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Games like SCAV

If SCAV is your kind of game, the closest matches are Drive of the Dead, Mom, I'll Be Home Late and Ultimate Wizard — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About SCAV: A high-speed vehicular action-roguelite where you must drift, boost and blast through swarms of monsters whilst stacking outrageous item synergies to escape an abandoned planet.

ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRacingWindows · Linuxby MANIC GAMES
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Players who liked SCAV also play

Steam players who put hours into SCAV 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.

  1. Drive of the Dead

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    An online co-op auto-shooter roguelite: drive a gun-covered car through endless zombie hordes with up to 3 friends. Auto-firing weapons, run-shaping upgrade cards, and a swarm that never stops. Crush thousands. Survive the road. Save the worst B-movie ever made.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Mom, I'll Be Home Late

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    A PvE-Cozy-Extraction-Roguelite about the moment when you should really be heading home. Gather loot, grow stronger, survive a world that keeps getting more dangerous — and bring your backpack home.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with SCAV.

    Destroy thousands of enemies and grow in power in this fantasy roguelite survivor. Find spells and augment them, equip build defining items, discover secrets, level up and set out to become the ultimate wizard!

    ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Void Reaver

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with SCAV.

    Organize. Optimize. Obliterate. Void Reaver is a sci-fi bullet heaven where your backpack is your firepower. Grid-manage 300+ weapons and artifacts into explosive synergies, unlock specialized skill trees, and blast through alien hordes to a high-octane electronic soundtrack.

    2026ActionRPGSteam ↗
  5. Survivors: Beyond the Shore

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with SCAV.

    A game that combines high-octane Survivors-like combat with extraction gameplay. Venture into randomly generated maps, hunt for rare gear to forge powerful builds, and fight off relentless monster hordes. Will you safely extract with your fortune, or risk it all for greater spoils?

    ActionCasualEarly AccessSteam ↗
  6. PengPong

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    PengPong is a bullet-hell roguelike where pinball meets gambling. Bounce your way through chaos and bet it all to survive.

    2026ActionIndieCasual11.69 USDSteam ↗
  7. Go Next!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    Grow exponentially stronger as you survive hordes of monsters across 9 different worlds. Gather resources, level up, build your skill tree, and parkour your way out of chaos!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. DET-33

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for SCAV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    A bullet-heaven roguelite in the ruins of new London. Take contracts from four warring factions, build a gun that breaks the game, and reach the evac before the city closes over you. 700+ weapons, interlocking build engines, and a fresh map every run.

    2026ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with SCAV.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Action and Indie with SCAV.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with SCAV.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Wheelchair Wizards

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. Waves

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with SCAV.

    Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

    2011ActionIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about SCAV

What games are most similar to SCAV?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SCAV are Drive of the Dead, Mom, I'll Be Home Late, Ultimate Wizard.
Who developed SCAV?
SCAV was developed by MANIC 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 SCAV.

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