Scavenger SV-4 similar games & best alternatives

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Scavenger SV-4

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.

What works

  • Unique immersive atmosphere
  • High replayability with procedural generation
  • Deep ship and rover management
  • Engaging tension and suspense
  • Active and responsive developer

Things to keep in mind

  • Short play sessions due to radiation timer
  • Dated graphics and occasional performance issues
  • Limited story depth and content scope
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some ui and control quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Fallback

  • Sublevel Zero Redux

  • Skin Deep

  • Ctrl Alt Ego

  • Haydee 2

  • EVERSPACE™

Less expressive

Games that feels like Scavenger SV-4 but with less self-expression and customization

  • ROUTINE

  • Outer Wilds

  • ZERO PROTOCOL

  • FROSTBITE: Deadly Climate

  • Cosmodread

  • Alien: Isolation

More intense

Games that feels like Scavenger SV-4 but with a more intense feel

  • System Shock® 2 (1999)

  • Haydee 3

  • Bendy: Lone Wolf

  • Selaco

  • Zortch

  • Vaporum: Lockdown

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Similarity map

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Scavenger SV-4. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Scavenger SV-4. These titles are not in What to play next.

Scavenger SV-4: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026