The Game Census
RECYCLE cover art

RECYCLE

rondomedia GmbH · 2014-09-03

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In “RECYCLE: Garbage Truck Simulator” you drive impressively realistic garbage trucks through a lively city while taking on a range of management tasks as you head your own waste management enterprise.

1
playing now
51%
positive of 311 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 52% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.8k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 311 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-09-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-202015-01-01 — best price $16.242015-05-28 — best price $17.992015-11-02 — best price $17.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $8.992016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992018-02-15 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $2.992019-02-04 — best price $11.992019-11-12 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $11.992020-09-09 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $11.992021-07-08 — best price $11.992021-12-01 — best price $11.992022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-05-16 — best price $11.992022-08-22 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $11.992023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-11-28 — best price $11.992024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-11-21 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-10-21 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-05-08 — best price $1.992026-08-06 — best price $1.992026-08-20 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish

Player tags

StrategyManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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