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Space Scavenger

Space Scavenger

Action roguelike where you build and command your own spaceships. Battle enemies, explore planets and customize your ship on the fly. Make the best use of the quirky ship modules you find, ranging from slingshots to ion cannons, to try and avoid certain death.

Released Aug 20, 2021 Developer Red Cabin Games Platforms Windows Action RoguelikeBuildingTop-Down ShooterColorfulRogue-like
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-09-27)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

87.1%positive318 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“67”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Its Honestly One Of Those Games That Get Boring Really Fast I Wouldnt Recommend Its Not Worth It Sounds Like A good Game But I Was Wrong”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-05 via SteamCharts.

96all-time peak
0 10 20 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 16 avg · Dec 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

31achievements
7.9%median completion
0.5%rarest: Light Speed
82.5% of players 66.8% of players 56.2% of players 33.9% of players 32.0% of players 29.2% of players 28.7% of players 28.4% of players 23.8% of players 23.1% of players 22.3% of players 16.1% of players 15.4% of players 8.6% of players 8.0% of players 7.9% of players 7.3% of players 5.6% of players 5.3% of players 3.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 82.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.5%Baby Steps — Finish first sector
66.8%Smells bad — Hidden achievement
56.2%Environmentalist — Recycle 10 modules
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Light Speed — Win a run in less than 20 minutes
0.6%Literally stuck. Send help — Loop swarm mode three times
1.0%In a hurry — Win a run in less than 30 minutes

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$12.99current · sampled 2026-09-27 21:22 UTC
$12.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US12.99 USD
EU12.99 EUR
UK11.29 GBP
Australia18.50 AUD
Canada14.49 CAD
Japan1,320 JPY
Brazil26.89 BRL
China43.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.2 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-31 09-09 09-18 09-27

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 07, 2025
2025 Quick update

Hi Scavengers! An unexpected update with a new weapon! Unity recently discovered a security vulnerability ( CVE-2025-59489) so I was just going to fix that but realized I had a weapon ready from 3 yea

Dec 20, 2023
Space Scavenger 2: Galactic Gauntlet

Hey Scavengers! Space Scavenger 2 has been in development since 2022 and I wanted to share that it's up on the Steam store with a brand new Announcement Trailer! What's new in the sequel? Split screen

Nov 22, 2021
Creative Mode Update!

Creative mode added! Build whatever ship you want in creative mode and take it out to battle enemies! New stuff Modes Creative Mode Freely build any* ship you can think of! Modules Harpoon - Energy we

Aug 22, 2021
1.0.2 Hotfix

Fixed a few bugs Hangar ships are now deleted properly when deleted by the user Achievement "In A Hurry" now triggers correctly Achievement "Light Speed" now triggers correctly Thank you for reporting

Aug 20, 2021
RELEASE DAY!!! 1.0 UPDATE!

New Stuff A new sector! There is now a final fourth sector after the fire sector! 3 planet types 5 new enemies New modules Scavenger Drone - Unique Quantum Shield - Unique Shurikens - Ammo weapon Gren

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresIndie
Player tagsAction Roguelike · Building · Top-Down Shooter · Colorful · Rogue-like · Arcade · Cartoony · Singleplayer · Space · Perma Death · Twin Stick Shooter · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , Dutch * , Russian * , Swedish * , French * , Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements31
Official sitehttp://spacescavenger.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 or equivalent Storage: 600 MB available space