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SCP: Control Error

SCP: CONTROL ERROR is a short psychological horror game where you take part in a live experiment inside a restricted underground facility. The test begins. You're observed.

30 May 2025

SCP: Control Error is an adventure developed by goonswarm, released 30 May 2025 on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What SCP: Control Error is

SCP: Control Error is an adventure game developed by goonswarm and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are Barry Gittings - a man who volunteered for a classified experiment inside the Vortex Complex, a remote underground facility established during the Cold War. You don’t know what’s behind the next door. You don’t know who’s watching. You only know the doors opened, the voice welcomed you, and the test began.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

SCP: Control Error launched on 30 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, The Alters and Elden Ring Nightreign. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Dune: Awakening, The Alters, Elden Ring Nightreign.

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When did SCP: Control Error come out?
SCP: Control Error was released on 30 May 2025 for Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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