SCUM

hard to start off with, so much fun, cant stop playing the game

Never had so much fun in a game. this is what i wanted Star Citizen to be. I highly advise buying this game.

well, now with this new anticheat, the game dont start, ive the game inside my nas (samba share) and it dont even start...

i LOVE the idea of this game. but after 8 years of release this game looks and feels like it was made in 2013 and updated till 2018.
you pay 39 euros for this game to be crushy , buggy , unfinished and early access even after 8 years. you think you'll pay 39 euro and it's all yours ? no. if you wanna play on private servers you'll have to pay 13-40 euros monthly to run that server :D this game should be called SCAM not SCUM.

if you can find a server you like and try to learn the mechanics of the game its awesome. I've been playing on one main server for probably 900hrs and i still get smacked around like a nobody. I get humbled and do some humbling. Just remember to be persistent, pick your fights and you'll be fine. 10/10

Awsum game, how ever needs more mobile equipment and flying equipment like Daysz

If you like spending a hour or 2 to run from 1 place to another just to find junk this game is for you!

If you like spending a day getting nice loot just to lose it in a heartbeat, this game is also for you!

SCUM is honestly one of my favorite games. It has all of the things that I enjoy about a survival game and is so unmatched by anything similar. However, i do not recommend buying scum to any of my friends anymore for one reason. There is no way to easily play with those friends. It is such a headache to find a decent server with the settings you want, save your progress over time and there is no way to host your own server without paying monthly. What i want most out of this game is to play multiplayer with a group without having to pay more just to have a private server.

possibly..wait no absolutely the best game i've ever played. While it gets boring after playing a lot whenthe game wipes/updates it all gets better i would 10/10 reccomend. It has a perfect amount of dificulty and many activities to enjoy.

simply amazing for an Early Access game. Die, rinse, repeat ! and you'll be dying a lot lol

🌸 Rating Scroll 🌸

🎮 Game: SCUM
💫 Vibe: Creepy, unhinged, and fun

📝 First Thoughts:
Definitely a must with a friend. I’ve revisited it often since it's still early access, the devs are always improving it. Pooped out a can of peaches once 10/10 immersive experience.

🎀 Quick Stats:
🎨 Graphics: ★★★★☆ (Brutal and gritty, in a good way)
🎧 Sound: ★★★★☆ (Realistic and tense)
🪲 Bugs: Still floating around, but not insane for EA
🧠 Brain Feel: 60% survival panic, 40% fashion critique

📚 What I Did Instead of Touching Grass:
✔️ Accepted cookie bait offers which I shouldn't have
✔️ The mushroom trip was something special...
✔️ Applauded the devs for updating the female body, the OG model was nightmare fuel, the current one is a win for everyone

🪞 Looking Back:
Would I play again?
🔲 No
🔲 Maybe
✅ Yes, and probably soon

Score: 🍑🔪🎒💩🔥 (4/5)

The initial learning curve of the survival aspect of the game can be fun, unfortunately, theres not much else past that. Most of the game content is player based, but theres just not enough engagement to keep playing. Review may change if the game gets more features!

This game is the best zombie survival game in my view! Really exciting PVP, strong enemies, good graphics and you have a lot of options to survive! You can find legendary weapons from the WW2 for example! Animations are really good, quite realistic game!

7 years still in development? uninstalled, at this rate this trash game will never release fully, why i don't buy early access titles anymore

I've owned this for a few years now and I have a total of 15 hours played if that says anything. When I first bought it, it was a unplayable mess and it has had very little improvements done over the years. The training UI is so bugged, you might finish the tutorial by the time you get to end game. Nest, the training explanations are vague at best. You know you have a problem when you need to search a walkthrough to finish the tutorial. All that being said, the game is nothing but a Day Z clone with worse mechanics.

just play day z lol this games like taking it up the ass from big foot trust me it sounds good but it ain't worth it my ass still hurts 10 out of 10

Cool game, some features have good details, some even got too detailed beyond any reasoning that it was necessary. but this is one heck of a weird game (Dev), you as the player and the one that have paid for this game, are forbidden to use some of the dev commands not even in singleplayer mode, not even in your own paid server, not anywhere, nothing.

