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Garbage

Homebased · GrabTheGames · 2021-06-04

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 04, 2021 (Mac)

Experience the struggle which a homeless man goes through in a humorous manner. Primitive elements of contemporary life that we take for granted, such as staying warm, well-nourished, and hygienic, will become an issue.

Garbage is a 2021 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 1,218 reviews).

2
playing now
66%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 90% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (353 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,218 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Fanatical (2026-09-14) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 64 of 96 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25625620212026Week of 2021-06-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1493Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 149 · peak 550Aug 2021 — avg 20 · peak 64Oct 2021 — avg 17 · peak 54Dec 2021 — avg 14 · peak 37Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 45Apr 2022 — avg 13 · peak 49Jun 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 28Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 35Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 38Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2023 — avg 28 · peak 149Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 7 · peak 28Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.742021-06-042026-08-142021-06-04 — best price $13.492021-09-08 — best price $13.392021-11-03 — best price $13.492021-12-22 — best price $14.992022-02-10 — best price $11.012022-04-11 — best price $14.992022-05-17 — best price $11.012022-08-05 — best price $3.742022-09-29 — best price $11.012022-11-25 — best price $11.892023-01-18 — best price $3.742023-03-04 — best price $11.012023-04-18 — best price $2.842023-05-25 — best price $11.892023-07-03 — best price $13.482023-08-04 — best price $2.992023-10-16 — best price $14.992023-12-02 — best price $2.242024-01-25 — best price $2.072024-02-28 — best price $11.012024-04-02 — best price $13.052024-05-01 — best price $1.122024-06-11 — best price $13.052024-07-26 — best price $1.492024-08-20 — best price $13.052024-09-20 — best price $1.492024-11-21 — best price $1.492025-01-12 — best price $14.992025-04-14 — best price $1.192025-07-11 — best price $11.012025-09-14 — best price $1.192025-10-29 — best price $1.492025-12-07 — best price $14.992026-01-17 — best price $1.192026-02-24 — best price $3.522026-03-26 — best price $0.742026-04-30 — best price $0.742026-06-06 — best price $11.222026-07-12 — best price $11.222026-08-14 — best price $12.77
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, German, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-07-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DComedyViolentFightingStrategySurvivalTop-DownColony SimDark HumorManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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