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NEO Scavenger
Developer Blue Bottle Games
NEO Scavenger is a survival role-playing video game developed by Blue Bottle Games. The studio is led by Daniel Fedor, a former BioWare employee. In the game, the player controls a character that awakes in a cryonics laboratory in a ruined, post-apocalyptic world. The immediate objective of the game is to keep the character alive by finding food, clothing, and shelter, and caring for any illnesses that may befall… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
229 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 23, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
145 positive · 29 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 145 | 29 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 24 | 1 | 24 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,000 of 4,466 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 149 yes, 26 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 175 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (4,868 of 5,428 positive).
Players praise the game's unique survival mechanics and emergent storytelling. [1][2][3] Some find the game brutally difficult and unforgiving, requiring patience. [4][5][6] The inventory system is widely considered one of the best in gaming. [7][8][9]
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- [14]
Neat little roguelike with a game-breaking save corruption bug that will never be fixed. Once your save file reaches a certain size, there is a good chance that the game will fail to save, and if you try loading that corrupted game state, all your discovered tiles will be gone alongside your camps with stashed loot. This is unlikely to happen if you only plan on doing short playthroughs and dying often, but once you …
- [1]
one of my most dearest "procrastination" games. low enough quality to download onto any work computer and enticing enough gameplay to procrastinate my work to. the lore goes deep, almost too deep for its own good/gameplay. its almost been a decade now, i've cracked this game before it ever made it to steam platform ive probably clocked a couple hundred hours before playing on steam. this game is a gem, i hold it …
- [2]
Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 287: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ (8/10) NEO Scavenger is a game that drops you into a post-apocalyptic wasteland with little more than a hospital gown and a hunger you can’t ignore. It’s brutal, obtuse, and occasionally unfair but also richly rewarding if you’re willing to learn its strange, haunting rhythms. I spent hours dying in bizarre ways and still came back …
- [5]
The best roguelite I've never been able to beat. You either get bummed by a hobo or eaten by a wolfman or freeze to death because Michigan sucks. But it is fun and in the end, that is all that matters! :)
- [3]
Having played this game on and off for years, I enjoy its unique take on post-apocalyptic turn based survival. The exploration and combat are simple to learn but have enough complexity. Same with the items and NPCs - there's not a lot of them, but they all interact with each other and the player, creating a seemingly endless variety of unique situations. The main storyline is interesting as well. The game has a noir …
Summarised from 34 of the 230 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked NEO Scavenger talk about unique and immersive post-apocalyptic survival experience; those who didn't talk about very punishing and requires extensive trial and error. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Responses to Neo Scavenger were generally favorable, with Metacritic calculating a score of 77 based on 7 reviews. IGN's Leana Hafer praised the game's storytelling and survival mechanics, but noted that the difficulty of these mechanics can get in the way of the player experiencing the story. PC Gamer's Tom Sykes said of the game, "Compared to other post-apocalyptic RPGs, NEO Scavenger feels like the real deal, with a central character who lives the harsh life of a wastelander rather than simply borrowing the aesthetic."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 229 · most liked firstNeat little roguelike with a game-breaking save corruption bug that will never be fixed. Once your save file reaches a certain size, there is a good chance that the game will fail to save, and if you try loading that corrupted game state, all your discovered tiles will be gone alongside your camps with stashed loot. This is unlikely to happen if you only plan on doing short playthroughs and dying often, but once you figure everything out and want to experience all the things the game has to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEO Scavenger, the previous title, was the sort of game where every part of it was intricate, but once you learned enough about it you could absolutely make it dance. Ostranauts has been in development for at least as long, and if you're an imm sim person you should really check it out.
positive · AI labelView post →one of my most dearest "procrastination" games. low enough quality to download onto any work computer and enticing enough gameplay to procrastinate my work to. the lore goes deep, almost too deep for its own good/gameplay. its almost been a decade now, i've cracked this game before it ever made it to steam platform ive probably clocked a couple hundred hours before playing on steam. this game is a gem, i hold it near my heart. buy it, support the devs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best thing about this game is it forces you to touch grass in many different ways. Can't find enough clothing at the start? Hypothermia, dead, go touch grass. Didn't pick Botany or Trapping and can't find enough gummi bears or blueberries before reaching Detroit? Starve to death, go touch grass. Cooked dog meat but still get sick and don't have antibiotics? Grass touching time. Roof collapses as you're scavenging, scratching your balls with rebar. Well you better have some whiskey on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PC gaming's best inventory system is hidden in this obscure post-apocalyptic roguelike from the dawn of the survival [craze; NEO Scavenger].
