SCUM 1.0 Full Launch is Here

SCUM is developed by Gamepires which is an independent game development studio located in Zagreb, Croatia. They launched their first early access version back in August 29, 2018 and sold over 250,000 game copies within its first 24 hours, reaching over one million sales within three weeks. With deep survival mechanisms, detailed character customizations, realistic game physics and breath-taking graphics, it gained its popularity among players. They released several game patches between 2018-2025 time period with two major patches:

Patch 0.95 “The Horde” – Released on December 14, 2023
Patch 0.96 “Fame Seekers” – Released on November 28, 2024

After seven years of development, SCUM 1.0 officially launches on June 17, 2025 and will be available for download on Steam.

Survival as Its Core

Let me talk about this game briefly. As this game has a metabolism system, players always have to keep their eyes on the numbers and graphs. Getting sick might be the worst situation in this game cause if you are not properly get cured that could lead player to death.

There are some radio-active places where you need proper outfits in-order to get rid of radiation while exploring.

A Hazmat Suit – An outfit that Most effective protection against radiation.
A Gas Mask – Provides partial protection but useful against airborne toxins and low-level radiation.

‘Potassium Iodide Pills’ helps to prevent radiation but in case of emergency imagine you don’t have them in your inventory, you can drink clean water and fill your stomach with at least 90% capacity that will helps eliminating internal radiation level. Meidcal Supplies can be found by scavenging or by crafting. There are lot of abandoned cities out there so you can loot items, food, medicine etc. and bring them into your base. Gather basic stuff like food, clothes, medicine much as possible cause that’s the main key point of surviving.

High Risk But High Reward Loot Zones

Places marked with red where rich in valuable loot, these areas are like high-security military facilities that guarded by mech-robots. Places like Z1 (Abandoned Railway Hub), Z2, B2 (Abandoned Airport Area), C3 (Huge City Area), Z3 (Underground Facilities) are good if your are looking weapons like Assault Rifles (AKs, M16s), ammo, military clothing, scopes, backpacks, armor, medical supplies etc. Imagine If you are targeted by these mechs, they will chase and shoot you so instantly hide inside bushes, concrete barricades, containers, then they won’t be able to see you. Mechs detect you by sound and sight so crouch-walking or crawling may helps. Press ‘C’ for Crouch or ‘X’ for go prone (you can hold ‘CTRL’ and Mouse Wheel to adjust the Crouch Height). You need better weapons for fight against them so best option is to avoid them.

What’s Next: 2025 Roadmap

According to SCUM 2025 Roadmap, Here’s what’s coming:

Q2 Update

Island rework
Armed NPCs
Server Files
Tutorial Improvements
Custom quests
Massive Optimizations and Bug Fixes & more

Q3 Update

New Diseases
NPC upgrades
Armor rework
New Quests & more

Q4 Update

Wild Hunter NPCs
Inventory rework
New weapons & items

So as they Clearly mentioned about Armed NPCs and Wild Hunter NPCs, we can expect upcoming final release would be more challenging but more interesting, immersive post-apocalyptic vibe.

Base Building & Protection

Establishing a strong base is essential. Upgrade elements like walls, doors, and foundations to higher tiers to make them harder to raid. The game offers several base security features to help protect your assets from other players.

Vehicles, Fuel & Currency

SCUM now features a wide range of vehicles:

Cars – WolfsWagon, Laika
Boats – Barba
Pick-Up Truck – Rager
Bikes – Dirt, City, Mountain
Aircraft – Kinglet Duster
Wheelbarrow – A fun addition!

To Use some vehicles, you may need to Assemble Parts, add Batteries & Fuel.

Fuel Stations are located in map near A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C3, D1, and D3. Using a gas station requires a bank card, which you can create at any Trader Zone (green-circled areas on the map). You’ll need SCUM currency, earned by selling loot to traders.In order use fuel stations you need to have a bank card. If you don’t have one, you can create from any bank facility on Trader Zones/Merchants (Green Circled on Map) and deposit SCUM Currency to your card. For SCUM currency you can get them by selling your loot with trader.

As a SCUM player since 2018, I’m genuinely excited for this milestone. SCUM 1.0 will be a new beginning for this game. With expanded content, refined mechanics, it’s time to gear up and write your own story of survival !.

SCUM 1.0 releases on June 17, 2025 — see you on the island !