Space Trash Scavenger

Space Trash Scavenger

Released Nov 2024

Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.

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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Space Trash Scavenger launched into full release (version 1.0) on November 14, 2024, after approximately one year in Early Access. The 1.0 launch post from developer SquarePlay Games (Al and Sarah) described it as "the finished game," completing the story, adding a final biome, creative mode, Steam achievements, and NPC/quest overhauls. The post described the game as having an optional ending and a complete narrative arc. Following the 1.0 launch, the developer issued a small performance and balance hotfix on November 18, 2024, and a further optimisation and balance patch on December 10, 2024. These were maintenance updates with no new content announced. By September 19, 2025, the studio announced they are making an entirely new game called "Monk Took Book." On October 22, 2025, the developer posted a studio profile update referencing what games they "will be working on in the future," directing players to follow their developer page to see what's next. This language strongly implies Space Trash Scavenger's development has concluded and the studio has moved on to new projects. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap for future content, and no developer statements indicating any additional content is planned for this game. The game was described as "finished" at 1.0 launch, and all post-launch communication has been maintenance patches followed by a pivot to a new title. The game appears to be a complete, shipped product.
Evidence
SquarePlay Games announces a brand new game, Monk Took Book, indicating the studio has moved on from Space Trash Scavenger to a new project.
news post · Sep 19, 2025 source development ending
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Developer announces Space Trash Scavenger 1.0 as the full release, describing it as 'the finished game' with a final biome, optional story ending, creative mode, and Steam achievements. Post thanks early access players and reflects on the four-year development journey.
news post · Nov 14, 2024 source development ending
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Details

Publisher
Paradox Arc
Achievements
31
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

In the 31st century, Space Trash Scavengers roam the cosmos, risking their lives for riches amongst the debris of an ancient war.

Build your Space Rig–a 3D raft with artificial gravity, power, trash processing, farming and defense. Craft the everyday food, fuel, weapons, ammo and space suit upgrades you’ll need to survive out here in the vastness of the cosmos. Automate your factory, using conveyor pads to deliver ingredients between your machines.

In space there is no up or down! Expand your base in any direction for the most efficient layout. Once you are equipped with the necessary fuel and a warp drive, you’ll be free to explore other sectors and continue your mission.

Circumnavigate tiny asteroids, fly between abandoned outposts, and board derelict spaceships as they orbit the system. Take caution, however, and remember to keep your jetpack fuel topped up–you’ll need it to get back to your Space Rig safe and sound!

Each salvage zone is a procedurally generated, dynamic, and ever-changing open world.

You are an employee for the galaxy’s number one waste disposal firm, stranded far away from home with a mission to clean the galaxy from the remains of a galactic war. Space trash is your main resource. Whether it is salvaged debris floating in space, advanced and rare tech from wrecked ships, or scavenged goods from asteroid surfaces, you’ll want to snatch it all up!

Recycle and refine it to produce valuable goods that will net a tidy sum on the Trash Exchange, and spend it to upgrade your kit.  Use conveyor pads, splitters and more to automate as much or as little of the process as you want.

You’re not alone amid the wreckage. Alien bots patrol most sectors of space nowadays and they’ll be drawn to you as your operation expands.

You’ll need a steady aim, impeccable defenses, and an upgraded armory to protect your Space Rig from the dangers of these foes. Survival depends on your ability to defend yourself!

Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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