term survival. Combining the methodical planning and management of hardcore survival with optional PvP ‘network events’ available to everyone at anytime, SCUM strikes a unique balance between complex simulation and intense action in the next generation of survival game.
- Released
- 17 June 2025
- Developer
- Gamepires
- Publisher
- Jagex
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Perspective
- First person · Third person
- Steam recommendations
- 97,966
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Genres
- Shooter · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator
- Estimated owners
- 5,000,000–10,000,000 (est.)
- 70
- Player rating
- 44
- Ratings counted
- 74.2%
- Steam reviews
- 69
- Achievements
- 20
- DLC packs
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The story
In a not-too-distant future where entertainment has turned bloodthirsty, the powerful TEC1 corporation transforms convicted prisoners into unwilling stars of the world’s most brutal survival show: SCUM. Dropped onto a deadly island, inmates must fight, hunt, craft, and outsmart both each other and the horrors engineered to keep viewers watching. Every kill, escape, alliance, and betrayal feeds the broadcast, earning fame, sponsors, and the faint hope of survival. But on SCUM Island, freedom is never guaranteed, death may not be the end, and every desperate choice is part of the show.
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Key facts
Platforms
Game modes
- Single player
- Multiplayer
- Co-operative
- Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Themes
- Action
- Science fiction
- Survival
- Open world
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Trailer
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Screenshots
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Reviews and languages
74.2% of 126,133 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Mostly Positive”.
17 languages in the interface, 1 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.
Publisher's content notice
This game contains mature content including violence, blood and gore, nudity (which can be disabled in game), alcohol and some drugs.
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Official pages
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