Head to head

Fear surrounds vs Scum

Fear surrounds

Live

580 – 2k daily

Scum

Live

32k – 110k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2021 · 6 years ago

June 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

580 – 2k

32k – 110k

Estimated players

1.2k3.1%

44.2k4.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Fear surroundsScum

Fear surrounds

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.2k	Up 21%
July 2026	~1k	—

Scum

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~42.9k	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~42.4k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Fear surrounds: 175Down 27%
Scum: 13.1kDown 3.0%

Scum currently has about 75× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Fear surrounds — 13,105 vs 175.

Discord members

Fear surrounds: —
Scum: 68kUp 0.4%

Scum currently has 68,000 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Fear surrounds.

Reddit members

Fear surrounds: —
Scum: 52.8kUp 0.3%

Scum currently has 52,813 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Fear surrounds.

Twitch viewers

Fear surrounds: —
Scum: 411Down 13%

Scum currently has 411 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Fear surrounds.

How these estimates are made

Fear surrounds

Fear surrounds is estimated to have 580 – 2k players a day. Around 210k – 550k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Scum

Scum is estimated to have 32k – 110k players a day. Around 2m – 4m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.