neutral · AI labelView post →> Be me, Philip > Wake up in a cryo-tube naked, cold, and with zero memory > Decide to stop being a soft target and become a wasteland god > Min-max like an absolute degenerate: Melee, Ranged, Medic, Trapping, Athletic, Tough, Strong > Can see perfectly in the pitch black, track anything, and patch up gunshot wounds with dirty rags > Grind for 51 days straight in the garbage post-apocalypse > Raid every toxic ruin, do errands for a mutant named Hatter, and walk into the DMC like I own it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For this week's PC Gamer column, I wrote about the obscure yet brilliant NEO Scavenger, a survival game that secretly has the best inventory system in the medium. www.pcgamer.com/games/surviv...
neutral · AI labelView post →They do exist and in greater numbers and variety than ever before. Play Undertale, Baba is You, BeamNG.drive, FTL, Disco Elysium, Emily is Away, Islanders, NEO Scavenger, Rodina, Whispers of a Machine, Proteus, etc. Totally random examples, but I could name dozens more. We are spoiled with great games that are pure expressions of their developers' visions. There are more of them than anyone can realistically ever play.
neutral · AI labelView post →Reviewing (mostly) every game (or DLC) in my library, part 287: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆☆ (8/10) NEO Scavenger is a game that drops you into a post-apocalyptic wasteland with little more than a hospital gown and a hunger you can’t ignore. It’s brutal, obtuse, and occasionally unfair but also richly rewarding if you’re willing to learn its strange, haunting rhythms. I spent hours dying in bizarre ways and still came back for more. 🩹 Pros: Incredible emergent storytelling. One of NEO Scavenger's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having played this game on and off for years, I enjoy its unique take on post-apocalyptic turn based survival. The exploration and combat are simple to learn but have enough complexity. Same with the items and NPCs - there's not a lot of them, but they all interact with each other and the player, creating a seemingly endless variety of unique situations. The main storyline is interesting as well. The game has a noir style and personality making the world feel alive. For me, the biggest draw of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great permadeath game download neoscav extended for more content
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE IS A SECOND GAME BY BLUE BOTTLE GAMES??? THERE'S A SEQUEL TO NEO SCAVENGER????????
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite is [Caves Of Qud](https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/). The amount of freedom in character build and progression options is just unlike anything else I've tried. Also the very distinguishable graphics make it more interesting to me, because "games don't need to be pretty to be crazy fun". I discovered it thanks to [Sseth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_PBfLbd3zw). His other recommended roguelike games ([Synthetik](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5tsEJgPn30),…
neutral · AI labelView post →This game (with the extended mod) might be one of the best post apocalyptic rpgs you can buy. if you know how to use the tools at your disposal you can almost always get out of any terrible situation you're in, including being advanced upon by several gunmen when you've only got sticks and rocks. Learn the crafting mechanics. Learn how to survive. Possibly in the top 3 rougelikes ever made. Ostranauts is also goated and thoroughly underrated.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only bad thing about this game is that it doesn't have a sequel
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a game that does NOT care if you ever figure out how to actually play it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game hold up pretty well. Tho the Camp Greyling is a very annoying gauntlet of trial and error, luckily I used NeoSaves, if I had to make a new character every time I dont think I would have finished the game. Its a lot shorter than you expect, but I heard there is a rich modding scene.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the second time Neo-Scavenger has been brought up to me this weekend. The game rules. I was one of the first players of the game back when it was posted on the forums and the only possible stuff to do was manage inventory, scuttle around, and get killed by dogmen.
