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Space Scavenger cover art

Space Scavenger

Red Cabin Games · 2021-08-20

SteamPlayStation Store

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Space Scavenger is an Indie game released in 2021, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 318 reviews) and a price of $12.99.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 318 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520202026Week of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 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).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "Baby Steps"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3691%31
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2.5DSpaceActionArcadeShooterBuildingCartoonyColorfulTop-DownRogue-like

Census log

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

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