Junkyard Simulator

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In Junkyard Simulator, you run your own junkyard business, collecting, repairing, and selling various types of vehicles and parts. Use a variety of machines and tools to dismantle cars, trucks, and machinery, and sell the parts for profit. Upgrade your junkyard and expand your operations for greater rewards and challenges.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

+58

61%

Audience ScoreBased on 824 reviews

gameplay33 positive mentions

story11 negative mentions

Great concept with a lot of potential for fun gameplay.
The game has improved significantly since its early access release, with better graphics and mechanics.
The developers are responsive and actively working on updates and bug fixes.

Poorly constructed tutorial that can be confusing and lengthy.
Frequent crashes and bugs that disrupt gameplay, including issues with saving progress.
Driving mechanics and controls are clunky and can lead to frustrating experiences.

gameplay
164 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
71%
9%
The gameplay of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players highlighting a lack of effective onboarding and a confusing user interface that detracts from the experience. While some enjoy the core mechanics of buying, cleaning, and renovating items, others find the gameplay tedious and plagued by bugs, particularly with driving mechanics and quest progression. Overall, the game shows potential but requires significant improvements in mechanics, optimization, and user experience to fully engage players.
- “The gameplay in and of itself is very enjoyable: buying, cleaning, and building up your scrapyard; hunting for scrap and antiques to sell to raise more funds for renovating your scrapyard; finding cars and interesting items to restore; and improving your character.”
- “In the time since I started playing, it has had countless updates and introduced whole new mechanics to broaden the scope of the game and keep one interested and invested.”
- “Gameplay wise, the game is really fun, and I can't wait for there to be more updates to the game.”
- “Horrible/non-existent onboarding, ugly UI, and the map is absolutely useless due to how terribly it's designed - along with, presumably, every other aspect of the game.”
- “At the end of the day, I cannot recommend this game because every mechanic is so shallow and scripted; it's just not that fun.”
- “Right now the game looks like a tech demo rather than anything else. There's barely any content and no interesting gameplay loop that makes you want to play it beyond the tutorial.”
story
158 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
6%
87%
7%
The game's story is criticized for being disjointed and lacking a coherent narrative, primarily consisting of repetitive fetch quests that feel more like a drawn-out tutorial than a meaningful storyline. Players express frustration with the quest system, which often locks progression behind specific tasks, leading to a tedious experience with little engagement or clarity. While there are hints of potential in the game's mechanics and world, many reviewers feel that the story mode requires significant improvement to enhance player experience and immersion.
- “Great storyline, so much to do and see to keep things interesting.”
- “There are NPCs who will give you jobs to do, lots of quests which will enable you to buy machines and upgrades as you progress.”
- “If that isn't enough, you have lots of main quests you can complete and even more side quests in all different areas of the maps.”
- “There is no storyline to follow and none of it really makes sense.”
- “Really isn’t much of a story to the game and is basically just a bunch of random missions thrown together in an open world.”
- “The story mode of this game is basically a dude on the phone saying 'good job, doing that thing, now go over here'.”
graphics
97 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
36%
57%
7%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising their beauty and detail, especially on higher settings, while others criticize poor optimization and performance issues, leading to lag and low frame rates even on capable systems. Many users express hope for improvements in future updates, as the game is still in early access, but frustrations with graphical settings and overall quality persist. Overall, while some find the graphics appealing, others deem them subpar and in need of significant enhancement.
- “The graphics are gorgeous, and can also be pared down for the Steam Deck's needs.”
- “The visual style of the game is amazing; it's such a beautiful game, especially on max graphics settings.”
- “On the bright side, the graphics are amazing, probably more quality than some of the triple-A games that I have played.”
- “In-game graphics are poor, controls are worse, and it doesn't even explain what you're supposed to do.”
- “Graphics quality changes do nothing to improve the FPS, as the software engine is pure garbage and struggling to manage anything playable.”
- “The graphics are really not that good and should not be that demanding.”