positive · AI labelView post →I got this game for $10 in 2015, put in 30 hours, and got my money's worth. I liked the hex grid and the random events that occurred. I also liked how the developer pointed me in the direction of another Steam game, Project Zomboid. If you get this game on sale, it is well worth the price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best roguelite I've never been able to beat. You either get bummed by a hobo or eaten by a wolfman or freeze to death because Michigan sucks. But it is fun and in the end, that is all that matters! :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →interesting game but the encounters(both story encounters and random encounters) suck, all have one "right" option, and practically require you to look them up to not lose your character. good game otherwise though thats just too much for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its alright, get the extended mod for best experience. Tragic how few games there are like this. . .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those "survival" games where the trick is knowing all of the secrets. Most people don't play legitimately, they just start with the perks that let them start with a dogman cloak, which is practically mandatory due to the completely broken game mechanics. You have to eat practically every moment of every day or you will be too weak to keep moving. It's also not really an open world game, there is a very strict and dictated story that you cannot avoid. You are always Paul…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It took an insane amount of time, but the dynamic clothing system is finally ready. It's Necroscapes, an action point-based survival game inspired by Project Zomboid and Neo Scavenger. #IndieDev #GameDev #TurnBased #SurvivalGame #unity3d #solodev
neutral · AI labelView post →Wait a minute, that's the same logo type as Neo Scavenger and... wait. Oh, cool. I had zero idea the dev had another game on the verge of releasing... Early Access since 2020? How'd I miss this?!? I'm paying a lot of debt until October, but will bookmark to look at later.
neutral · AI labelView post →You need a masters degree to master this game, has too many mechanics and not explaining them at all, doesn't respect your time. Do no buy unless you have a lot of time and patience to learn the deep mechanics. Very punishing gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →only play this game if you like getting your balls stomped on
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never in a game except for this one have I been so happy to find equip able shoes!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mostly use terminal-based software on Linux. I think that the only programs I use much that embed a web browser are: * Firefox * Steam * Some games that are Web-based and which I only run one of at once (*Neo Scavenger*, some RPGMaker-based games, probably some others).
neutral · AI labelView post →This is one of the first games I really threw myself into, and it stands the test of time. On the surface this game seems simple, no one feature is particularly complex. However, all of these simple systems work together to make each playthrough a unique scramble for survival in the midst of countless emergent events. You can be a skilled trapper and botanist, living off the land. You can be a strong fighter, cleaving their way through the wasteland. You can be a stealthy hacker, sneaking…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Detroit crackhead simulator Rip copper wiring out of buildings and sell clean water to afford prescription opiates 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A random final stage wendigo in the sprawl just kills me no guards or anything to help just have to love the ♥♥♥♥ perma death gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEO Scavenger features my favorite of all time inventory system in video games. I love the side-quel/sequel game Ostranauts but NEO Scavenger's item juggling is second to none.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't believe how underrated this game is.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am going to keep this review relatively short as this is not really a new game and not many people will see this Neo scavenger is a UNIQUE experience, i seriously could not find another game like it to be blunt, i did not like the game play, it was very dependant on luck and there are some situations that i thought were unreasonably difficult However, you may notice that this review is positive, so why The immersion and storytelling is this game are UNPARALLELED, the closest i…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this game over the course of a decade now, and haven't left a review. Makeshift sacks always fall apart when I need them the most.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crippled Left Arm Crippled Right Arm Shock Severe Pain Bleeding Fallen Vulnerable And I still managed to retreat from three dogmen! Phillip is a GOAT. I recommend playing this game if you enjoy getting your balls stomped on. Not that I do but.. it's fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i really did try to like this game... more often than not it was convoluted. i didn't know what the consiquences of my actions would be. walk too long without boots you get blister that develop into ganggreen. Scavenge and have bad luck? you opened a cupboard with black mold that you inhaled and now you're infected. can't find anti-fungal meds? you're dead. imagine playing a game where everything is out to get you but you have no direction, no information and no common sense on your main…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most interesting survival games I've ever played with multiple interesting locations that many people probably haven't experienced. (Trying going STRAIGHT North, West, and/or South upon exiting the starting facility) as East will show its glow during the night. Also if you feel you've seen everything (you probably haven't unless you actually know how to beat the game), Neo Scavenger Extended is one of the best expansion mods I've played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →opened crafting menu, combined one half a pair with binoculars with another half a pair of binoculars, nothing happened. added string; crafting menu now allows me to make shorter string. i can't figure out how to make ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ binoculars out of binoculars. