Recycling Center Simulator

First-person recycling management sim that turns collected waste into products

Balas Games · Published by PlayWay S.A. · Released Oct 2, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 86% of 2,969
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 72% of 40 in 30 days
Playing now: 39; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 11 months ago; Oct 9, 2025

What is Recycling Center Simulator?

This first-person management sim puts you in charge of a recycling factory. You negotiate to buy waste, collect it from sites, sort it by material, and make products to sell as you expand the factory.

For you if...

+you enjoy hands-on collection and sorting in job sims
+you like growing a factory through production and sales
+you prefer a relaxed single-player management routine

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer instead of a solo business sim
−you prefer automation over gathering waste by hand

What players say

86% of 2,969 reviews are positive · 72% of 40 in the last 30 days

Players praise the early routine of collecting, sorting, and expanding the factory. Many say it grows repetitive later, with limited endgame goals and awkward conveyor automation; some also report bugs.

Screenshots and trailer

Recycling Center Simulator system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Window 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700k or AMD Ryzen 3 1200X
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 4GB or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 8 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 38
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Display output not correctly scaled
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Hungarian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Traditional Chinese.