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Recycling Center Simulator

Recycling Center Simulator

Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.

Released Oct 2, 2024 Developer Balas Games Publisher PlayWay S.A. Platforms Windows First-PersonSimulationManagementTime ManagementLife Sim
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

88.9%positive2,040 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“It has technical issues: torch does't work properly, shadows and lighting sometimes look weird and items noclip without a reason. Some of the map desingns are also frustrating. On the otherhand, progression system and related mechanics are great. Starting slow and gradually…”

— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Fun at first but sorting the rubbish becomes very very repetitive, some QoL of changes and this game would be way better. I would share what I think but it seems many of consumers already have an no updates, so there's no point.”

— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“Looks neat on first glance, but quickly shows a lack of passion on side of the developers. Also it cries AI-slop all over the place.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

96playing at last check
9924-hour peak
2,125all-time peak
0 500 1k 2025 2026 741 avg · Oct 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

38achievements
51.7%median completion
4.7%rarest: Watching Charts
84.7% of players 79.1% of players 77.6% of players 77.4% of players 73.4% of players 72.7% of players 72.2% of players 69.3% of players 68.2% of players 64.7% of players 64.6% of players 62.8% of players 61.6% of players 58.8% of players 57.3% of players 57.0% of players 56.8% of players 54.2% of players 52.6% of players 51.7% of players 51.7% of players 48.7% of players 45.7% of players 39.9% of players 38.8% of players 35.6% of players 32.3% of players 29.1% of players 27.2% of players 22.7% of players 22.7% of players 22.6% of players 20.9% of players 14.9% of players 11.2% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 4.7% of players 84.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
84.7%Fresh Start — Build your first machine
79.1%Sort It Out — Sort wastes successfully 1 time
77.6%Bargainer — Take 5 scrap deals
Rarest badges of honor
4.7%Watching Charts — Sell 250 hybrid products at marketplace
5.2%Ways of Deal — Deliver 10 contracts that include hybrid products
5.4%Millionaire! — Earn $1.000.000

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU17.99 EUR
UK15.99 GBP
Australia27.50 AUD
Canada23.99 CAD
Japan1,999 JPY
Brazil52.99 BRL
China69.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$10 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 20, 2026
♻️⚡ It’s here! Our very first and brand new E-Waste DLC!

Time to take your recycling business to the next level… and into the world of modern electronics. With the E-Waste DLC, you’ll unlock a completely new production chain focused on electronic waste recy

Feb 05, 2026
E-waste DLC ♻️ Has a Release Date!

Hello, Recyclers! ♻️ The wait is almost over! We’re excited to announce that the brand-new expansion for Recycling Center Simulator, the E-waste DLC, launches on February 20. Check out this short snea

Nov 24, 2025
Steam Awards: We Need Your Support!

Hello Recyclers! ♻️The Steam Awards are here, and this year, we are setting our sights on a category that means a lot to us: Labor of Love.When we launched our game, it was just the beginning of the j

Oct 09, 2025
🎉 Update is here! + New DLC Announcement 🎉

The wait is over! Today we’re rolling out a brand-new update for Recycling Center Simulator! 🚀 This update brings exciting new content, quality-of-life improvements and a few bug fixes! Below you’ll f

Oct 02, 2025
🚨 Exciting news for all Recycling Center Simulator fans! 🚨

On October 9th we’ll be rolling out a brand new update packed with fresh content and improvements. While the full patch notes will be shared on release day, we wanted to give you a little sneak peek r

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsFirst-Person · Simulation · Management · Time Management · Life Sim · Automation · Immersive Sim · Sandbox · Economy · Building · Physics · 3D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Hungarian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese
Achievements38
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Window 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-6700k or AMD Ryzen 3 1200X Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 4GB or equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: Yes