Scanner Sombre is an adventure developed by Introversion Software, released 26 April 2017 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.
What Scanner Sombre is
Scanner Sombre is an adventure game developed by Introversion Software and released in 2017. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Regaining consciousness you smell the damp. Opening your eyes you see the stone walls of the chamber flickering by the light of the fire; you stumble to your feet and kick a helmet clattering across the floor. Slowly the ache in your head begins to subside and you notice the beginnings of a passage. After a few steps the darkness consumes you. Returning to the safely of the fire you see a LIDAR scanner on the floor - a trigger press results in a faint glow coming from inside the helmet. You put the helmet on, adjust the beam-width and proceed into the abyss….
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Scanner Sombre holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM and Radeon HD 2000/GeForce 8. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.
What it launched against
Scanner Sombre launched on 26 April 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Scanner Sombre yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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