SCUM
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How do players who really played SCUM rate it? TrueGG Rating 69.8%

Release date: Jun 17, 2025 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it lower than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks. Recent reviews are falling.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)
  • Players buying on the promise of future updates (complaints about the developers)
  • Players bothered by bugs (reports of crashes and bugs)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
69.8%
▼ −4.2 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 3,391 reviews

TrueGG, all time
80.1%
Steam overall
74.0%
Japanese, all time
58.1%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 6.7% of all reviews. Their positive share is 31.3%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h25%1001–2 h19%682–5 h64%3125–10 h69%36210–20 h72%40020–50 h75%64550–100 h73%556100–200 h72%488200+ h66%1,702Positive share by playtime0–1 h10025%1–2 h6819%2–5 h31264%5–10 h36269%10–20 h40072%20–50 h64575%50–100 h55673%100–200 h48872%200+ h1,70266%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h25.0%0.0%100
1–2 h19.1%0.0%68
2–5 h64.1%100.0%312
5–10 h68.8%100.0%362
10–20 h71.5%—400
20–50 h75.3%0.0%645
50–100 h73.4%0.0%556
100–200 h72.3%66.7%488
200+ h65.7%58.3%1,702

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 65% had 20+ hours and 35% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

SCUM has a TrueGG Rating of 69.8%: the positive share among 3,391 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 74.0%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 80.1%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 7% of the total, and only 31% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

In the last 180 days, approval peaks at 75% around 20–50h and falls to 66% at 200h+: in the current version, long-time players are harsher.

Negative reviews most often mention updates and the developers (more than at launch), crashes and bugs (more than at launch), and servers. Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 58.1%, 11.7 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals gives 70.8% (-3.1 points vs Steam overall); keep this in mind when reading the headline number.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on live operations and online play (Updates & developers, Servers & connection, Monetization & DLC). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Updates & developers31% of negative reviews (15% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch · 13 positive reviews say it improved
  • Crashes & bugs29% of negative reviews (13% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch · 10 positive reviews say it improved
  • Servers & connection19% of negative reviews (14% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · ongoing since launch · 11 positive reviews say it improved
  • Monetization & DLC12% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch
  • Community & co-op12% of negative reviews (7% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel33% of positive reviews (21% of negative)
＋ 食事＋ 最高＋ 排泄＋ 基本＋ キノコ＋ マガジン＋ 生活＋ learning− cash− left− care− access− terrible− half− grab− death

Counted from 561 recent negative and 591 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating74.0%All time, all languages · 127,602 reviews
Adjusted rating70.8%Weighted by trust (95% range 70.0%–71.7%), −3.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews52.7%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−21.2pt vs overall) · 552 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review1%8%
Very short text48%16%
Key activated outside Steam33%30%
Received for free1%1%
Owns very few games25%18%
Over 100 reviews written0%2%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.690.81

