Worth it for the right player.
At $16.45. It has been as low as $8.22.
- Story and characters: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 331 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 174 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
It also offers a little heartfelt story of trying to reunite with your human's shadow as well.
I know every game gets cheaper over time, but a four-hour game with minimal replayability and a mildly repetitive experience doesn’t feel to me like it justifies $25.
After making a strong immediate impression on me, SCHiM’s minimalistic visuals never evolved beyond portraying simple albeit charming slices of life.
The same could be said for the game’s calming, chill lo-fi soundtrack and gentle sound design—nothing here grabbed my attention, in part by design.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $16.45. The lowest we've tracked is $8.22.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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