Deep realistic survival systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“You get to watch what your character eats, drinks, and cooks, or risk malnourishment, lost teeth, reduced muscle mass, or high body fat.”
Steam review · 136.3 h played ↗
SCUM
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Gamepires2025Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Action
The verdict
SCUM is a deep, realistic survival sandbox with a huge map, but it is buggy, DLC-heavy and recently soured by developer distrust. Skip it if you want polish or hate grind.
Great for
Patient survival fans who love realism and metabolism systems, solo or with friends on PvE servers
Main risk
Long-standing bugs and cheaters can wipe out hours of looting and building progress
What changed in the last 30 days
162 recent reviews
Many recent negative reviews cite constant DLC releases, hotfix-on-hotfix updates and the dev handling of streamers/testers. Likely the main driver, though we can't be certain.
162 recent reviews
What players love
Freedom of playstyle: solo, PvE, PvP, building
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“you can play at your own pace, action can be around any corner and free to play however you want”
Steam review · 342.9 h played ↗
Fun with friends and on community servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“A good game when you play with the right people, the right server/community.”
Steam review · 587.1 h played ↗
Huge, detailed open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“You can hoof it for hours and barely scratch the surface.”
Steam review · 279.8 h played ↗
Better than DayZ
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“I used to think Dayz or 7 days to die were the best survival zombie games, until I played this.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Rewarding once you learn it
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“It has a steep learning curve, but once it clicks, it's hard to put down.”
Steam review · 131.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bugs never fixed, hotfixes break more
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“the update, a hotfix and hotfix to the hotfix, and hotfix to the hotfix of the hotfix which still ultimately fixes nothing”
Steam review · 6521.4 h played ↗
DLC spam and cash-grab perception
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Has degenerated into a DLC spam cash grab. AVOID.”
Steam review · 462.7 h played ↗
Developers distrusted, broken promises, no mod support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“promised features still missing, mods? promised years ago and still not happening, bugs? reported and not fixed.”
Steam review · 2671.1 h played ↗
Crashes and fatal errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The game constantly crashes with fatal errors on both official and private servers”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Cheaters and bots on official servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“They are everywhere: opening locks in seconds, using scripts to locate players, boxes, and other in-game elements.”
Steam review · 971.5 h played ↗
Cheap puppet and NPC spawns
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Suddenly, literally out of nowhere, 12 zombies spawned in like it was low-view-distance Minecraft around me and killed me.”
Steam review · 52 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported80 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
Storage80 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700
Storage80 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
Storage80 GB available space
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