Games like Garbage Truck Simulator
If Garbage Truck Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Train Sim World® 3, Train Sim World® 5 and Demolish & Build 2018 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and peaceful. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Garbage Truck Simulator: The compactor is hungry! 3D simulation game with authentic trucks and realtime destruction physics. Fill the compactor with garbage and keep pressing the button until everything has been smashed. Drive the truck from one stop to the next and collect every pile of garbage from the streets.
Players who liked Garbage Truck Simulator also play
Steam players who put hours into Garbage Truck Simulator also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Train Sim World® 3
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Top pick for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Conquer American mountains as you haul incredible tonnage with the workhorses of industry, get the British capital’s commuters to work in record time and race state-to-state aboard German high-speed traction. Master the machine with Train Sim World 3.
Train Sim World® 5
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Second-strongest match for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
The Rails are Yours in Train Sim World 5! Take on new challenges and new roles as you master the tracks and trains of iconic cities across 3 new routes. Immerse yourself in the ultimate rail hobby and embark on your next journey.
Demolish & Build 2018
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Third-strongest match for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.
Wreckfest
WHY THIS
Shares destruction physics with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Ranked #4 for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Wreckfest is a demolition derby themed racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
Fernbus Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Ranked #5 for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
The world of coach drivers awaits you! Drive along motorways and country roads to the bus stations in over 40 cities in Germany. Thanks to the cooperation with FlixBus and true-to-the-original MAN buses, you will experience the game world in a realistic way.
City Bus Simulator 2024
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Embark on the ultimate urban adventure in City Bus Simulator 2024, where the bustling streets are your playground and the city's pulse beats through every road. Get ready to take the wheel of detailed buses, transporting passengers through a dynamic metropolis teeming with endless possibilities!
Military Logistics Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Drive real military vehicles, deliver critical cargo, and master first-person logistics solo or with friends. Help survivors, provide infrastructure, and rebuild a war-torn region!
Car For Sale Simulator 2023
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Ranked #8 for Garbage Truck Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Car For Sale Simulator 2023 - Developed for car enthusiasts, grow your own car sales business by buying and selling different car models. Drive the purchased cars as you wish, repair them, modify them, and sell them to customers at affordable prices.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Garbage Truck Simulator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~78% under Garbage Truck Simulator on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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More from Darius Bode
Other recommendable Steam games by Darius Bode, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
My Recycling Center
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Another title from Darius Bode, the studio behind Garbage Truck Simulator. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Operate, configure and expand your own recycling center in this first-person simulator! Work fast and sort the trash. Use the compactors to destroy the bulky waste. Earn satisfaction and cash to buy new containers and unlock new trash types. Use the second hand shop to sell re-usable items.
Bus Mechanic Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Another title from Darius Bode, the studio behind Garbage Truck Simulator. Shares Simulation and Casual with Garbage Truck Simulator.
In the Bus Mechanic Simulator you are in the position of an experienced mechanic. In your own bus garage you can maintain, repair, test and restore various true-to-original MAN bus models. Roll up your sleeves!
Demolition Pro Online
WHY THIS
Another title from Darius Bode, the studio behind Garbage Truck Simulator. Shares Simulation with Garbage Truck Simulator.
Start up the demolition excavator and use realistic tools to take down the buildings! This 3D demolition simulation lets you take care of destruction, cleanup and recycling. Work alone or in a team of up to 4 players and master the challenges in different jobs.
Frequently asked about Garbage Truck Simulator
- Does Garbage Truck Simulator run on Steam Deck?
- Garbage Truck Simulator is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Garbage Truck Simulator cost?
- Garbage Truck Simulator is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Garbage Truck Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Garbage Truck Simulator are Train Sim World® 3, Train Sim World® 5, Demolish & Build 2018.
- Who developed Garbage Truck Simulator?
- Garbage Truck Simulator was developed by Darius Bode.
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