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Salvage Protocol
A short horror about exploring abandoned space stations and collecting junk in order to pay off your S.R.P.O debt.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“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“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 playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
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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
🔧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
🔧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
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
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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action-Adventure · Space · Atmospheric · Survival · Destruction · Horror · Dark · Linear · Physics · Sci-fi · First-Person · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 10 |
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