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Salvage Shop Simulator
Developer GameFormatic S.A.
Enter the world of shopkeepers trading in reclaimed goods! Bid for the best items at auction, prepare and clean the bought items, and then sell them in your shop. Test your skills and watch your business grow! From the Steam store page
51 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 19, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
37
Rotten
19 positive · 32 negative
95% range 25–51%
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| Steam reviews | 19 | 32 | 0 |
Steam's own rating
Mixed
51 of 124 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
51 of 51 · most liked first0/10 - Broken Game Booted up this game dreaming of auction empires. Instead I spent 13 minutes living in the main menu because the game crashes the moment I try to actually play. Sometimes it even turns off one of my monitors like it’s repossessing my hardware. Incredible shop sim: buy nothing, fix nothing, sell nothing… restart Windows instead. Follow for broken bargains, cursed storefronts, and simulators where the only thing I successfully manage is my Task Manager. 🧯🖥️📉…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review is based on Update 4, 2026 April. The base idea is good, treasure hunt in abandoned storage units. However the implementation is very weak, there are numerous issues, mostly with the gameplay design. Just a few bigger problems: The skill tree is lackluster. There are only a few skills and you don't even really need them. I didn't even purchase some XP bonus ones and I had negative experience with the Appraisal ones. Appraisal. One of the worst gameplay elements. It should be your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played about 65 minutes of Salvage Shop Simulator and unfortunately my experience has been pretty frustrating so far. The concept of the game is great — running a salvage shop, going to auctions, and flipping items sounds like a really fun simulator idea. The gameplay that I did manage to experience was enjoyable. Exploring items and preparing for the auction felt promising, and the overall idea of building up a salvage business has a lot of potential. However, the main issue I kept running…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I looked at reviews before i bought it and was off-putting, but as it was on sale i thought id give it a go as its my sort of game. Most of the bad reviews are due to performance and bugs, im nearly 2 hours in and have not yet encountered any issues. So far the game is chill and enjoyable, feels great to play. Only dislike is that the time confuses me, on when store opens, just seems randomised, it needs a fixed time for opening like 8am and close at 6pm or later. But at the moment its not a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its not a game its a bug manifestation ... not playable , every update ( 5 in total ) made it worse each time .Do not buy it , its not playable at this state , i mean literally , you cant play it as the game basics do not work properly ( auction - cash register etc ) - if you interested , wait ... it may or may not get fixed :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Salvage Shop Simulator is a business-management and restoration simulator developed and published by GameFormatic S.A. that focuses on the satisfying process of transforming discarded junk into valuable merchandise. The game places players in the role of a small entrepreneur attempting to build a profitable salvage shop by purchasing abandoned goods, restoring them to working condition, and selling them to customers for profit. Blending elements of auction bidding, hands-on repair mechanics,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the negative reviews, I tried this game and am glad that I did. I have encountered no performance issues even running on an older pc, thankfully. It's a lot of fun and actually really quite reminiscent of the world of second hand sales, in which I grew up. It's not perfect by a long shot, and there are some annoyances in the gameplay, sure, but in a way, some of the bugs/weird mechanics make it even more like running your own shop: something disappeared in the van floor or was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Impossible to make money, all the bots outbid the value of the cargos so your stuck buying and selling crap to slowly loose money while you owe a lot of money to the bank and have a time limit, also still full of bugs, this game has so much potential but now the state its in I cannot recommend it but i will revise my review if you guys fix it :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →extremely buggy and i keep losing my progress cause i cant back out of things or move forward, have to keep manually closing game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game isnt good and very janky, buttons take forever to react, i really hope they fix this game as it would be good if they fix the issues but id say avoid at this moment in time as its broken and does not play very well at all! very disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While fun, this game is rather buggy. I tried to power through it because I was having fun but it eventually became unbearable. I had to restart the game numerous times because boxes would get stuck halfway out the car preventing me from progressing to new auctions. The controls in general are difficult to get a grasp on, especially when clicks dont always register. Finally, this is the only game ive ever actually had completely crash on me despite having well above the recommended…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible game. can't even play past tutorial , tried many things. The crashing, freezing, load times, blackscreen...ect. Refunding this trash. Devs for this game have no clue what they are doing. A lot of the positive reviews are from people that were gifted this trash for free....:steamthumbsdown: 🙄 i bet they abandon game soon. cash grab garbage simultor.