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Game details

  • Description Brutal open-world survival emphasizing a hyper-detailed metabolism, weapon maintenance, and inventory systems that force realistic choices as you scavenge, craft, and PvP across a huge island with deep character progression and customization.
  • Genre Open World Survival Craft, Open World, Survival, Massively Multiplayer, Nudity, Zombies
  • Developer Gamepires
  • Publisher Gamepires
  • Release Date Jun 17, 2025

Latest updates

Hotfix - 1.3.2.1.135487

Hey there prisoners! Hot on the heels of the July Update, we’re releasing a hotfix for the most pressing issues you’ve encountered out in the wild. You can view the full list of resolved issues and adjustments below.

Performance & Crashes
  • Fixed a server crash that could occur if a client closed the game immediately after initiating a connection. ...

INTO THE WILD - July Update | 1.3.2.0.134527

Hey Prisoners, The July Into the Wild update is now live! This month introduces a completely new tutorial experience inside the TEC1 Conditioning Facility, mutant deer, boar and wolves, and the Master Hunter, who arrives with new tiers of tougher quests and exclusive rewards. The update also includes reworked Island tutorials, animal behaviour improvements, official servers supporting up to 80 players, new quality-of-life features, fixes, balancing, and more changes based on player feedback. **Into...

Hotfix - 1.3.1.1.128880

Hey there prisoners! Hot on the heels of the June update, we’re releasing a hotfix for the most pressing issues you’ve encountered out in the wild. You can view the full list of resolved issues and adjustments below. Server Setting Changes

  • Increased the maximum number of flags per person to 100.
  • Reduced the number of animals in the world by modifying the following settings:
  • scum.AnimalGlobalDensityMultiplier = 1.000000 -> 0.500000
  • scum.MaxNonVirtualAnimalsInWorld = 800 -> 500 ...

INTO THE WILD - June Update | 1.3.1.0.125621

Hey Prisoners, Free-roaming land animals are back! June’s Into the Wild update returns wildlife to the Island, along with a limited-time SCUM 1.0 Anniversary quest, trophy fish wall mounts, improvised cooking recipes, customizable tombstones, new custom server settings, fixes, and more improvements based on player feedback. Watch the Free-Roaming Animals Dev Diary ...

Hotfix - 1.3.0.2.119181

Hey there prisoners! We have another hotfix incoming featuring some very welcome quality of life improvements and bugfixes so make sure to check out what we have in store for you! Performance and bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where performance would drop and disconnects could occur when opening chest full of guns with attachments ...

Hotfix - 1.3.0.1.118271

Hey there prisoners! Hot on the heels of the latest update, we’re releasing a hotfix for the most pressing issues you’ve encountered over the past week. You can view the full list of resolved issues and adjustments below. Connectivity & Server Access

  • Fixed an issue where the max lag check was too aggressive, preventing some players from accessing servers.
  • Fixed an issue where SteamID mismatches could cause connectivity issues for players. ...