SCP: Control Error
Short description
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.
- Developer
- Chieftain Artworks
- Publisher
- Goonswarm Games
- Release
- Fri, May 30, 2025
- Price
- $2.99
- Reviews
- 25
- Positive
- 52%
- Followers
- 136
- Owners (estimated)
- 50K – 100K
- Concurrent players
- 1
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Simulation
- Features
- Full controller support, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by the $2.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
2 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
Lowest recorded price: $2.99 on Aug 1, 2026. That is the current price.
Similar games that found an audience
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Moving Houses | Gordon Little 5 titles | 4 | − 1980s − Controller + Horror + Surreal | $13.99 | 232 | 73% | Tue, Oct 01, 2024 | $124k $55k – $220k |
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The Exit 8 | KOTAKE CREATE 3 titles | 3 | − Simulation − 1980s − Controller + Walking Simulator + Horror + Puzzle | $3.99 | 11,100 | 93% | Wed, Nov 29, 2023 | $2m $886k – $2m |
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POOLS | Tensori first game | 3 | − Simulation − 1980s − Controller + Walking Simulator + Atmospheric + Realistic | $9.79 | 6,354 | 95% | Fri, Apr 26, 2024 | $2m $1.2m – $2m |
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September 7th | EMIKA_GAMES 11 titles | 3 | − Simulation − 1980s − Controller + Horror + Walking Simulator + 3D Platformer | $6.99 | 2,713 | 88% | Fri, Jan 06, 2023 | $709k $581k – $1.2m |
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Dollmare | Alex Grade 2 titles +2 | 3 | − 1980s − Exploration − Controller + Horror + 3D + Supernatural | $4.99 | 2,018 | 94% | Thu, Oct 24, 2024 | $408k $225k – $449k |
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