Scrutinized

Scrutinized

Reflect Studios · August 5, 2020 · Simulation, Horror, Detective, Survival, Hacking

Buy Scrutinized from Steam at $9.99 — the cheapest of 2 stores we compare. The cheapest Scrutinized key from a keyshop is $13.94 at CJS CD Keys.

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Very Positive89% · 1,3932playing now
Best price
$9.99
lowest tracked $2.99
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Where to buy Scrutinized — official stores

Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$9.99
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Cheapest Scrutinized keys — keyshops

Keyshops are third-party marketplaces — keys are resold and can be region-locked or a different edition. Check the listing's region & edition before buying.

CJS CD Keys
CJS CD Keys
Standard Edition · Steam
$13.94
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Scrutinized price by region

Scrutinized costs $6.29 in Georgia (USD), £8.50 in the United Kingdom, €9.75 in Europe (EUR), $9.99 in the United States, CA$12.99 in Canada, A$14.50 in Australia, NZ$14.75 in New Zealand, R$32.99 in Brazil and zł45.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Scrutinized offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $6.29 $6.29 $13.94 2
United Kingdom £8.50 £8.50 £10.55 2
Europe (EUR) €9.75 €9.75 — 1
United Statesyour region $9.99 $9.99 $13.94 2
Canada CA$12.99 CA$12.99 — 1
Australia A$14.50 A$14.50 — 1
New Zealand NZ$14.75 NZ$14.75 — 1
Brazil R$32.99 R$32.99 — 1
Poland zł45.99 zł45.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Scrutinized

✦ AI summary

Play as a criminal analyst reviewing suspect files on your home computer while keeping killers from breaching your house over ten nights. It uniquely blends investigative puzzle-solving with survival horror, letting you toggle jump scares and difficulty to match your comfort level.

Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.

Scrutinized — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Scrutinized features engaging hacking minigames and atmospheric horror that some players find genuinely frightening, but the core phone-hacking mechanic suffers from frustrating design issues including overly tight time limits, imprecise controls that make it easy to overshoot target positions, and severe accessibility problems that lock out players with processing disorders or hearing difficulties. Players' experiences vary widely from finding the game genuinely scary and enjoyable to finding it borderline unplayable due to these design and accessibility barriers.

Not recommended Aug 31, 2026
What can you do in 80 seconds? The best sprinters in the world run 100m in about 10 seconds. How many shopping lists can you write, how many trips to the toilet can you make? The meat and potatoes of Scrutinized is the phone hacking, which involves a crappy minigame where you have to move at least one button along a line until you hear a "ping!". Not intellectually exhilarating, but so far so good. The big problem is that this typically runs on a very, very short timer. The small problem is that, as you rush (and you -have- to rush) to find the correct position(s), it is very easy to go beyond that position. So you backtrack, but often, it is hard to pinpoint it, forcing you to fumble around... and waste even more time. The critical, unforgivable problem is that any failure is punished by an 80 second cooldown before another attempt can be made. As I mentioned before, that hacking element is critical to your investigation. 80 seconds is typically enough to explore the other elements, so you end up waiting. A. LOT. To add insult to injury, for no other reason than to piss off the player, each night of investigation is itself a race against the clock. Since you're fed only one prof…
3 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 11, 2026
i really really like this game, tanner is my fave characetr ever
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 28, 2026
can't copy paste making the game impossible
Not recommended Sep 11, 2026
i may have to refund this game all because i am not understanding how to use rootkit and listen to the sounds to crack the system. i have a processing disorder an i am just struggling with it. i can't play the game to earn coins and insta crack since major evidence is i nacessible. can the dev please make it any easier or have the in game option to remove it?
Recommended Aug 31, 2026
spooky
Recommended Aug 26, 2026
One of the scariest games ive played!

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