Scathe

 PC
Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. God is a Geek
    Aug 31, 2022
    65
    Scathe is a serviceable shooter with a few nice touches, but there's little to set it apart from other Doom-likes.
  2. IGN Italia
    Sep 9, 2022
    63
    Scathe has everything you can expect from a DOOM/DOOM Eternal emulator, but it has several structural flaws that make it a hellish FPS in which you shoot well but you don't have much fun.
  3. GamingBolt
    Sep 8, 2022
    60
    Scathe falls short on every single count, making it feel more like a chore to play than an actual game.
  5. Hooked Gamers
    Sep 6, 2022
    60
    Overall, Scathe is a perfectly adequate shooter. However, it fails in its intended purpose of adequately supporting either a bullet-hell playstyle, or on the flipside, a slow-paced tactically-driven experience. Its current mechanics and balancing make it unclear what demographic the developers are attempting to chase. With a few months of sufficient patching and overhauling, it’s possible that Scathe could transform into one of the best Doom-esque indie FPS games currently on the market. For now, it’s definitely worthy of being added to one's wishlist. Whether it's worth purchasing outright, however, is a question worthy of far more doubt.
  6. PC Invasion
    Aug 31, 2022
    60
    You're trapped in a maze-like Hell in Scathe, but while the shooting is solid, the rest of the game may put you into a haze.
  7. Multiplayer.it
    Sep 7, 2022
    50
    Scathe is not a total disaster, but it simply has too many flaws to pass enough and become really interesting.

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. Spikeztraps
    Sep 7, 2022
    10
    The game looks lit.
    It's one of the smoothest FPS games I have ever seen. I have a good, really decent amount of FPS.
    It's a fantastic    The game looks lit.
    It's one of the smoothest FPS games I have ever seen. I have a good, really decent amount of FPS.

    It's a fantastic game would recommend it.    … Full Review »
  2. Jt0429
    Sep 1, 2022
    6
    Good-
    Movement feels good; Clever ideas of mixing genres.
    Bad- Visually a mess; Progression is too slow; None of the clever ideas feel    Good-
    Movement feels good; Clever ideas of mixing genres.

    Bad-
    Visually a mess; Progression is too slow; None of the clever ideas feel fully-realized.

    Thoughts-
    By no means is Scathe a terrible game; it certainly has some clever ideas and genre-melding ambitions that I can appreciate. Unfortunately, it also falls just slightly short on every single count, making it feel more like a chore to play than an actual game. I certainly hope that Damage State can improve on the game as it goes on, because somewhere underneath the messy visuals and tiring progression system is a game that’s bound to be incredibly fun. I just hope that this game can make it out of the ashes of Scathe unscathed.    … Full Review »
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