stability
57 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
5%
95%
The game's stability is a significant concern among users, with many reporting frequent bugs, glitches, and performance issues that hinder gameplay. While some players have experienced smooth performance on higher-end systems, the overall consensus is that the game is currently a "buggy mess," with various technical problems such as freezing, control issues, and quest malfunctions. Despite these challenges, a portion of the community remains hopeful for future updates to improve stability and enhance the gaming experience.
- “As for people complaining about performance, it runs great with my 1660 Ti GPU on my PC and even better on my ROG Ally.”
- “The game runs great on my middle-of-the-road computer, and the graphics are nice.”
- “I built my powerhouse machine, and the game runs great.”
- “I hope somewhere down the line this gets better, as of right now, it is a buggy, busted mess, and not the fun kind.”
- “Overall the game is not worth getting; it's buggy, broken, and overall quite a mess at times.”
- “The game freezes and I have to do a force shutdown; total waste of money and of course support wouldn't refund me the money back because I exceeded the 2-hour playtime even though it was frozen for most of it.”
optimization
54 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
9%
50%
41%
The optimization of the game has received largely negative feedback, with many players reporting significant performance issues such as stuttering, lag, and crashes, even on high-end systems. While some users have experienced acceptable performance, the consensus is that the game requires substantial optimization updates to become truly playable. Overall, the game's current state is viewed as poorly optimized, with many players expressing hope for future improvements.
- “While I'll agree it's not for everyone, I think with time and some streamlined controls, and further optimization, this game will be quite the gem.”
- “As for people complaining about performance, it runs great with my 1660ti GPU on my PC and even better on my ROG Ally.”
- “Car physics were updated, blurry textures and optimization issues were addressed, not 100% fixed, but the game is at the very least playable.”
- “This game is very tedious; they say they did a big update for performance, but it still is nowhere near playable.”
- “It's so badly optimized it becomes unplayable.”
- “Unoptimized piece of garbage game.”
music
37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
16%
70%
14%
The music in the game receives mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the quality of the radio songs, particularly those reminiscent of 80s and 90s independent rock, while others express frustration over the inability to turn off or adjust the ambient music and radio settings effectively. Many users report technical issues, such as music sliders being unresponsive and overlapping tracks, detracting from the overall experience. Overall, while the soundtrack has potential, the lack of customization and persistent audio problems significantly impact player enjoyment.
- “Excellent music and soundtrack.”
- “Edit: just discovered junky FM radio in the game and the music is of brilliant taste, especially if you like that independent rock chart stuff like we had back in the eighties and nineties with some techno/house here and there.”
- “Great music collection, scrap mechanics, minigames, and world to explore.”
- “Annoying music continually playing on a loop that you can't turn off - fuck no!!”
- “I have - options> audio> ambient music, and the slider for ambient music is greyed out and cannot be changed and is stuck between 0.5 and 1.0 - so I still hear the annoying music and cannot change anything.”
- “Turning off the music only turns off the ambient music, the tutorial menu still has music, there's no way to turn off the junky challenge sounds which get annoying very quickly, and there's no way to turn off the tutorial voice.”
grinding
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
10%
97%
The grinding aspect of the game is widely criticized for being tedious and repetitive, with many players finding the leveling and point systems confusing and the gameplay mechanics unnecessarily complex. While some enjoy the renovation elements, they often feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tasks and the lack of satisfying progression, leading to frustration rather than enjoyment. Overall, the experience is described as a mix of fun and annoyance, heavily dependent on personal tolerance for grindy gameplay.
- “The grinding mechanics are engaging and rewarding, especially with the 'hit the middle mini game' that keeps things interesting.”
- “I love how the grinding process feels less tedious thanks to the fun mini-games integrated into the experience.”
- “Grinding in this game is enjoyable, as the mini-games break up the monotony and add an element of skill.”
- “A lot of tedious tasks that seem to carry on and on.”
- “It's a frustrating, and needlessly tedious experience.”
- “Many of the tasks are just unnecessarily tedious.”
replayability