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 143.2 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 5,000 10k 2018-08: +3,073 / −1,475 2018-09: +6,172 / −3,425 2018-10: +774 / −578 2018-11: +1,764 / −452 2018-12: +504 / −345 2019-01: +325 / −261 2019-02: +215 / −174 2019-03: +211 / −137 2019-04: +246 / −274 2019-05: +231 / −134 2019-06: +954 / −317 2019-07: +1,096 / −318 2019-08: +229 / −179 2019-09: +186 / −116 2019-10: +354 / −108 2019-11: +1,360 / −146 2019-12: +1,117 / −273 2020-01: +879 / −234 2020-02: +694 / −185 2020-03: +599 / −200 2020-04: +564 / −164 2020-05: +535 / −169 2020-06: +406 / −125 2020-07: +583 / −204 2020-08: +577 / −167 2020-09: +704 / −173 2020-10: +579 / −167 2020-11: +830 / −206 2020-12: +768 / −178 2021-01: +1,017 / −238 2021-02: +1,109 / −228 2021-03: +1,593 / −370 2021-04: +1,870 / −478 2021-05: +1,113 / −297 2021-06: +852 / −248 2021-07: +1,278 / −383 2021-08: +1,300 / −353 2021-09: +1,352 / −276 2021-10: +1,074 / −214 2021-11: +1,118 / −195 2021-12: +921 / −223 2022-01: +866 / −180 2022-02: +668 / −131 2022-03: +1,155 / −344 2022-04: +872 / −250 2022-05: +737 / −208 2022-06: +682 / −305 2022-07: +804 / −419 2022-08: +618 / −215 2022-09: +703 / −199 2022-10: +742 / −187 2022-11: +1,207 / −230 2022-12: +1,234 / −727 2023-01: +1,112 / −408 2023-02: +648 / −223 2023-03: +554 / −229 2023-04: +455 / −173 2023-05: +778 / −421 2023-06: +606 / −266 2023-07: +592 / −254 2023-08: +950 / −416 2023-09: +563 / −218 2023-10: +676 / −306 2023-11: +756 / −191 2023-12: +1,048 / −437 2024-01: +838 / −326 2024-02: +559 / −200 2024-03: +525 / −223 2024-04: +467 / −233 2024-05: +525 / −224 2024-06: +347 / −134 2024-07: +526 / −184 2024-08: +503 / −201 2024-09: +397 / −147 2024-10: +410 / −142 2024-11: +578 / −152 2024-12: +636 / −173 2025-01: +389 / −138 2025-02: +326 / −128 2025-03: +422 / −134 2025-04: +309 / −107 2025-05: +348 / −74 2025-06: +1,075 / −772 2025-07: +706 / −447 2025-08: +390 / −226 2025-09: +409 / −195 2025-10: +466 / −181 2025-11: +803 / −107 2025-12: +427 / −149 2026-01: +545 / −192 2026-02: +443 / −147 2026-03: +440 / −143 2026-04: +392 / −171 2026-05: +307 / −173 2026-06: +417 / −211 2026-07: +478 / −218 2026-08: +311 / −104 2026-09: +273 / −205 2026-10: +212 / −105 2018/082019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 73.2% 2025-06: update2025-12: update2026-06: update 2018-08: 67.6%2018-09: 64.3%2018-10: 57.2%2018-11: 79.6%2018-12: 59.4%2019-01: 55.5%2019-02: 55.3%2019-03: 60.6%2019-04: 47.3%2019-05: 63.3%2019-06: 75.1%2019-07: 77.5%2019-08: 56.1%2019-09: 61.6%2019-10: 76.6%2019-11: 90.3%2019-12: 80.4%2020-01: 79.0%2020-02: 79.0%2020-03: 75.0%2020-04: 77.5%2020-05: 76.0%2020-06: 76.5%2020-07: 74.1%2020-08: 77.6%2020-09: 80.3%2020-10: 77.6%2020-11: 80.1%2020-12: 81.2%2021-01: 81.0%2021-02: 82.9%2021-03: 81.2%2021-04: 79.6%2021-05: 78.9%2021-06: 77.5%2021-07: 76.9%2021-08: 78.6%2021-09: 83.0%2021-10: 83.4%2021-11: 85.1%2021-12: 80.5%2022-01: 82.8%2022-02: 83.6%2022-03: 77.1%2022-04: 77.7%2022-05: 78.0%2022-06: 69.1%2022-07: 65.7%2022-08: 74.2%2022-09: 77.9%2022-10: 79.9%2022-11: 84.0%2022-12: 62.9%2023-01: 73.2%2023-02: 74.4%2023-03: 70.8%2023-04: 72.5%2023-05: 64.9%2023-06: 69.5%2023-07: 70.0%2023-08: 69.5%2023-09: 72.1%2023-10: 68.8%2023-11: 79.8%2023-12: 70.6%2024-01: 72.0%2024-02: 73.6%2024-03: 70.2%2024-04: 66.7%2024-05: 70.1%2024-06: 72.1%2024-07: 74.1%2024-08: 71.4%2024-09: 73.0%2024-10: 74.3%2024-11: 79.2%2024-12: 78.6%2025-01: 73.8%2025-02: 71.8%2025-03: 75.9%2025-04: 74.3%2025-05: 82.5%2025-06: 58.2%2025-07: 61.2%2025-08: 63.3%2025-09: 67.7%2025-10: 72.0%2025-11: 88.2%2025-12: 74.1%2026-01: 73.9%2026-02: 75.1%2026-03: 75.5%2026-04: 69.6%2026-05: 64.0%2026-06: 66.4%2026-07: 68.7%2026-08: 74.9%2026-09: 57.1%2026-10: 66.9% 2018/082019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Updates and ratings before and after

DateAnnouncement2 months before → after
2026-06-18 SCUM | Public Alpha Update: New Free-Roaming Wildlife Build Now Live 67% → 71% (+4.0pt)
2025-12-23 lntroducing the new SCUM Squad Emblems DLC 82% → 74% (−7.0pt)
2025-06-09 SCUM - Dev update - Road to 1.0 78% → 62% (−16.4pt)