Weird AF.

Also base building is pretty basic, hopefully they will polish it and add many features and capabilities, to make it atleast a decent feature, for now I would rather wait for the 1.0 release first before even wanting to pay for this game ( too bad I already paid for it).

I genuinely wish I had not bothered to waste my money and time so I will try and save you both. Seriously don't, it could have been an awesome game but alas now its pointless.

This game is still early access? Don't give them any money till they release. Its a hot crock of bugs and halfway implemented garbage.

At this point, I can't recommend the game to anyone because of the base-building system. It's so poorly implemented that it's almost unusable. If you try to build anything that isn’t just a basic cube—good luck. Actually, luck won’t help you, and neither will the game, because none of your base-building ideas can be realized unless they involve building a cube. Only a cube. Always a cube.

I really really would like to recommend this game, because I personally think it's a very nice concept, but the way the development of this game is being handled prevents me from recommending this game.

A friend of mine actually introduced me to this game and I really like the concept of the game. I like the realistic survival mechanics and that is the game's best feature by far.

It is just so unfortunate that I can't think of anything else positive to say about this game, because I would really love to enjoy this game.

First of all, if I want to fuck around with my friends in a private server just to have some fun, I can't host it myself despite having the spare hardware to do so because the server files have not been released. For the longest time (I've been playing since early access release in 2018), the hosting has been exclusive to a single host, so it meant sky-high prices. Yuck.
I see that it has changed a while ago, as I returned in 2022 to see that multiple hosters were offering servers for this game. Still not gonna pay for something I could just host myself.
At this point, I simply do not trust that the devs will ever release the server files for the reason that they are probably getting money offering hosters the possibility of hosting without allowing self-hosting. I know this is a baseless accusation, but I simply can't trust that they will release the files on V1.0 seeing the track records of these devs of not listening to their playerbase and the potential that my theory might be accurate.

Even if I would want to start playing SCUM again, I simply couldn't enjoy it the way I want to enjoy it: with my friends. This game simply does not allow Linux/Proton to run multiplayer. I'm just not willing to have a windows machine just to play this game.
Also the anti-cheat serves literally no purpose. I can literally join any random server and find someone with cheats without even trying; I've lost countless hours of gameplay because of cheaters.

I've had the opportunity to play this game again recently after years of not playing it, and as far back as I remember playing this, I fail to notice anything major changing even after 7 years. The only difference was graphics and the only reason that changed is because I actually have a computer that isn't a potato now.

Oh and don't get me started on the direction the devs are handling this game. This is the most terrible aspect about this game.
I was able to reproduce a game-breaking bug that I first found in 2018, still not fixed. What are the devs doing ? Adding cosmetic DLCs and adding more and more features that either could've have been delayed after polishing was done or that nobody asked for. I totally get that the DLCs help funding the game, but for fuck's sake, at least spend that money fixing issues your playerbase has been asking you to fix for years instead of adding more unoptimized and unpolished garbage into the game.

Lastly, the gameplay. It's just boring after a while. This game would really benefit in having a modding system.

TL;DR:
Great survival mechanics;
Cannot self-host; you have to pay;
Cannot trust that devs follow their word of allowing self-hosting on V1.0 release;
Cannot play multiplayer on Linux because garbage anti-cheat that can't even do it's job anyway;
Game hasn't changed much even after 7 years;
Devs do not listen to the playerbase most of the time;
Gameplay gets boring.

Conclusion:

The best in its genre—challenging, immersive, and rewarding with time. It's best enjoyed with friends and on servers with active admins to avoid cheaters. Gunplay could use improvement, and it often feels like a walking simulator. The dev's really need to prioritize pushing out content over useless stuff. Perfect game if you're jobless with time to kill.

good game, still needs improvement but its still fun

Hey devs, great game, but ill suck your dick if you'd give me a pick-up-all button, a sort button, or even just the option to highlight multiple items and pick them all up at once rather than individually dragging or double clicking it. My hands FUCKING HURT. HELP ME OUT!

