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Scavenger SV-4 cover art

Scavenger SV-4

Deric Ruhl · HoroArch · 2018-01-31

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 01, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.

Scavenger SV-4 is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 666 reviews).

2
playing now
91%
positive of 666 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (26 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 666 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.09 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720182026Week of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.092018-02-012026-07-092018-02-01 — best price $14.992018-04-09 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-09-10 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-02-15 — best price $14.992019-02-21 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-09-09 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-16 — best price $14.992020-03-23 — best price $14.992020-05-18 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-09-21 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-09-13 — best price $14.992022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-31 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-25 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieSpaceActionHorrorSci-fiAdventureSimulationAtmosphericExplorationPerma Death

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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