PC Critic Reviews

Scorn is a special experience for anybody looking to have their expectations subverted for what a good horror game can be. It is a gory, surreal, provocative dive into difficult or even taboo topics, and is wonderfully crafted, and near perfectly optimized. The game’s themes and visuals are challenging and extremely mature, but executed with great subtlety. The game is a technical marvel and concise as any horror game should be, so as to not overstay its welcome.

Full of body horror and psychotically twisted imagery, players will have a variety of reactions to Scorn, but they are unlikely to be bored. While the game's world building and puzzle design are top-notch, the combat and a punitive checkpoint system may turn some players off.

Scorn is an author's game. An imperfect work of art indeed, but if the dull fighting gameplay doesn't set you off, the game will leave its mark on you, way after you turn the machine off.

Scorn is a feast for the eyes, a buffet for the mind but not for those of a weak stomach. It satisfies the morbid and the curious with its odd forms and sombre tapestries.

Scorn is a filthy game, especially thanks to the sick design that you both loathe and respect at the same time. It contains unique puzzles, an atmosphere that will give you the creeps and it might even make you nauseous, even after adjusting the video settings to your liking.

If you are into extreme horror, you should really try Scorn. If you are absolutely terrified of visions of flesh and gore, you should even more consider giving Ebb Software's video game a chance: you may be amazed by your own reactions. One cannot remain indifferent to the work of the Serbian studio: a radical product, which walks with its head held high in a world in which you try spasmodically to please everyone, only to discover that it has not really fascinated anyone.

Scorn is a beautiful game with a sophisticated setting. On the other hand, the narrative feels slow but intuitive in terms of history and exploration. However, in its genre, it will be one of the most detailed and horrific installments of 2022 that survival horror or adventure fans need to play.

Inspired by the works of Giger and Beksiński, Scorn is a visual masterpiece that will leave you uneasy, feeling defiled, possibly horrified. And worst of all – it will probably make you brood over uncomfortable things. It’s simply not a game everyone will enjoy. It will discourage some by exceeding the limits of good taste. Others will be too goal-oriented to take in the atmosphere, intellectually engaged in solving puzzles so much they’ll miss their consequences, too excited by encountering enemies to notice their weapons have an umbilical cord. But I’m sure some will appreciate Ebb Software’s captivating creation deeply.

Scorn is a unique and high-quality video game horror that doesn't try to jump-scare you in the first place, but builds an exciting atmosphere that you'll love to dive into again and again.

The constant suffering of our lives, the idea that there is something far worse than death itself, the prospects of a miserable life of pain and useful only for purposes not ours: Scorn is a modern decadent work that uses horror to higher purposes, to tell with silence what we are destined to be from our birth and what we will never be able to understand, while we enjoy our petty illusions that crumble in the face of the merciless reality that is ready to invest in any instant.