GCS: Salvage Rat is a gritty, first-person space sim with permadeath and immersive salvage contracts. Explore a procedurally generated universe of hostile factions, dangerous asteroid fields, and derelict stations. Pilot a fully customizable ship, mine valuable resources, fight for control, and descend into abandoned hulks on foot in tense FPS missions. There are no second chances — your legacy is all that remains.
Whether you're hunting bounties, stripping wrecks for data, or trading across star systems, every decision matters in this brutal, single-player sci-fi experience.
Key Features
🔧 Dual Gameplay Modes
Pilot your spacecraft in full first-person, then breach derelict stations or contract sites in immersive FPS missions.
🌌 Massive Procedural Universe
Explore up to potentially 1,000+ hand-seeded star systems, each procedurally generated with dynamic NPCs and salvage contracts.
⚙️ Hardpoint-Based Ship Customization
Equip mining lasers, turrets, armor plating, missile bays, and utility modules to tailor your craft to your playstyle.
💀 True Permadeath
Death is final. But achievements, rank, and exploits live on in the game’s legacy records.
🛠️ Economy & Faction Warfare
Trade across stations, accept high-risk salvage jobs, and navigate a web of procedurally generated NPC factions under seven major alliances.
👨🚀 No Waiting. No Matchmaking. Just Play.
GCS: Salvage Rat is designed from the ground up for solo players who want immediate, high-stakes gameplay — with no dependency on others.
Runs like complete dog poo, 7900xtx 9330x3d 94gb ddr5 6000ram installed to NVMe SSD... runs like garbage! controls are completely janky! buy elite dangerous for $7 its the same thing but works!
No, just no. It's made up of mostly bought pre-built assets and AI generated art. Most everything is broke/janky. The settings, the space sim, the FPS extraction shooter missions it's all just awful. I went back down to the "About this game" and realized that it not only sounds like AI but has several em dashes as well (very obvious sign of ai usage.) With how barely functional everything seems, I wouldn't be surprised if it was coded fully by AI as well. Caveat Emptor.
I've only got about an hour into this, so I will update my review at a later date. Thus far it's got lots going on, in a good way. Without going into loads of detail..... this is a game that will make you want to come back and continue exploring. It requires some patience to figure out what is going on, but you are rewarded for your efforts. There is in game help, and you will need it. This game is very unique and I haven't even gotten to the FPS part yet. Hell, have not even completed my first contract. The visuals are interesting, it's kind of a mix of old and new school. The music is great, very space opera. The game itself runs super smooth. I highly recommend giving this a try.
GCS: Salvage Rat costs $9.99.
Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: i5-8400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 45 GB available space Additional Notes: Can run, but... Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X or Intel Core i7-9700K Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1080 / RTX 2060 or AMD RX 5700 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 45 GB available space Additional Notes: Solid 60+ FPS at high settings. 60 FPS cap is enabled for smoothing
GCS: Salvage Rat is available on Windows PC.
GCS: Salvage Rat has 25% positive reviews from 4 players.
GCS: Salvage Rat was released on Aug 29, 2025.
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