A gritty first-person space sim where you mine, trade, fight, and salvage across a procedurally generated universe—then breach derelicts in tense FPS missions with permadeath and full ship customization.

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About This Game

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.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some of the game’s loading screens and UI icons / character portraits were created using AI tools during development. These assets are pre-generated (i.e. not generated in real-time during gameplay), are original, and do not depict real people or copyrighted material.
All rights are retained by the developer.

System Requirements

    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:
    • 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

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