Picked automatically from the titles of Steam announcements by the developer (one per month, last 3 years, up to 10). The dotted lines mark those months. Before and after are the positive rates of the two months before and after (excluding the month itself); shown as "—" under 50 reviews or when the two months after are not complete. An update is not necessarily the cause of a change.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 10 20 30 40 2026-09-19: +10 / −5 2026-09-20: +4 / −4 2026-09-21: +5 / −0 2026-09-22: +4 / −1 2026-09-23: +5 / −2 2026-09-24: +4 / −2 2026-09-25: +7 / −2 2026-09-26: +6 / −2 2026-09-27: +8 / −3 2026-09-28: +6 / −2 2026-09-29: +8 / −5 2026-09-30: +8 / −4 2026-10-01: +7 / −4 2026-10-02: +6 / −3 2026-10-03: +5 / −3 2026-10-04: +9 / −6 2026-10-05: +29 / −11 2026-10-06: +13 / −11 2026-10-07: +11 / −2 2026-10-08: +20 / −11 2026-10-09: +14 / −4 2026-10-10: +12 / −7 2026-10-11: +8 / −6 2026-10-12: +15 / −2 2026-10-13: +11 / −7 2026-10-14: +3 / −9 2026-10-15: +11 / −4 2026-10-16: +16 / −8 2026-10-17: +7 / −2 2026-10-18: +15 / −5 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2018-083,0731,47567.6%
2018-096,1723,42564.3%
2018-1077457857.2%
2018-111,76445279.6%
2018-1250434559.4%
2019-0132526155.5%
2019-0221517455.3%
2019-0321113760.6%
2019-0424627447.3%
2019-0523113463.3%
2019-0695431775.1%
2019-071,09631877.5%
2019-0822917956.1%
2019-0918611661.6%
2019-1035410876.6%
2019-111,36014690.3%
2019-121,11727380.4%
2020-0187923479.0%
2020-0269418579.0%
2020-0359920075.0%
2020-0456416477.5%
2020-0553516976.0%
2020-0640612576.5%
2020-0758320474.1%
2020-0857716777.6%
2020-0970417380.3%
2020-1057916777.6%
2020-1183020680.1%
2020-1276817881.2%
2021-011,01723881.0%
2021-021,10922882.9%
2021-031,59337081.2%
2021-041,87047879.6%
2021-051,11329778.9%
2021-0685224877.5%
2021-071,27838376.9%
2021-081,30035378.6%
2021-091,35227683.0%
2021-101,07421483.4%
2021-111,11819585.1%
2021-1292122380.5%
2022-0186618082.8%
2022-0266813183.6%
2022-031,15534477.1%
2022-0487225077.7%
2022-0573720878.0%
2022-0668230569.1%
2022-0780441965.7%
2022-0861821574.2%
2022-0970319977.9%
2022-1074218779.9%
2022-111,20723084.0%
2022-121,23472762.9%
2023-011,11240873.2%
2023-0264822374.4%
2023-0355422970.8%
2023-0445517372.5%
2023-0577842164.9%
2023-0660626669.5%
2023-0759225470.0%
2023-0895041669.5%
2023-0956321872.1%
2023-1067630668.8%
2023-1175619179.8%
2023-121,04843770.6%
2024-0183832672.0%
2024-0255920073.6%
2024-0352522370.2%
2024-0446723366.7%
2024-0552522470.1%
2024-0634713472.1%
2024-0752618474.1%
2024-0850320171.4%
2024-0939714773.0%
2024-1041014274.3%
2024-1157815279.2%
2024-1263617378.6%
2025-0138913873.8%
2025-0232612871.8%
2025-0342213475.9%
2025-0430910774.3%
2025-053487482.5%
2025-061,07577258.2%
2025-0770644761.2%
2025-0839022663.3%
2025-0940919567.7%
2025-1046618172.0%
2025-1180310788.2%
2025-1242714974.1%
2026-0154519273.9%
2026-0244314775.1%
2026-0344014375.5%
2026-0439217169.6%
2026-0530717364.0%
2026-0641721166.4%
2026-0747821868.7%
2026-0831110474.9%
2026-0927320557.1%
2026-1021210566.9%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19105
2026-09-2044
2026-09-2150
2026-09-2241
2026-09-2352
2026-09-2442
2026-09-2572
2026-09-2662
2026-09-2783
2026-09-2862
2026-09-2985
2026-09-3084
2026-10-0174
2026-10-0263
2026-10-0353
2026-10-0496
2026-10-052911
2026-10-061311
2026-10-07112
2026-10-082011
2026-10-09144
2026-10-10127
2026-10-1186
2026-10-12152
2026-10-13117
2026-10-1439
2026-10-15114
2026-10-16168
2026-10-1772
2026-10-18155
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days68.6%618
Last 180 days67.8%4,631
All time74.0%127,602
Japanese, last 180 days50.0%22
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