Games like Space Scavenger
If Space Scavenger is your kind of game, the closest matches are Radio Free Europa, Skycliffs and No Space For All — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, chill and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Space Scavenger also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Radio Free Europa
WHY THIS
Top pick for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
A top-down 2.5D Arcade Spaceship shooter Roguelike. Multiple playable ships, each with different characteristics and weapons. Salvage weapons and upgrades from defeated enemies. Each sector brings unique enemies, bosses, and upgrades. Can you make it all the way back to Earth?
Skycliffs
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Skycliffs is an action shooter roguelike dungeon crawler with fast-paced top-down platforming. Jump and dash across sky islands, fight loads of monsters, and get upgrades to survive the many dangers of your journey. Will you be strong enough to reach and defeat the keeper of this floating world?
No Space For All
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
A fleet to defeat, a weapon to collect, and one life to decide everything in the roguelike shooter No Space For All. Let the universe know your second name!
Gunmancer
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Gunmancer is a science fantasy roguelike top-down shooter. Summon guns as you shoot your way through mysterious randomly generated dungeons full of ancient forbidden magic of guns and dangerous monsters.
Space Scavenger 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
A fast-paced, top-down action roguelite about building outlandish modular spaceships and discovering broken synergies. Scavenge resources, craft absurd builds, and hone your abilities in a paradoxical time loop.
Don't Pop My Bubble
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Shoot! Upgrade! Defend! In this twin-stick roguelike, protect all things bubble from infinite waves of pointy bad guys! Upgrade yourself and your base, or better yet, use a super attack, and stop everything from trying to pop you!
Hate Me Not
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
A roguelike twin-stick shooter, where you defend the same thing that tries to hurt you. Venture into the side of darkness to defeat enemies before they reach the Yin-Yang. Switch to the side of light to gather energy and upgrades, before the time runs out and the next wave of monsters spawn.
Power of Ten
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a tense mood with Space Scavenger.
Ranked #8 for Space Scavenger fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!
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TerraTech
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Space Scavenger.
Reviewers of Space Scavenger cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Trailmakers
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Space Scavenger.
Reviewers of Space Scavenger cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.
Captain Forever Trilogy
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Space Scavenger.
Reviewers of Space Scavenger cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Millions of players worldwide have flown, built, and fought their way through Captain Forever. CF Trilogy brings Captains Forever, Successor, and Impostor to Steam with a beautiful new renderer, new modules, and a reimagined world written by acclaimed novelist Cassandra Khaw.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Space Scavenger at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Space Scavenger on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
South Scrimshaw, Part One
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Scavenger.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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Frequently asked about Space Scavenger
- Does Space Scavenger run on Steam Deck?
- Space Scavenger is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Space Scavenger cost?
- Space Scavenger is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Space Scavenger?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Scavenger are Radio Free Europa, Skycliffs, No Space For All.
- Who developed Space Scavenger?
- Space Scavenger was developed by Red Cabin Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Space Scavenger.
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