SCUM
Last updated: 2025-06-17
- Deep, complex, and realistic survival experience.
- Detailed character customization and progression system.
- Fun with friends due to varied gameplay options.
- Unforgiving difficulty and steep learning curve.
- Plagued by bugs, glitches, and crashing issues.
- Clunky UI, inventory, and crafting systems.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 58%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 39%
- Protest reviews
- 3%
- 76%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 24%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 2199
- Negative points
- 2005
- Gameplay points
- 587
- Perf. points
- 101
- Rec. points
- 716
- Misc points
- 141
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Deep, complex, and realistic survival | The game offers a deep and complex survival experience with extensive crafting, base building, and character customization options. Players must manage their character's health, metabolism, and skills while exploring a large open world filled with diverse environments and threats. The level of detail and realism sets it apart from other survival games. | 94% |
| Detailed character customization/progression | The game features a detailed character customization and skill system, allowing players to create specialized builds and develop their characters over time. The skill system is engaging and rewarding, with progression tied to in-game activities. The game is great for players who enjoy complex character management. | 29% |
| Fun with friends, varied gameplay | The game offers a mix of PVE and PVP gameplay, with a variety of enemies and activities to engage in. Players can team up with friends to build bases, gather resources, and fight against zombies, robots, and other players. The game is more enjoyable when playing with friends or in a squad. | 25% |
| Active community, dedicated developers | The game has a great community and is actively updated by the developers. Finding the right server can lead to a fun and engaging experience, especially on community-run servers with active admins and helpful players. The developers are dedicated and consistently improve the game with frequent updates. | 18% |
| Simple, easy to understand gameplay | The game is simple and easy to understand, with a fairly simple interface. The game allows for both short and long play sessions without inherent disadvantage. The in-game manual is helpful for figuring things out. | 7% |
| Enjoyable and extensive base building | The game features enjoyable and extensive base building and crafting systems. Players can construct dwellings from scratch or by taking over existing structures. The crafting system allows creation of a wide array of items, from basic tools and weapons to advanced gear and traps. | 5% |
| Multiple servers, flexible customization | The game offers multiple servers and flexible solo mode customization. Players can host their own servers with custom tweaks and rule sets. Finding the right server type (PvP, PvE, or a mix) can lead to a highly engaging and enjoyable experience. | 3% |
| Transparent and supportive developers | The developers are transparent and supportive, providing frequent updates and teasers. They are actively fixing issues with regular updates and patches. The developers listen to the players and are actively working on the game. | 3% |
| Amazing and creepy sound design | The game has amazing and creepy sounds, enhancing the immersive experience. The sound design, including rustling leaves, wildlife, and gunfire, creates a tense atmosphere. The game provides a fully immersive experience. | 3% |