Scavland Release Date: Early Access Is Now Live

When did Scavland come out?

Scavland launched into Steam Early Access on September 4, 2026. The official “SCAVLAND IS OUT NOW!” announcement went out at 17:02 UTC on launch day, and Steam’s community hub for the game now carries the “now available in Early Access” banner — after six years of development, the gates to Zalesye are open, with the settlement of Rhos as the starting point.

Scavland — Early Access Available Now — YouTube

Scavland — Early Access Available Now

If you saw a different date before launch: Steam displayed the unlock moment in your local timezone, so some regions showed September 5 — both dates referred to the same global unlock. Early Access begins with Act I of three planned story acts; see the Early Access guide for the full roadmap and the update tracker for launch-day news and every patch that follows.

How much interest was there in the launch?

Demand grew quickly through the final weeks and carried into launch day:

The team behind it grew from 3 to roughly 15 people over those six years, and the launch build delivers a rebuilt world roughly three times larger than the demo — details in the Zalesye world map guide.

What are Scavland’s system requirements?

Still light by modern standards — the official Steam page lists these minimum specifications:

The recommended section was still empty at our September 3 store-page check (it listed only a 64-bit OS line). The September 9 re-check retrieved a full recommended listing for the first time: it matches the minimum in every component except RAM, which rises to 12 GB. The minimum itself moved too — the September 3 listing asked for 4 GB of RAM and 1 GB of storage, so third-party writeups still quoting those numbers reflect the pre-launch listing. In practice, essentially any 64-bit PC from the last decade with 8 GB of RAM and a dedicated GPU clears the minimum.

What does Scavland cost?

As of October 17, 2026: $19.99 on Steam — the 10% launch discount remains ended (Steam’s store API showed the full price again on October 17; the discount was still live on September 15, had brought the launch price to $17.99, and was gone by September 21). The developers have committed to keeping the price the same from Early Access through full release (seasonal discounts aside), so buying during Early Access funds development without costing more or less than waiting. Early Access itself is expected to run 12–24 months.

What platforms and languages are supported?

Scavland is a PC game on Steam with full controller support and Steam Deck compatibility — the developers specifically redesigned inventory, looting, combat, interactions, and menus to feel natural however you choose to play. At launch the Steam page listed 10 languages for interface and subtitles: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Portuguese-Brazilian, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), and Spanish (Latin America) — and a store-page check on October 17, 2026 still showed exactly those ten plus Simplified Chinese.

Simplified Chinese is in the game since September 9, 2026 — as an early version, not the final one. It was incorrectly listed as supported at release; the developers removed it with an apology in the September 5 Day One Patch announcement, and Update 0.6.0 then added an early Chinese localization to the language list so Chinese players would not have to keep waiting. The developers explicitly note it is not their final or official translation — the professional localization is still in progress and will replace and improve the early version. The “more languages promised over the coming weeks” line started coming true on October 17, 2026, when Update 0.8.0 added Polish, Turkish, and Korean as official localizations (“Scavland is now localized in all three”) — fourteen languages by the announcements’ count, even before the store page catches up. Patch announcements are indexed in the update tracker.

Where do I play it?

Scavland is available now on Steam. For what to do in your first hours, see the beginner guide; for the systems you’ll meet, the factions and reputation guide. Torn between this and a certain extraction shooter? The Zero Sievert comparison sticks to official sources.