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Salvage Protocol

Salvage Protocol

A short horror about exploring abandoned space stations and collecting junk in order to pay off your S.R.P.O debt.

Released Apr 30, 2025 Developer IAmDirt, Dicedbasilisk Platforms Windows Action-AdventureSpaceAtmosphericSurvivalDestruction
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

100.0%positive68 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“A neat short game where everything just clicks. It's got a nice spooky mood, an unobtrusive story (the best kind) and a neat gameplay loop: You run around levels, breaking stuff into pieces and collecting salvage and there's always a countdown to beat. There are also creepy…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“interesting and cool game, only found one bug, can barely call it a bug, it was more funny then anything. anyways, its a pretty cool single player game, if a bit on the short side.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

10achievements
41.8%median completion
10.1%rarest: Swimming In Credits
82.2% of players 64.8% of players 50.7% of players 44.8% of players 43.1% of players 41.8% of players 39.2% of players 32.0% of players 14.4% of players 10.1% of players 82.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.2%Cargo Cleared! — Complete the cargo level
64.8%Lab Cleared! — Complete the lab level
50.7%Military Outpost Cleared! — Complete the Military level
Rarest badges of honor
10.1%Swimming In Credits — Acquire over 1000 credits throughout the game
14.4%The Ultimate Scrap Walker! — Collect over 9000 scrap throughout the game
32.0%Mimic Destroyer — Kill 20 mimics

Latest official news

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Apr 30, 2026
1 Year since release SALE - 30% OFF!!! 🎉

It's now been a full year since we released Slavage Protocol 🥳 If you have yet to experience our little short silly spooky game, now's the time to pick up! At its deepest discount yet - 30% OFF!! If y

May 09, 2025
🔧Game difficulty balancing🔨

Noticed the red mimic was a bit out of line, and being somewhat frustrating to deal with. While it still gets alerted by scrap destruction sounds it should be far less punishing, just remember to stay

May 01, 2025
🔧Day one patch🔨

Glad people are enjoying the game so far, but with a release often comes a day one patch. here are some of the fixes we have made. Fixed the mouse cursor sometimes getting hidden and locked when inter

Apr 30, 2025
Salvage Protocol is out now!!!

What started as a 5-day Halloween game jam has become a full-fledged Steam release! After 6 months of dedicated development, we're proud to present this short sci-fi horror experience ready for you to

Apr 15, 2025
Salvage Protocol Release Date!

📡 Transmission Incoming... 🛰️ Salvage Protocol launches April 30th — just 15 days away! 👽 Get ready to explore 5 abandoned space stations with challenges and suprises! What’s new since the demo? 4 new

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction-Adventure · Space · Atmospheric · Survival · Destruction · Horror · Dark · Linear · Physics · Sci-fi · First-Person · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements10
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz ; Shader Model 5 Graphics: NVIDIA GForce GTX 1050 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space