Scarecrow: 90s Crime Story Launches on Steam on November 12: A 20 Percent Launch Discount for Two Weeks and Almost 40,000 Wishlists
Scarecrow: 90s Crime Story, a narrative-based top-down action game, launched on Steam on November 12, 2026. Developer ChillouT Studio and publisher Stellar Stag announced in the Steam launch post that the game is out now, with a launch discount of 20 percent off for two weeks, alongside bundles with other indie games including Jackal and BROK the InvestiGator. The post said almost 40,000 people have added the game to their wishlist. It is the first release from the four-person indie team, and the post singled out the team's one programmer, who tied together the dialogue, art and music.
According to the Steam store page, players take the role of a hitman fox with a shadowy backstory in Severodvishchensk, a small, impoverished town populated by humans and anthropomorphic animals in the turbulent 1990s, where criminal gangs claw for power. The gameplay cycle is divided into day and night phases, with the protagonist a resident by day and a hitman by night, uncovering a buried past before it catches up with him.
In a separate post on launch day, the developer said the entire game can be played on Steam Deck from day one, with the release build prepared and tested on Steam Deck, while Valve's official compatibility review is still pending and the Steam Deck Verified badge has not yet been granted, and that a first hotfix will follow soon. The team asked players to report issues on the Steam community forum or through a button in the game menu, and said the small team will watch feedback closely in the first days after launch.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：夜色中亮着霓虹灯的城市街景。Billie Grace Ward from New York, USA，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: file photo. Credit: Billie Grace Ward from New York, USA，CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