Overall, I think it's a great game. There are definately some bugs/glitches still, with that being said tho, ive put in some time with this game. Find a good server that you like, and go in! Gun play is mediocre: B, building/crafting: A-, Combat: A- Overall score is a solid B+, but with some effort by the devs could easily become an A or even A+. I believe there is an update coming soon, so that could easily upgrade my score! We will have to wait and see! TBC...

This game is visually perfect and the mechanics move flawlessly. One of the best zombie games I’ve ever played and the board is gigantic (10x the size of GTA). Lots of loot and things to do in the open world, but I’d love to see some missions added to this game. Overall 10/10!!!

Great game to play solo or multiplayer! I have spent hours alone and completely entertained.
I recently got my little brother to get scum. It was his first pc game ❤️.
Well we met up, died.
Met up again and made it to the hospital and began looting and killing puppets for Fame.
We looted, killed, obtained a vehicle, met the meks, and took a dump together as the sun set. Our journey continues…
10/10 game would totally poo with the dev’s

i like the game but please make npc prisons as well, it would be cool to see that in the game, you see npcs with different eras of tech and factions of primitives, dark ages, and modern where you could find camps around the map like the primitive could mainly be found in more of the wooded areas and the dark ages and modern factions could be found at some small towns. Npcs would make single player so much interesting

its been 7 years and still no full release.

at this point im convinced it wont come and its a shame since we cant even host our own servers. Im not going to pay a sub for something other games let me do for free so i patiently waited and now this game is becoming outdated to the point theres no one to host for. Everyone i know has moved on and forgotten this game.

. Whats worse is that by taking so long they showed they only cared about the money when it came to servers since im sure they get a cut.

And it truly sucks as i know legions of gamers who would have happily stayed by the game if they had at least a community server up. But no. They only ever gave the server files to companies for us to pay for, with zero free options

i heard they mentioned 2nd quarter 2025 would be full release but i wouldnt hold my breath on them releasing server file along with it

The game is extremely fun once you get to know how to play it, but it's very boring at the beginning when you are trying to figure out how to survive. Don't give up, just keep trying and once you get a car, it's a different game lol.

fun game to play When You First get hang of how the game works holy F**** the game is geting fun whell have 800hrs om my main so this game is always fun play this game on my 95 inch tv in my living room on this acc loving it

This game is not Shit or Scum-y. Its actually really good somehow fun to run around by yourself in SP, but if you want to play with friends its easier than DayZ given that you get actually get a map to go off of (the big red dot is you btw i hope that at least Some of you hater edge-lords understand how to read a map lol).

Nitrado is prolly best if you wanna host a server yourself.
Isn't really hard in the grand scheme of things.
Pvp is straight forward and rewarding yet still difficult and it can be rewarding to not KoS at times as well.
Strong active player-base.
Admin commands(cheats) in the chat when you play SP

Overall a good game, despite what people who font care to get over the learning curve say about its difficulty.
I have 49 hours as of now and haven't experienced a single bug yet so its already been better than what ive had in dayz (i have nearly 9k hours on DayZ) so this is worth your money.

Only complaint is for the lack of military clothing (and vests) variety there's only one set but 9 or 10 color variations some are not even usable given that they're for more arid environments which this map doesn't have.

If you like Day Z or Rust but want better graphics, then this is your game.

If you're new to the game, there are servers available to get your feet wet with many helpful people who can teach/help you along your way. The most helpful server I've found for those in the US is "Cobblestone;" an English only server with very active admins, and a very helpful community.

The map is pretty damn big, and while the intention was initially for it to be x4 the size it currently is, it's still plenty big enough. There are several different biomes, from marshland, to snow-capped mountains(like the Italian Alps), plains, and dry climates(akin to Sicily).

In a nutshell, everything that would apply to surviving in the real world applied in this game. You have to stay hydrated, and you have to eat healthy foods; food can be grown, fresh water sources can be used to refill bottles. You have to wear appropriate clothing for the climate you're in, or face hypo/hyperthermia. Weapons and clothing degrade with use, and player-built structures can fall into disrepair. If attacked and your clothing is dirty, you can get an infection necessitating antibiotics, and if injured, you will likely need painkillers.

