Underplayed Gems

Salvagers (2025)

Salvagers cover
Developer
Tomasz Banaś
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
Rating
4.0 of 5, 56 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.6 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You command a scrappy crew salvaging derelict space stations, balancing greedy looting with the threat of hostile aliens and rogue AIs, upgrading your gear as you go.

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What players say

Players are split on Salvagers. Some enjoy the tense extraction loop and short runs, calling it a fun mix of FTL and a dungeon crawler. Others say the arbitrary mission timers and endlessly spawning enemies ruin the fantasy of being a space salvager, and the controls are too clunky to enjoy. Many agree it feels unfinished despite not being labeled early access.

Screenshots

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