Scorn
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ActionAdventureIndieGoreHorrorAtmosphericSexual ContentPuzzle

33 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 112

Peak in the last 7 days: 145

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Game description

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Basic info

DeveloperEbb Software
PublisherKepler Interactive
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateOct 14, 2022
Price
  • Steam store −90% $49.99 $4.99 · Steam ↗
  • Lowest-price store $4.99 · Steam
  • Historical low $3.99 · 3-month low $3.99Other stores ↗

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorQuadCore AMD Ryzen 3 3300X / Intel Core i5-8400
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3 GB)
Storage50 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 451 reviews from the past 1 year

69.1/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (77%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

Striking art and grotesque body horror carry Scorn, which scores 69.1 across 451 analyzed reviews while its combat draws heavy criticism.

👍 Strengths

219 reviews praise its visuals, the most upvoted calling the abstract art style and art direction excellent, and Visuals & Sound ranks 67th of 1249. 170 admire the world and its atmosphere, with some singling out the body horror design of the first and last acts. Story & World ranks 458th of 1096. A smaller group calls it a strange but really interesting game that is worth playing for the experience alone.

👎 Where it falls short

90 reviews say the combat feels bad, describing clunky weapons, slow reloads and unreliable hitboxes, and Gameplay ranks 1372nd of 1396. 69 find the puzzles and objectives confusing, saying the game explains almost nothing and gives few hints, so players get lost easily. 43 call the difficulty unfair, and some blame broken hitboxes and poorly placed checkpoints that force long repetition. Content Volume ranks 1287th of 1351, and Pricing & Fairness appears in 16% of analyzed reviews.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“abstract art style, art direction excellent” · 219 reviews
“Act I and V have excellent atmosphere and body horror design” · 170 reviews
“weapons feel bad, enemy collision boxes huge, combat shoe-horned in” · 90 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 70% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel -3.03 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Negative “weapons feel bad, enemy collision boxes huge, combat shoe-horned in” · 90 reviews

Progression 2% · Difficulty 24% · Onboarding 39% · Freedom 15% · Strategy 15%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 83% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.86 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “Act I and V have excellent atmosphere and body horror design” · 170 reviews

Story 35% · Characters 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -1.75 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

Variety 16% · Replayability 6%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 79% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +4.35 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “abstract art style, art direction excellent” · 219 reviews
Negative “visuals feel like a 2D TES city despite impressive trailers” · 2 reviews

Audio 22%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 0% of reviews mention this.

Playing together — · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.17 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “not worth buying at full price of 40 euros” · 6 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 7% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 10% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.08 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “softlocked at level 7 by missing a necessary item without warning” · 5 reviews

Performance 6% · Developer support 1%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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