Steam app 1609230 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:52 UTC
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
719 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
64 months, June 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 436 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Scarlet Hollow was released on 11 Jun, 2021.
Scarlet Hollow is a horror game, and it is not intended for all audiences. Please visit our website (https://www.blacktabbygames.com/content-warnings) if you need a full list of content warnings.
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| English |
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224 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Feb 2026 to Sep 2026 · times in UTC
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Black Tabby GamesHey folks! Now that Scarlet Hollow's Rumors Update has launched and we're back from a quick post-release break, it's time for another update on how things are going at the studio! But first, things you might have missed: 1. We released the…
Black Tabby GamesFixed an issue where the scaling textbox was not always correctly turning on by default.
Patch notesHeya Cousins! Here with a quick (and optional) UX update. The textbox can now change size when the player is presented with a large enough list of dialogue options! (So most menus.)…
Black Tabby GamesMinor bug fixes
Patch notesFixed an error message linked to the "Back Away" option in the farm basement. Fixed an error where being arrested in certain routes would move the player to a non-arrested story branch.
Patch notesUp-to-date on fixing reported bugs. Notably, the "Reunited" achievement should be back to behaving correctly.
Patch notesMinor bug fixes
Patch notesHiya folks! We're so glad that everyone's been enjoying the Rumors Update. Thank you all so much for giving us some extra space to really fine tune Episode 5 and align it with our vision. Outside of bug fixes, Scarlet Hollow's content is…
Black Tabby GamesAdded extra dialogue options to Oscar's Episode 5 basement scene, allowing discovery of the church stone location. Now warning the Pastor is tied to visiting a saved library rather than a single permutation of it. This was intended from the…
Patch notesFixed reported bugs on discord
Patch notesmost small things like single-line incosistencies related to new content or minor display errors. if you've been playing our games for a while, you know how it goes. when there is an issue i cannot rest until it's squashed. i hope you're…
Patch notesCorrected an issue where visiting the church wasn't properly incrementing the police timer. Made the Tabitha confrontation the tiniest smidgen more difficult. Will revert this one if it becomes too difficult.
Patch notesOne more achievement added, a couple of small bug fixes, and restructuring one of the menus in the Episode 5 basement.
Patch notes4 new achievements. Minor bug fixes.
Patch notesFixed an issue where music would not play during the first half of the church scene in some worldstates.
Patch notesHey folks! The Scarlet Hollow Rumors Update, a 60,000-word expansion to Episode 5, is out now! This is the last major content update before the release of the game's final chapters. If you've yet to play Scarlet Hollow, the release of this…
Black Tabby GamesHey folks! The first five episodes of Scarlet Hollow are now a combined one-million words long! On that note, we've wrapped up writing work on our planned expansion to Episode 5, which means we're moving on to art. We'll be looking to get a…
Black Tabby GamesHey folks! Hot from the presses with a 16,000 word devlog for Scarlet Hollow! In it, we look at player data from our three most recent major releases (Episode 4, The Roads Untraveled, and Episode 5) and talk at length about how narrative…
Black Tabby GamesCaught up on all reported issues to date. Coming down the pipeline: 1. Devlog analyzing the results of the Episode 5 player choice survey, mostly focusing on The Roads Untraveled patch and Episodes 4 and 5, since we haven't publicly shared…
Patch notesWe can always pretend that things might have turned out some other way... Scarlet Hollow AU posters are back in stock at Topatoco for a limited time. 13"x19" to hang on your wall while you think about better days.…
Black Tabby GamesHey folks! After taking a short break to recover from Episode 5's release, we're back to work! Given our current stage of production, these updates are probably going to be on the shorter end, BUT, here's what we've been up to: We've mapped…
Black Tabby GamesHello everyone! We're extremely excited to announce that we've started a publishing label, and that the first game we've signed is the sophomore title from our dear friends at sunset visitor 斜陽過客, who you might know from the Peabody-winning…
Black Tabby GamesFixed a handful of minor issues. Added an explore variation of seeking out Maxwell Oscar if he isn't fleeing town to the list of post-estate actions in Episode 5. Fixed an error where clicking too rapidly through the "Cousin Bonding Time"…
Patch notesMinor bug fixed. Nerfed tabitha by removing one of her fingers.
Patch notesMinor bug fixes
Patch notesPatched an issue with a newly added dialogue option in the episode 5 climax where tabitha, when not present, would teleport into the scene to deliver a single line before remaining in silence,
Patch notesFixed a couple of issues w/ Avery's expanded hangout scene in Episode 3.
Patch notesHey folks! The first of what will probably be a series of balance patches to Episode 5 has just gone live! Here's the TL;DR of it, though I'm sure I'm missing some items: Supercop Franklin has once again been nerfed. Suspicion points for…
Black Tabby GamesChanged the weights of Deputy Franklin's suspicion meter in Episode 5 to be more forgiving overall. Removed a poorly telegraphed penalty tied to not examining your environment when you wake up at the start of the episode (the player doesn't…
Patch notesBuncha little things. Should have more turns to explore in julius' basement before tabitha takes action if you have a trait save available.
Patch notesTrait save in the farms dilemma no longer has the explore tag, and has been moved to a lower spot on the menu so keen eye and legacy street smart players have more of an opportunity to interact with the scenario without accidentally ending…
Patch notesPatched an issue where a dead Reese could temporarily return to life for a scene for old players who turned to Doctor Kelly
Patch notesHey folks! It's been wonderful to welcome you back home to the Holler, and to finally start to share some of the story's big revelations with you. Now that we're a few days post launch, I wanted to give quick update on some changes that…
Black Tabby Gamesjust some lil things. hope your saturday is goin' nice :)
Patch notesi've been working too long and forgot to check if the credits appeared massively messed up because this wasn't an issue w/ previous updates i guess it was an issue today though, whoops fixed now :)
Patch notesWhoops i forgot to make the credits play D: Catching up on reported typos and layering issues reported on discord!
Patch notesissue gets reported? issue gets fixed
Patch noteshey folks how's it goin'?
Patch notesfixed an issue where a reese sprite was missing color fixing the missing head in the climax for realsies this time
Patch notesFixed a character's disappearing head in the climax
Patch notesFixed a rare teleporting tabitha issue
Patch notesAssorted fixes for issues reported on the discord.
Patch notesLast 5 cgs/sprites have finished shading. Assorted minor fixes
Patch notesFixed error message tied to one of tabitha's sprites in the basement
Patch notesAdded in shading for a pair of unfinished CGs Fixed a couple of minor issues.
Patch notesHey folks! The entirety of Scarlet Hollow's fifth chapter is finally here for you to dig into! This has been an incredibly long and fulfilling journey for us, and we're so grateful for everyone who's given their support over the years.…
Black Tabby GamesHey folks! Given how close we are to Part 2's release, we won't be pushing any further fixes live until Friday. That said, we've been hard at work on the back-end, and we'll have a few that ready to go live alongside the second half of the…
Patch notesPatched in a missing flag in part 1 related to rare part 2 content.
Patch notesFixed bugs that prevented players from getting achievements for starting a riot and romancing Wayne. Replaced placeholder art in the Estate
Patch notesEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Scarlet Hollow Supporters Pack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 30 Jul 2026 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | ScarletHollow.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | ScarletHollow.app | macos | ||
| Launch | ScarletHollow.sh | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
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gameinstall | game/saves/ | * and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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