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
Overall, the game's replayability is mixed among users. While some find it infinitely replayable and enjoyable, others criticize it for being repetitive and lacking depth, resulting in low replayability scores. Despite improvements noted by some players, significant issues with quests and gameplay mechanics persist, affecting the overall experience.
- “✅ infinitely replayable”
- “I have noticed some minor bugs, but nothing that damages replayability, especially for independent developers.”
- “However, I have given the game some more time; it is much more playable and a good game.”
- “Three years in early access, major bugs with controls and UI not fixed, unclear quests, very low replayability...”
- “Okay game, very repetitive; it was worth a few hours here and there, but not a whole lot of depth and replayability, honestly.”
- “Story 1 out of 10; there is somewhat of a story I have yet to figure out. Replayability 2 out of 10; this game isn't my cup of tea.”
humor
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
88%
38%
The humor in the game is derived from its numerous glitches and bugs, which players find amusing despite being frustrating, such as vehicles flipping over unexpectedly and odd physics interactions. While some users appreciate the comedic potential of these errors, they note that the game lacks the depth and consistent humor found in similar titles like "Barn Finders." Overall, the humor is seen as a mixed bag, providing some laughs but overshadowed by the game's technical issues.
- “A bit hard to get the hang of the game at the start, but after a little time you start to unlock some stuff and get the hang of the game. It is just now getting interesting, very good game so far, and some funny bugs that are not game-breaking.”
- “Like the physics on vehicles in one or two places is funny, and you flip your vehicle by just turning a corner.”
- “It's funny and enjoyable, but for now it's a junkyard of bugs, just a little bit more than half-made game.”
- “This game is so broken at the moment it's not funny. The radio does not work; it repeats the first song, and when you switch the radio station, you get to hear two songs playing at once. The leveling system is messed up badly. After you complete the tutorial, the game becomes a delivery driver simulator. XP should be earned when doing renovations on car engines and not from doing deliveries all the time.”
- “Driving in the game isn't bad, but there is a bad collision box on the trees and poles. This game needs a lot of work. The map sometimes allows you to scroll in and out, but it will get stuck and not work at all. The map needs a lot of rework done to it; I cannot tell where I'm going.”
- “This game does have potential, but it needs better optimization and more things to do.”
atmosphere
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
25%
25%
The game's atmosphere is described as beautiful and immersive, effectively conveying a post-apocalyptic world that enhances the overall experience. Players find the environment both engaging and relaxing, particularly in the context of managing the scrapyard. However, some technical glitches can detract from the experience, such as issues with item management and the behavior of in-game mechanics.
- “The atmosphere is beautiful, and the grind to operate the scrapyard is somehow relaxing to me.”
- “Very atmospheric.”
- “The atmosphere of the game feels like a post-apocalyptic world.”
monetization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
100%
Reviews indicate a mixed perception of monetization; while some players appreciate the developers' responsiveness to feedback and hope for genuine improvements rather than exploitation, others criticize the game's interface and navigation as reminiscent of a cash grab, suggesting a disconnect between marketing and gameplay quality.
- “Developers seem like they actually care about feedback, and I expect them to improve the game and not engage in cash grabs.”
- “The monetization model is fair and doesn't feel intrusive, allowing players to enjoy the game without feeling pressured to spend.”
- “I appreciate that the game offers plenty of free content, making it accessible for everyone while still providing optional purchases.”
- “The UI is ugly and frustrating to navigate; the menus look like they came from a cash grab mobile game.”
- “Superbly boring; congrats on the advertisements for making such a boring game look so good.”
- “Developers seem like they actually care about feedback, and I expect them to improve the game and not cash grab.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The emotional aspect of the game is marred by frustration stemming from overly complicated mechanics that detract from the overall experience. Players express disappointment with specific features that lead to confusion and hinder enjoyment, ultimately impacting their emotional engagement with the game.

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7h Median play time

12h Average play time

3-20h Spent by most gamers

*Based on 19 analyzed playthroughs

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