Recycling Center Simulator
- October 2, 2024
- Balas Games
- 17h 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 offers a relaxing and enjoyable gameplay experience, making it great for casual players.
- The mechanics of collecting and recycling trash are engaging, with a satisfying progression system.
- The game has potential for future updates and expansions, keeping players hopeful for more content.
- The game lacks depth and variety, leading to repetitive gameplay after a few hours.
- There are technical issues, including bugs and crashes that can disrupt the experience.
- The graphics and audio quality are subpar, which detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game.
- gameplay35 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by a repetitive loop of collecting trash, processing it, and selling products, which can lead to boredom after a few hours. While some players find the mechanics engaging and intuitive, others criticize the lack of depth and content, suggesting that the game feels unfinished and offers limited replayability. Overall, the gameplay is described as simple and calming, appealing to those who enjoy casual management simulations, but may not satisfy players seeking more complexity or variety.
“The gameplay is engaging, making the process of managing scrap both fun and satisfying.”
“The game mechanics are solid, and the gameplay flows smoothly without getting boring.”
“Micro-managing is as much or little as you like and all game mechanics are smooth and intuitive.”
“Gameplay loop is a bit repetitive; hawk trash, turn it into a product, sell for profit, upgrade your tools and machinery, rinse and repeat. But it's not so bad that I didn't grind the achievements to 100% in 30 hours.”
“I promise you, you will be bored out of your mind past the first 30 minutes of gameplay.”
“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.”
- grinding16 mentions
- 6 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 94 % negative mentions
Players generally find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and repetitive, especially when pursuing certain achievements like earning 1 million coins, which can take hours of effort. While some enjoy the initial fun and the ability to automate tasks later on, many feel that the lack of meaningful progression and variety leads to boredom after a short period. Overall, the grinding can feel excessive and detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game.
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
“It is fun at first, but it becomes tedious after a while.”
“There is one very grindy achievement, and that is earning 1 million coins.”
“Too short for a game with no story, or much going on besides repetitive tasks, which can be awful, with no upgrades to stack bigger items when scavenging.”
- graphics14 mentions
- 21 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 21 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with some players finding them merely adequate and lacking polish, while others appreciate certain elements like light ray effects. Many criticize the animations and overall presentation as poor, suggesting that the graphics do not meet modern standards, especially for an indie title. However, a few users highlight that the visuals are sufficient to support enjoyable gameplay, despite some minor issues.
“Graphics are not 'cutting edge' but more than enough to make it look good.”
“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 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.”
“This is not the first indie game I play where the gameplay is rather simple but you need a NASA graphics card to play it.”
- story7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The reviews indicate a mixed reception regarding the story aspect, with some players noting a lack of narrative depth in comparison to other business management games. While a few appreciate the graphics and overall experience, many criticize the game for being too short and repetitive, lacking a compelling storyline or meaningful progression.
“The graphics are epic, the storyline is incredible, and the amount of money is exceptional.”
“Similar business management games I've played gave me some story to explain my intended direction.”
“Moral of the story, you never know what life holds in store for you, and if I would have given up when all the odds were stacked against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“No story.”
“Similar business management games I've played provided some story to explain my intended direction.”
“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.”
- optimization6 mentions
- 17 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with players reporting significant performance issues that detract from the overall experience. While the gameplay is enjoyable, many feel that the developers lack the expertise needed to effectively optimize the game, leading to a perception of it being poorly developed. Users suggest that hiring experienced developers could greatly improve performance and enhance the game's quality.
“Other than occasional issues that could be fixed with an optimization patch, my only complaint would be glitched achievements.”
“Because the game is fun, but the performance is really bad.”
“The developers know how to make a nice game, but like with all indie games, the devs don't know how to optimize performance.”
“To the developers: hire someone who knows gaming development and how to optimize performance because the performance makes the game feel like it's made by students.”
- replayability5 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The game lacks significant replayability, with players noting a quick endgame and limited features that do not encourage multiple playthroughs. Many feel it feels rushed compared to other titles in the genre, resulting in minimal variation and upgrades to explore.
“This game has no replayability or variation of worth.”
“The 'end game' comes quickly, so if you're looking for any kind of extra replay value by starting again, I just don't think it's there.”
“The game doesn't offer replay value as there are a limited number of machines and upgrades.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's stability is generally positive, with players reporting smooth performance and minimal bugs or glitches. However, some users have experienced regular freezing after extended playtime, which can disrupt the gaming experience.
“The game freezes after some playtime regularly.”
“I encountered almost no bugs or glitches, besides a couple of funny physics ones.”
“The connections established when picking up nearby items is snappy, as is the game for the most part.”
- 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 pathfinding. 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