Overall, it's easy to get lost in this game, and I mean that both in a literal sense as well as a metaphorical sense. This game is stunningly pretty, and can be stunningly overwhelming at times. Once you get into a groove understanding the gameplay, everything really does fall into place. Dont be put off by initial struggles, everyone struggles when they first parachute in(be sure to press F to deploy your 'chute!). This game is 100% worth it, and you definitely get out of it what you put in!

I have watched people play this game since 0.74, it is such a realistic and extremely immersive game. I have never found a game like this with so much realism, detail and work put into the scenery, art and item looks/uses. What makes it even more EPIC is how well the devs made certain facilities on the map just like real life facilities that can be found around Croatia from cold war era. I CAN'T wait till 1.0 comes out and see how this game continues to progress and grow.

If you don't live close to the servers PVP and lock-picking are basically impossible to do, this wouldn't be much of an issue if they let you host your own.

Since this is a Early access game be ready to lose you character skills that you spend hours leveling up, the developers could add a setting to solve this and yet they haven't not even for single player, seems like the DLCs take priority here.

Speaking of DLC, if you want a watch to know the in game time you have to pay real money for that, is not a game changing mechanic or something to give you an advantage but the idea of putting such a trivial item behind a paywall is bizarre to say the least, you can find a Geiger Counter but god forbid if you can tell if it's 3:00pm or 4:00pm.

You can't zoom in on the map, you have to go to a website to do that... let that sink in.

You can go from 3rd person to ADS with almost any weapon expect for bows, for those you first have to go in first person mode then ADS, shoot and then press the first person key to get back to 3rd person, this is more of a personal gripe but still, i'm not a fan of this decision (keep in mind I haven't play this game for a while and this may have changed now, I also feel like I don't remember the exact way it worked but I do remember it being unnecessarily obtuse)

The wiki for this game barely gets updated because of the small community compared to other survival games so good luck troubleshooting something, or finding specific info about an item or mechanic.

Final thoughts:

The game works okay for what it is, and if this is your first survival game you may want to give it a try and even enjoy it, that was my case but eventually I realized how little sandbox customization this game has, for that you are better of playing Dayz or whatever, they have a workshop and this game doesn't. The sad truth is that, by the time this game manages to implement whatever mechanics they plan to add some other game would probably have made something better.

The people who enjoy this game are probably the ones playing with friends and maybe if that is your case you will find it fun otherwise the single player experience is very meh.

"Fun with friends is bull**** praise. That just means you like your friends. Plenty of horrible things in this world are fun with friends. Like bad movies, or pissing on a sleeping cat" - Yahtzee Croshaw

Still.. Beyond too laggy. This game will for ever stay in early access too. Quite sad

As a multi-thousand hour player of DayZ and Rust, and an avid high hour player of Tarkov, this game is amazing. I'm 250 hours into SCUM. To me its a combination of all 3 (Open world pace of DayZ, Base-building of Rust & realism / milsim of Tarkov.

Truly an amazing open world game, can't wait for 1.0 release.

7 years in early access and they are selling multiple DLC's instead of focusing on finishing the game for full release....... Refusing to listen to player base wanting modding to be allowed, their response "wait till after full release". 7 Years and still one of the clunkiest crafting interfaces in any survival game. Instead of fixing the crafting UI to be quick and intuitive, the devs added a pop up tutorial bot to lead you through the tedious path of clicks to check materials required and craft one thing (all while you are standing there waiting to get attacked).......No hotkeys to jump straight to crafting or medical screen. Have to open inventory and then click tabs.

Tutorial manual section only shows one topic at a time and you dont get to choose the topic, if you want to know how to do something, you have to play through all of the in-game tutorials one at a time to eventually get to the topic you want. Again, while waiting to get attacked. Which forces you to use the wiki, and when a game does that, it is designed badly. Save yourself the frustration.

No option to host a game locally with a friend. You are forced to rent a server or get on a public server.

"No Items Found!"

No more program files found in my pc after 25 hours of gameplay. I tried it. gave it the college try and it just does not compete with other horror survival games out there. I was on 7 days to die prior to this and will go right back.

Game has potential but it shows that this was half baked at launch and the devs soon gave up after. Bugged out my 4060 multiple times, False positives on my norton, and just isnt that exciting.