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this game for a good while, will play it again. It won't be for everyone, but Neo Scavenger is the perfect balance between C:DDA and UnReal World. It's gritty, with a realism driven health mechanics and has left me wanting more. If there is any reason I wouldn't recommend this game it would be that I have yet to find a perfect game that could scratch the same itch which Neo Scavenger left. This game will have a bunch of things you might find in other titles, but it will also be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's... fine. The inventory management and survival aspects are pretty cool, but the exploration turns into a patience test very quickly because the game gives the player limited moves even when no enemies are nearby, so you got to wait up to a dozen seconds after your actions run out, just so you can keep walking. Combat isn't worth detailing; you can cheese every encounter with a rifle, or with a crowbar if you have the 'Melee' and/or 'Strong' perk(s). That's it. The story and the quests…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is super hard but ones you die and learn the ways and tactics it's a fun game it is perma-death but getting a good start on the run and using good skills can make you survive in this type of game don't be made tho when your sleeping and just get jump when sleeping and lose a run still fun learning about the story for each death too
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEO Scavenger is exactly that, it's a turn-based roguelike with no numbers: store.steampowered.com/app/248860/N... There's no HP, no damage, nothing. You don't even know if a baseball bat is better than a knife, you just chose things based on your experience and how you feel about them.
positive · AI labelView post →I love this weird game it got me into roguelike games! its survival aspects still haunt my memory over ten years later and pray to the RNG gods when you are in combat. PS it's best played alone at night
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →some good fun to be had. very niche game with a stalker-ey feel. spooky survival-ey goodness without being outright horror
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →got brutally murdered by water
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is ass
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The next recs are gonna be for Freaks. Let's start the survival-crafting-loot-hoarding niche with the simplest one, Neo Scavenger: www.gog.com/en/game/neo_... In this postapocalyptic sim, shopping carts are end-game equipment. Combat is miserable and if the cryptids don't kill you, infections will.
neutral · AI labelView post →I LIVE for the one time you hack open a laptop to find a file containing bank documents worth thousands of dollars.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEO Scavenger did this and it worked as part of a survival game. I think I'd have less tolerance for the fiddlyness if scrounging for an ensemble wasn't a core part of the experience/intention.
positive · AI labelView post →Got bitten by a feral pomeranian and died of a total systemic infection 3 days later, 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The last time I jumped into NEO Scavenger was 2017, so I'm happy to be back, and record my experience in this unforgiving game by @dcfedor.bsky.social. I recorded over 200 episodes back in the day so I know a thing or two about dying! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT1T...
positive · AI labelView post →I want to get the game Ostranauts at some point, but damn did one review disappoint me a ton on it. It's a space sim by the NEO Scavenger dev/s, which is cool to me. But it also apparently will just waste your time, with stuff like ship maintenance and travel taking RL hrs to do.
neutral · AI labelView post →Died of hypothermia while sleeping in a sleeping bag and wearing three shirts and pants. What a stupid game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Entertaining survival game but very tough for the first few attempts, but thankfully can find a few good basic guides with a quick search & apparently has a few mods available if needed
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Helmets, attachments… all working now! Night vision is a must in a zombie apocalypse, right? It's Necroscapes, an action point-based survival game inspired by Project Zomboid and Neo Scavenger. #IndieDev #GameDev #TurnBased #SurvivalGame #unity3d #solodev
neutral · AI labelView post →Accurate simulator of midwestern living in America
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is great, especially on sale for 3 dollars or so. Its a very difficult and punishing roguelike where one wrong move means death. For example, I was perfectly healthy and alive and fine, until I decided to fight someone when I didn't need to. Then he broke my arm and weakened me. Then his backup came and murdered me while I was weakened. For another example, I was at my peak with a fully loaded revolver and oodles of cash in my pockets. Then I picked a fight with the wrong guy and got…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dying to a naked man while fully geared is top tier experience imo
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