SCHiM is an adventure developed by Ewoud van der Werf, released 18 July 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What SCHiM is
SCHiM is an adventure game developed by Ewoud van der Werf and released in 2024. It was published by Extra Nice. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A schim is the soul and spirit of an object, thing, or living being. Everything in the world has one. A schim should NEVER be separated from their thing! This does happen to your schim, this schim who is attached to a human being is separated from him early on in the game. Can you get back to him before it's too late?
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
SCHiM holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
SCHiM launched on 18 July 2024, within three weeks of Nobody Wants to Die, Thank Goodness You're Here!, Once Human and Cat Quest III. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Nobody Wants to Die, Thank Goodness You're Here!, Once Human, Cat Quest III.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for SCHiM yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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