About Scum
Scum aims to evolve the multiplayer open world survival game with unprecedented levels of character customization, control and progression, where knowledge and skills are the ultimate weapons for long-term survival. Combining the methodical planning and management of hardcore survival with optional PvP ‘network events’ available to everyone at anytime, SCUM strikes a unique balance between complex simulation and intense action in the next generation of survival game.
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SCUM Hotfix 1.3.5.2.172724+172352 Targets Vehicle, Train, and Quest Bugs
SCUM’s Hotfix 1.3.5.2.172724+172352 targets several smaller problems, including vehicle collisions that ignored server damage settings, a missing train seat prompt,…
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SCUM’s Halloween Update Is Live With a Catacomb Quest and Completed Server Merges
SCUM’s Halloween update, version 1.3.5.0.172191, is live on Oct. 28, bringing a limited-time catacomb quest, new rewards and fixes for…
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SCUM’s Oct. 28 Update Will Merge Servers and Partially Wipe Official Worlds
SCUM’s Halloween update will arrive Wednesday, October 28, alongside a partial wipe across all official servers and merges affecting selected…
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SCUM Hotfix 1.3.4.2.161892 Fixes Radioactive Carp Uranium Exploit
SCUM hotfix 1.3.4.2.161892 fixes a bug that let players earn far more money than intended by processing Radioactive Carp. The…
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SCUM Hotfix 1.3.4.1.161318 Fixes Performance Hitches and a Fishing Exploit
SCUM hotfix 1.3.4.1.161318 addresses performance hitches and frame-rate drops triggered by field-of-view changes, including when players aim down sights. The…
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SCUM’s October Update Adds Fishing Quests and Opens Apex Deathmatches
SCUM update 1.3.4.0.160241 is live, adding Fishing Quests, a leaderboard for the biggest catches, and Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch events…
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SCUM Hotfix 1.3.3.4 Reapplies Quest Progress Fix for Some Players
SCUM Hotfix 1.3.3.4.149664 addresses a quest progress problem that survived the previous hotfix. Some players continued to have trouble loading…
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SCUM Hotfix 1.3.3.3 Fixes Quest Progress Loading
SCUM hotfix 1.3.3.3.148720 fixes a quest progress bug introduced by the previous hotfix. Existing progress was not lost or reverted,…
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SCUM Hotfix 1.3.3.2.148381 Fixes Server Access and TEC1 Loot Problems
SCUM Hotfix 1.3.3.2.148381 is now available with another round of fixes for the August update. The patch addresses crashes, a…
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SCUM Announces Hotfix 1.3.3.1.145413 for Crashes and Apex Hunt Bugs
SCUM‘s announced Hotfix 1.3.3.1.145413 focuses on problems tied to the August update, including crashes, broken Apex Hunt progress, faulty TEC1…
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SCUM’s August Update Is Live With Underground Facilities and Mutant Bears
SCUM‘s Into the Wild August Update is live, adding underground TEC1 Research Facilities, mutant bears, new Master Hunter quests, and…
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Scum
Developed by Gamepires
Scum aims to evolve the multiplayer open world survival game with unprecedented levels of character customization, control and progression, where knowledge and skills are the ultimate weapons for long-term survival. Combining the methodical planning and management of hardcore survival with optional PvP ‘network events’ available to everyone at anytime, SCUM strikes a unique balance between complex simulation and intense action in the next generation of survival game.
- Genre Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
- Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Perspective First person, Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release June 17, 2025
- Publisher Jagex, Devolver Digital