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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 is a simulation, horror and detective game developed and published by Reflect Studios.
Released on August 05th 2020 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 1,164 reviews of which 1,038 were positive and 126 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: 2.4 GHz or Better
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 5 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Game is optimized in 1080p, GPU must have 3 GB VRam

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March 2025
I got this game for a few reasons, #1: I love well done home invasion games (of which there are very few), and Reflect Studios makes the best ones. #2: The game's gameplay loop is much more interesting than Welcome to the Game 2, Reflect Studio's best game, and I really enjoy solving the cases and compiling the evidence while defending my house. However, there are some negatives I would like to touch on. This game cannot be beaten on normal mode without a guide on the cases or a ton of prior knowledge on the cases. I really dislike that. Tanner is so aggressive, the Kidnapper is so aggressive, and things are always getting in your way when you're really trying to think about the cases. I hate how Tanner sometimes plays his audio cue a bit after spawning, so that it's way too late when you hear the grass crunching and you go into the cameras, especially when he gives you barely any time to catch him when he spawns between the fence corner on the first camera (You'll know what I'm talking about when you die to it the first of many times). The Kidnapper is also too aggressive on the later nights, and there is a bug where the Kidnapper instakills you at the start of the night very frequently, if he gets opportunity:spawn=True and window:open=True. Thankfully I downloaded Insym's patch so that this doesn't happen, but yeah, what a terrible bug. I've only beaten Normal mode in this game twice ever, whereas I've beaten Welcome to the Game 2 on Normal mode about 12-14 times and 1337 once. There's a reason for that. Welcome to the Game 2 is more fun, more atmospheric, and you have much more time to settle in before you get attacked by killers. Here, they are rampant. This game is overall good, but it's got some stinging issues that need to be addressed. Overall a good game, but fairly flawed. B 7.25/10
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Jan. 2025
I have played this game for only an hour and I was too scared to continue. The game is 100% worth the price if you are looking for a horror game with unsuspecting jumpscares.
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Oct. 2024
I mainly play Detective Mode because I'm not good at managing spooks lol, I just like investigating. I love all the unique character files though. Not for this game but as a side note I'd love to see Adam tackle a management sim a la Lobotomy Corporation in the future, it'd be really cool :)
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Oct. 2024
Scrutinized has a fantastic gameplay loop. It may not seem like much, but reading all of the interesting reports and finding evidence is very fun to do. That combined with getting up from the chair because of a noise, or to check the windows and lights all makes for a very thrilling experience. The jumpscares are also so well done. There aren't that many and I've seen them all countless times at this point, but they get me good every time. And to top it all off, there is a lot of replay value. So many different reports to analyze, upgrades, and a variety of gameplay difficulties. Analyzing creepy reports while trying to avoid home invasion makes for an amazing indie horror experience.
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Aug. 2024
I played Detective mode first, I didnt want the white men to jump me. In depth game play and detective reasoning skills.
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Scrutinized
8.5
1,038
126
Online players
5
Developer
Reflect Studios
Publisher
Reflect Studios
Release 05 Aug 2020
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