Recycling Center Simulator
- October 2, 2024
- Balas Games
- 16h median play time
Get on Steam"Recycling Center Simulator" is a game where you manage a waste recycling center, bargaining for cheap raw materials with customers and sorting them for production. By processing wastes into new products, you can expand your factory and increase profits. The game involves collecting waste, sorting materials, and managing production to create more valuable items.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game is relaxing and enjoyable, providing a chill experience for players.
- Gameplay mechanics are engaging, allowing for automation and management of recycling processes.
- The developers are responsive and actively working on updates, which shows potential for future content.
- The game lacks depth and content, leading to a repetitive experience after a few hours of play.
- There are significant bugs, including issues with saving progress, which can frustrate players.
- Many players feel the game is too simplistic and doesn't offer enough challenge or variety in gameplay.
- gameplay18 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 61 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The gameplay of Recycling Centre Simulator is characterized by easy-to-understand controls and engaging mechanics that make managing scrap enjoyable, though it can become repetitive and simplistic over time. While some players appreciate the calming nature and smooth graphics, others criticize the lack of depth and content, noting that the game feels unfinished with limited gameplay hours. Overall, it offers a fun experience for a short duration, but many hope for future updates to enhance its depth and variety.
“Recycling Centre Simulator is a fantastic game with easy-to-understand controls, smooth graphics, and mechanics.”
“The gameplay is engaging, making the process of managing scrap both fun and satisfying.”
“When you first launch the game, you go through a quick tutorial that explains the core mechanics of the game, something that I always appreciate.”
“The graphics are poor, the gameplay is underdeveloped, simplistic, and without an interesting or original hook, and it bears very little resemblance to what running a recycling center is like.”
“Many of the mechanics are underbaked and easily exploitable.”
“Not too bad for the price, really fun game, however there's only around 10 to 15 hours of gameplay at the minute and they have fully released it but it doesn't feel finished. It feels like there should be a lot more upgrades, maybe a bigger factory or a full waste plant with bin trucks would be nice. I have all upgrades and machines after 11 hours, and there's no point in carrying on due to there being nothing else to work towards.”
- grinding11 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players generally find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and repetitive, especially in the early stages where tasks feel monotonous and lack depth. While some appreciate the ability to automate processes and the potential for growth as they upgrade their equipment and expand their operations, many feel that the overall gameplay loop becomes stale quickly, with limited locations and minimal story to engage players beyond the grind.
“Tedious, but eventually you can automate it.”
“After you upgrade your stuff, rinse and repeat grinding for no advancement.”
“It only has 3 locations to actually get resources, so it gets pretty boring after 2 hours. Other than that, it's just grinding those locations to get processed materials, sell them with broken contracts, and upgrade. The gameplay loop is like 30 minutes, and then you just loop until you finish. The game is pretty boring fast.”
- graphics7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The graphics in Recycling Centre Simulator receive mixed reviews, with some praising the smoothness and impressive light ray effects, while others criticize the overall quality as poor and simplistic. Despite some appealing elements, many players feel the graphics do not effectively represent the game's theme or enhance the gameplay experience.
“Recycling Centre Simulator is a fantastic game with easy-to-understand controls, smooth graphics, and mechanics.”
“I already lambasted the graphics, but one exception is the surprisingly lovely light ray effects of the sun and moon through the trees.”
“The graphics are epic, the storyline is incredible, and the amount of money is exceptional.”
“The graphics are poor, the gameplay is underdeveloped, simplistic, and without an interesting or original hook, and it bears very little resemblance to what running a recycling center is like.”
“In terms of presentation, some of the graphics are incredibly poor.”
“I also didn't notice before purchasing it, that they used generative AI to create some of the artwork in the game.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its humor, featuring goofy animations and physics that often lead to amusing situations, such as lorries crashing through players and employees struggling with navigation. Players find the interactions and cleanup mechanics satisfying, with occasional funny glitches adding to the comedic experience. Overall, the humor is a standout aspect that enhances the gameplay.
“The animations and physics are goofy and sometimes quite funny, and cleaning stuff up can be quite satisfying.”
“The connections established when picking up nearby items is snappy, as is the game for the most part, and I encountered almost no bugs or glitches (besides a couple of funny physics ones).”
“Lorries happily crash right through you (funny though), your employees struggle to path around each other, and the collection robots entirely rely on being able to clip through everything.”
- story4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game receives mixed reviews; while some praise its incredible storyline and engaging graphics, others criticize it for being too short and lacking depth, with repetitive tasks overshadowing the narrative. Overall, players feel that the game could benefit from a more substantial and varied story experience.
“The graphics are epic, the storyline is incredible, and the overall experience is exceptional.”
“The moral of the story is that you never know what life holds in store for you. If I had given up when all the odds were stacked against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“Too short for a game with no story, or much going on besides repetitive tasks, which can be awful. There are no upgrades to stack bigger items when scavenging, and while this game promotes the farming simulator style of sleep and get money, you would still expect to at least get a dollar per hour out of something so simple.”
“End of story.”
- stability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's stability is generally positive, with players noting smooth performance and minimal bugs or glitches. However, some users report regular freezing after extended playtime, which detracts from the overall experience.
“The game freezes after some playtime regularly.”
“I encountered almost no bugs or glitches, aside from a couple of funny physics ones.”
“The game runs smoothly, but I still experienced some freezing issues.”
- music3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
Players appreciate the ability to customize their experience by listening to their own music while playing, often finding it enhances relaxation and enjoyment. The option to disable ambient sounds, like bird singing, allows for a more personalized and soothing atmosphere. Overall, the music aspect contributes positively to the game's appeal.
“Very fun and simple game to play while listening to music.”
“Just put on your own music and disable the ambient bird singing.”
“I relaxed for 5 minutes to this music long enough to realize that I was going to be okay.”
- replayability3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game has been criticized for its lack of replayability, with users noting that it feels rushed and offers limited features compared to other supermarket and trading card game simulations. The restricted number of machines and upgrades further diminishes its replay value.
“This game honestly feels rushed and could have done more considering that supermarket and TCG sims came out with more features and replayability.”
“Not much replay value.”
“The game doesn't offer replay value as there are a limited number of machines and upgrades.”
- monetization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has been criticized as a cash grab, suggesting that it prioritizes profit over player experience.
“Another Playway game cash grab.”
“The monetization system feels exploitative and heavily favors players who spend money.”
“It's frustrating to see so many features locked behind paywalls.”
