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Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Junkyard Simulator is a early access, simulation and open world game
developed by Rebelia Games
and published by PlayWay S.A..
Released on October 13th 2021 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.
It has received 1,853 reviews of which 1,184 were positive and 669 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.3 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS: Windows (64-bit) 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3,30 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 14 GB available space
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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Okay To be honest I bought this game Based on the Negative Reviews (Well the Dev's Replies to them) The Dev's seem to be working hard to improve this game so I got it on sale to see what this team was doing. I will admit it needs Work, The tutorial is Slow and lacks a fell of accomplishment I agree I would have been nice to have had to buy tools to unlock new jobs (their are machines to unlock, and maybe more closer to full release) You are locked out of other things till you complete the quests (Or I missed the ability due to the 3 quest tabs spread across the screen) But there is also the JunkYard which comes with a 2 million dollar loan (Not bad) Unlocks different mechanics but is also under explained, I learned lots of shortcuts just from experimenting, not because it tells you, Which I don't mind but I could see it being frustrating to people, Also Having to collect your income to pay your staff or they get unhappy should be explained, or add the ability to Hire a manager to keep Payroll or Supplies Flowing (Although I wish I could have the option to work the stations myself to add game play but that may come) - However- It Brings more to the experience than I expected, It plays more like a very Basic open world RPG And I could see potential for lots of improvements, since the map is less than half populated atm, Some of the controls could be improved But I understand it is a work in progress and I expect if they want to make people happy on release they will adjust some of the camera angles and the make the controls more intuitive (I know they are working or key bindings ( I hope they are working on music controls so it can be turned off for streamers)) Also, Please remove the fences in the mud zones and just extend them, they could be fun but are just an inconvenience atm Also hard to truly test as they are. Please Dev's Keep putting in the effort I think you have something worth the effort
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Junkyard Simulator is one of my "Don't Uninstall" games that gets hotfixes, updates, and additional features added to the game fairly often. I've never been disappointed with this game, but when I get pulled into another game from my library, Junkyard Simulator is a great fallback for causal gaming. ...and when I come back there's often a new feature added or its easier to do something in the game than when a last played a few days ago. I truly appreciate the solid dev support with programming, tweaking, and responding to feedback. This demonstrates to me that this is a Passion Project for them! For dev support and the ease of jumping back into gameplay after being away from it for a while ... I'd categorise this game alongside Ship Graveyard Simulator 2 and No Man's Sky. Hardspace Shipbreaker hasn't seen much dev activity for a while since it went 1.0 release, but otherwise I'd also put it alongside these titles. Very easy to return to and addictive while playing. After a long day at work, I don't always want an adrenaline-fueled challenge...sometimes I need an enjoyable experience and an easier win. It feels like fun instead of a grind when I'm cruising around the open world in Junkyard Simulator looking for the specific metals and materials I need to unlock my Steam Achievements as well as to make quest deliveries. It's good that you can follow the storyline guide missions as well as just doing your own thing and exploring ... while breaking stuff! Whether you like the small-scale hands-on of running around with your sledgehammer picking up salvage by hand, or medium scale of clearing out a storage locker full of random treasures & junk to scrap, or large scale where you tow & feed cars into scrap machines or can pick up with the giant electromagnet crane to dump into the compactor ... this game has a lot of ways to get you earning money in the game. The expansion (not a paid DLC ... an actual expansion they released) gives you your own scrapyard you can run and expand on your own that generates passive income while you're out doing everything else I mentioned. There's also renovating and refurbishing that can earn you collectable cars (by finding a scrap junker car and lovingly rebuilding it piece by piece) or you can increase the value of certain items for sale to collector NPCs in the game. Have fun! Give it a try ... and if it's not 100% hitting all your expectations, then just sit tight since the devs continue to work on it until it is meeting community expectations! Seriously, give it a try!
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It seems like a lot of negative reviews are from people who want more of a focus on one activity rather than having a range of activities that you can engage with on your own terms. The variety offered by this game is precisely why I love it. If I get bored gathering trash I can switch focus to renovating items. If I get bored renovating items, I can go search for cars to crush. If I get bored with the search, I can go to my junkyard and work on cleaning up another area. This makes the game perfect for someone who loves variety. I find a lot of depth in this. The tutorial is a bit lengthy and I was antsy about getting some freedom, but it does help you understand everything the game has to offer. If you want something direct where you are expected to focus on just one type of task, this game isn't for you. If you love menial task games, making old things look good again, and variety, you'll enjoy this. ETA: I just saw that this is still in early access. I thought it was complete because it is so engaging and extensive. For an early access game, this is absolutely great.
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This could be one of the best games for renovating, cleaning and painting random items and cars if it gets more love and the controls were improved. I spend most of time renovating items and cars. Clicking to remove each car part is almost on par with Car Mechanic Simulator. Then cleaning and painting is pretty fun, but could be improved. It would be much better to reduce motion sickness if done like in Gas Station Simulator Junkyard DLC. Using the grinder there looks more realistic and you don't have to aim so much with the crosshair and shake your screen around, which can cause motion sickness when moving quickly. Or like in Powerwash Simulator, where you can press a button to activate a view in which you don't look around directly with the mouse, but just move the crosshair without moving the screen. Also, when using the brush, sandblaster, grinder, etc., it looks good how you actually clean the items, but it's not even necessary as the game just looks for a few spots you can highlight with a button press. It would be more interesting if you actually had to clean 90% or more. On the plot where you open your own junkyard lot, I don't like the handling of the tools at all. It's so tedious and not satisfying to clean everything up. But I can easily ignore this part of the game since there is so much more to do.
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Junkyard Simulator is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.
Junkyard Simulator is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.
Junkyard Simulator received 1,184 positive votes out of a total of 1,853 achieving a rating of 6.25.
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Junkyard Simulator was developed by Rebelia Games and published by PlayWay S.A..
Junkyard Simulator is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Junkyard Simulator is not playable on MacOS.
Junkyard Simulator is not playable on Linux.
Junkyard Simulator is a single-player game.
Junkyard Simulator does not currently offer any DLC.
Junkyard Simulator does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Junkyard Simulator does not support Steam Remote Play.
Junkyard Simulator is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Junkyard Simulator.
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13
Developer
Rebelia Games
Publisher
PlayWay S.A.
Release
13 Oct 2021
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