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Space Scavenger

Red Cabin Games · 2021-08-20

SteamPlayStation Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 20, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 318 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 43% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.4k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 318 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.94 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$1.942020-06-122026-07-092020-06-12 — best price $8.492021-08-03 — best price $12.992021-12-01 — best price $12.992022-02-20 — best price $12.992022-05-09 — best price $12.992022-07-07 — best price $12.992023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $12.992024-01-04 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-05-20 — best price $12.992024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-07-22 — best price $12.992024-09-09 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-07-10 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-06-22 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, French, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2.5DSpaceActionArcadeShooterBuildingCartoonyColorfulTop-DownRogue-like

Census log

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

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