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very buggy atm! Jittery, crashing and falling through the floor. Will give it another week and, if there is no improvement, will refund it before the two week deadline is up. Shame, was looking forward to it as I like this genre. Edit 18/03/26: No improvement after last patch, jittery, laggy and fell through the floor again within first 30 seconds of tutorial! Edit 23/03/26: Latest patch improved it enough for me to get through the jittery as hell tutorial up to winning then trying to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently I wouldn't recomend. It's fun for some parts but I can't progress because small glitches and needing to be reset. If you do play, be sure to save regularly or you'll lose your progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →thank you for listening to us. thanking for the mechanic feels better. it has its moments overall its a good game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the game for 1.5 hours and never run into any bugs or problems. Don't pay any attention to the negative watch some youtube on it then make up your mind 10/10 👍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excited to see where this goes however right now it needs some major work. Game crashed the first 12 mins in, first cut scene was a black screen with the voice strangely at double or triple the speed, making it impossible to understand... Trying to get the game to launch again after the crash and it wont even start.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Almost un-playable with the glitchiness of movements. Picking things up (which is a lot of the game) is so awkward and next to impossible to move that item around. Placing the large shelf was incredibly frustrating and difficult. 3rd bid I was a part of took almost 5 minutes back and forth and went 3000 dollars over the estimated value and it was still going I eventually just shut the game down. Not enjoyable at all, but the opportunity was there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enter the world of shopkeepers.....a good game with some bugs but still a good game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Until they fix the crashes that dont just crash the game but sends my pc haywire i will not be recommending thsi game... it has potential dont get me wrong... I just cannot play more than 5 minutes before i have to restart my pc to get over its issues.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unlike many others never had any performance issues or encounter bugs. Check out gameplay; https://youtu.be/jWLT_8vBeGg
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will say yes as I have enjoyed playing it when it works! Also I want the developer to keep adding and fixing things. However this should not be a full release game as it has many bugs. It should be EARLY ACCESS at best. At least it is at the right price point for now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently uncompletable, hopefully that will change in the future with bugfixes. First I had to restart and skip the tutorial because it broke and would not let me progress. The cleaning room would not activate at all. Then on my second attempt I reached about 15 hours played, and suddenly could no longer buy the high quality large display stand $600 anymore, it is simply missing from the purchase menu. I figured maybe it was a glitch linked to the first storefront so I played more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like trhese type of games but the game keeps glitching with products disapearing while on the cash register soft locking the game... I even started a new game to find myself locked again over and over again and having to force the game to close... I really hope they fix this as i really liked the gameplay and scenario of it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't understand what all the complaints about crashes and bugs are, because i have now played for about 4 hours straight and nothing went wrong. I have a relatively old pc ( Ryzen 2700X, 1080 TI, 16 GB Ram ) and i can run the game at a steady 60fps without any fps dips or visual artifacts whatsoever. The game is a lot of fun to play and for the price there is nothing to complain about. Come on it is only 6.29 Euro now with the discount. It's better even than all the crap games that come out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know what are other people about. Works smooth on Ryzen 5 16GB and RTX3060.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I bought this, and go to start a new game, and all I get is a "loading screen" I have tried changing my settings, and again all I get is a "loading screen" I verified game files and tried again, "loading screen" For the price this cost me, I don't think it really is worth the effort anymore to try to get this to run, so instead I will seek a refund and leave this with a negative review. I wasn't expecting AAA standard, but for a full release game - this isn't early access. But these things…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →wish i could reccomend this game i play with controller that it states it has full support this simply is not the case also would be nice to be able to price your items not just a set price
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a sea of similar games this one is actually decent. Pretty straightforward not overly complicating. I like how i can shut my brain down and play it just chilling. Plenty of content for only a few bucks. If you like simulators and you get it for cheap i recommend it. (Edit: So after playing a bit more i found a few bugs. One of them is gamebraking. Finding rare items from containers dont sell at all if you dont lower the prices as they are just normal. It damages progression quite a bit. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On steam deck this does not function beyond the shop clean up. The cut scenes jitter and stutter and this ultimately crashes the game. No protons will help this game at the moment. Really disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this because the concept—buying abandoned storage containers and flipping them—sounded fun. Unfortunately, I lasted a whopping 20 minutes—congrats to me, shortest Twitch stream ever. The biggest issue? Camera/FOV. Even after adjusting settings, it felt like I was swallowing the screen. Motion sick? Instantly. My mouse was no match for the clunky sensitivity. And let’s not forget the grandpa debt plot—cleaning a crumbling shop, tossing trash bags like I’m in training.