The struggle bus is long and hard for awhile, where theres nothing wrong with that. but there is no content. whole blocks of buildings with literally nothing in them where your forced to loot endlessly. Some might light that, but i dont. makes it feel like there is literally no content or anything to do. Base building was subpar and lacks any kind of feel.

This was a half cooked idea of going after Rust's money and they gave up on this money pump. not worth it.

very good game, must have for every survival liking person, one issue: it might lag on lower output PCs but it's brearable. Defenetly reccommend it but might be a hard game

SCUM is a decent game, but I would NOT recommend it. It is extremely intricate and hella easy to miss things like infections and bleeding wounds that leave you collapsing from injury, ilness, starvation, etc etc and you have no idea why. Worse, extremely basic things like how do you find food and treat injuries are NOT explained. Be prepared to spend a lot of time online looking up things. Another thing, your base camp, and storage containers, are mechanics which are (again) NOT explained. Should you die it is NOT a full wipe, but you loose all your gear you are currently carrying. If you are in single player mode, or on your own private server you can use admin commands to restore your gear if you choose to do so, but not in multiplayer mode.

Honestly not worth it, game is filled with bugs even after 8 years of development.
trough the 31 hours of play time I died three times to bugs and glitches such as falling trough the map and completely lost my progress, just get DayZ or something else.

Excellent jeux! de survie pvpve tres complet et probablement en constante evolution pour le mieux j'imagine
pas beaucoup de bug pour le moment de mon coter bref je le recommande

I have fond memories of this game. I think about reinstalling it multiple times a week. Planting land mines and pipe bombs in police stations, the amazing crafting system, making sure that you maintain a balanced diet and potassium levels, ah the joy and smiles this gem has brought me.

And then I remember that in 7 years only 3.3% of all players have been able to survive 32 days on the island and reality comes rushing back.

the game is good.
i like the old version more becaused we can fully costumized our character height and body.
this game need something to make the world more colorfull.
so one day i hope you will add :

1. face fully costumized, like adjust eye height, adjust jaw or chin
2. adjustable height
3. custom fat and muscle %
4. add more animal in the world and also zombie
5. add NPC human (good person and some bad person)
6. add more zombies (we can set on server setting but it confusing)
7. add controller support PS4/5 and xbox one/series (i prefer play with controller than keyboard)
8. add more vehicle that we can drive and not damaged
9. add more fish like shark, whale and other sea monster
10. add more hairstyle, eybrow color and more clothes

if u guys said better play online if i wanna play with human than why should i played this game? just play RUST instead.
i just want game that same as RUST but the human is NPC and we can play offline enjoy the game.
im not a kid anymore, i have job to do, i dont have the power to compete with real person in game anymore, i just wanna chill and enjoy my game after work.

i hope you (developer) saw my comment.

The puppet spawning makes this pretty much unplayable. This used to be a very immersive game. Now it's just a random zombie shooter. No way to be tactical and methodical. You just shoot zombies and 30 seconds later more appear out of thin air. I hope they fix this soon as I think it could be something really great.

.96 almost full release and vehicles still fall through the map, vehicles still get stuck IN guard rails, puppets lag through walls. come on yo.... no way this is even close to being 1.0

Devs refuse to listen to their community and fix the same problems the game has had for years. Continue to add worthless stuff no one asks for. When you gonna realize your game has already failed.... Don't waste ur money.

SCUM isn’t just about surviving zombies — it’s about surviving the bugs too.

After spending over 1000 hours in the game, I can say this is not your average survival shooter. It’s brutal, detailed, and unforgiving at times. You need to manage everything.

Great server communities, especially in private servers.

Not for casual players this game is recommended for the Gods of Unemployment.
If you love survival games like Rust, DayZ, or Project Zomboid, SCUM is one of the best out there. It’s intense, rewarding, and makes every little victory feel like a big deal.

9/10 for survival lovers
5/10 for casual players

The mechanics of this game offers a more real world experience realism. Like managing your metabolism, getting hot, cold, tired, thirsty etc. More than any game I've seen. If you love open world survival and you're prepared to grind the game putting the hours in. You're in for a treat. What a game!