Story
In 2026, AI began to integrate into all technology.
The 2030's saw AI, and Cybernetics, as the main areas of corporate, and government research and funding.
By the 2050's, AI had replaced all human workers, and the cities had become high-tech wilderness.
In 2095, the meteor 2010-RF12, hurdled towards the earth, splitting in two as it entered the atmosphere, crashing into the Atlantic ocean, and plummeting into the Pacific.
Most of the planet's water was ejected into the atmosphere, where it eventually escaped into space.
As the world became parched, the lands became barren, and sand dunes and dead plants expanded everywhere.
In 2096, the only way to survive was to battle the hordes of remaining mutant lifeforms, that scrambled to obtain precious water.
A small faction of cybernetically enhanced humans arose from the desert dust, to combat the monsters and scavenge their parts.
Overview
Between the years of 2030 and 2090, humans were surgically attaching and embedding computer and robots parts into their bodies, making them into Cyborgs, or Cybernetic Organisms.
Many people were also mutating due to the implants and genetic augmentations, achieving significant genetic and biological changes, enhancements, and abilities.
As society collapsed due to the cataclysmic event of the meteor, factories and businesses closed, and food production and gas and oil refining stopped.
There are no more farms and no more vehicles and the roads are returning back to the desert lands.
There is no more gas and oil processing, so no more vehicles on the roads, however, desert rats have been maintaining some of the smaller oil pump jacks in order to get fuel for powering the shack towns, generators, and oil lamps.
Scattered throughout the wasteland are remnants of the collapsed society, and the skeletons of once alive wanderers.
Irradiated flies swarm around the bodies of those who have fallen.
About
Mutant Scavenger is a Third-Person Action game, with a blend of exploration and fighting, in similar styles to Bullet-Hell (Survivor), Shooter, and Souls-like.
The player explores multiple post-apocalyptic desert cyberpunk maps, collecting powerups and bonus points.
Mutant Scavenger has many fun game features, including Amps, Gains, and Perks, and vendors to buy and sell your wares at.
Each desert map includes numerous pickups and waypoints and a shack town.
Mutant Scavenger is available for purchase or wishlist on the Steam Store as of July 2026 at a retail price of $11.99 USD.
Steam Wishlist is also available at the store link at the top of this page.
Performance
Mutant Scavenger has great performance and was designed to run on even low-end hardware from 10+ years ago.
Minimum System requirements are a 4-Core Processor, 8GB RAM, and a 6GB GPU.
Mutant Scavenger Performance Framerate on various computer systems in my game development lab:
GTX-1650 (4GB) R3-4100 (4C-8T) 16GB - 60-90 FPS 1920x1080 Low Settings
RTX-2060 (6GB) i7-6950X (10C-20T) 64GB - 90-130 FPS 1920x1080 Medium Settings
RTX-3050 (6GB) i7-6800K (6C-12T) 32GB - 60-90 FPS 1920x1080 Low Settings
RTX-3080 (10GB) i3-12100F (4C-8T) 16GB - 80-100 FPS 1920x1080 High Settings
RTX-3090 (24GB) W7-2495X (24C-48T) 512GB - 80-130 FPS 3440x1440 Epic Settings
RTX-4060 (8GB) i3-12100 (4C-8T) 16GB - 60-100 FPS 1920x1080 High Settings
RTX-5070 (12GB) i7-12700K (12C-20T) 192GB - 80-140 FPS 3440-1440 Epic Settings
RX6800XT (16GB) R5-5600X (6C-12T) 32GB - 90-140 FPS 1920x1080 Epic Settings
RX7800XT (16GB) R9-5950X (16C-32T) 128GB - 90-140 FPS 2560x1440 Epic Settings
Known Issues and Limitations
Mutant Scavenger is best played at 16:9 aspect ratio (1280x720, 1920x1080, 2560x1440).
The menus do not have full gamepad interaction since some of the menus require keyboard text input.
Game Guide ! Spoiler Alert !
Mutant Scavenger is a fast-paced third-person exploration shooter similar to Vampire Survivor and FPS and Souls-like.
Explore four futuristic post-apocalypse desert wasteland maps, battle cyborg and mutant and robot enemies, repair wasteland technology.
Explore the wasteland and pick up water barrels, water bottles, and soda cans, plus old technology like tablets and memory cards.
Explore the local shack town built with shipping containers, and visit the vendors and other local establishments.
Explore the wastelands for rusted cars, small personal settlements, robot corpses and skeletons.
Mutant Scavenger has full keyboard and mouse plus gamepad control.
Mutant Scavenger Cheat Keys
Alt+1 = Force Load Map 1
Alt+2 = Force Load Map 2
Alt+3 = Force Load Map 3
Alt+4 = Force Load Map 4
Alt+5 = Give Player Extra Loadout (Explosive Bullets and Fire Elemental)
Alt+6 = Toggle Enemy Horde Spawning
Alt+7 = Toggle Player Invincible
Alt+8 = Go into Free Camera
Alt+9 = Display Enemy Debug Values (only works in Developer Mode)