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could be fun but its SOOOOO clunky, it runs terribly, everything you do causes a slight pause, you walk in the shop from your car with a box it takes 3 seconds and all of a sudden it appears correctly in your hands, putting things in your car from the storage container good LUCK if its a big box. Its really unfortunate because the game itself is fun and if someone could replicate this game and make it run smooth you woul have a GREAT sim on your hands. Its super clunky, almost feels…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although I do like this game the changes they make seem to just make the game more annoying than fun. CONSTANT popups about cheap customers and your prices are a MASSIVE annoyance, and considering that prices change daily unless you go through your ENTIRE inventory each day you will be spammed with useless messages constantly, and it isn't like those messages are in the corner of your screen either, NOPE right in the middle making sure you are fully aware of the useless messages. Also the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When i start playing the game didn’t glitch on me and the beginning of story mode didn’t freeze on me when second half of story mode completed frozen I got kicked out of the game and idk how to fix that in end had get refunded on the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept of this game is good, but there's not a great deal to it once you reach a certain point. I've played 21 hours, reached around level 43 but the achievements only unlock to level 11 with nothing further to unlock. There's some things which have frustrated me tonight so I've switched it off in anger. Items fly out of the back of your vehicle and land in the skip, so you lose money before you've even got the stuff out of the back of the van. If your prices are inadvertently too high, a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thank you for the beautiful game. You are the best game design studio 2026
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had high hopes for this game, but unfortunately it did not meet my standards. With so many other simulators out there, I can't on a good conscious recommend this one. The gameplay is extremely monotonous and overly simplified, the controls are unintuitive (it took me several hours to figure out how to change prices in game), and at the end of the day it just doesn't feel fun or fulfilling like other popular simulator games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SO I played it for a short time, so far it seems to play as-is. However, why is the mouse so horribly laggy when it is moved? Movement via WSAD seems to be OK, but move that mouse and its choppier than a woodcutters axe. The reach of being able to grab items is on the short side. Not game-breaking, but frustrating. It needs to be extended a little bit. Concept is there for it to be a really good game, just needs some polishing up. Bought on sale when it was GBP2.99 so it's worth it at that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game seems to have a few issues still. The cleaning room still doesn't seem to work. 20 minutes into the game and I am stuck running around with a box of dirty items without being able to do anything else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i don't have any game breaking issues like many people have had. i love this game and am addicted haha
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Надоело ремонтировать каждую вещь по отдельности.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →love this game would recommend to everyone who loves simulator games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is currently not working great with controllers. For some reason i cannot give change to customers. I cannot select and pick the money at the cash counter. Please help.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game for the price !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played about 45 minutes so far. I have run into some shuddering and longer then needed load times but crashes *knocks on wood* have not occurred yet. It may be because I have a lower end core which is an i5 rather than an i7-9, I do not know much about comp builds and such so I am unsure on that. They seem to be fervently trying (last update yesterday) to fix the issues as they notice them come in. Sure, this game is no Storage Hunters but if their is a responsive staff and folks like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After the most recent update #5, the game has become completely broken. There is currently no reason to buy the game until the current known list of game breaking issues are fixed. If the game is fixed again I will update this review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →so their is a bug where your items that you put in your vehicle goes missing like wtf i got the money in game to buy more stuff but why is that even happining
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s a pretty relaxed game overall, and I genuinely enjoyed simple things like throwing garbage bags around more than I expected. Easy to pick up, satisfying in short sessions, and overall a nice experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game. It is a pleasant and relaxing game for enthusiasts. I found a few bugs, but hopefully they will fix them soon. The price is very good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Haven't played to much yet but the 2 hours i have been smooth no problems yet. game is fun you get products from cargo containers and sell in the store but you need to clean and repair them with a mini game. been enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →La estuve esperando desde la demo. Por ahora, está mejor en todos los sentidos. 👍
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