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Storage Hunter Simulator
Developer Raccoons Studio
Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction. From the Steam store page
261 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
126 positive · 113 negative
95% range 46–59%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 126 | 113 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,530 of 1,967 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
52% recommend · 118 yes, 109 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 227 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (3,299 of 4,234 positive).
Players enjoy the Storage Wars-style treasure hunting and addictive item discovery. [1][2][3] Many complain about slow progression, poor driving mechanics, and numerous bugs. [1][4][5] Some allege the game connects to a blacklisted gambling website, raising security concerns. [6][7][8]
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Representative posts
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Update: Dev is not addressing the issue : transparency https://steamcommunity.com/app/1442430/discussions/0/691994366768717683/?tscn=1786162599 SHADY BEHAVIOR Suspicious Network Activity Detected – Game Tries to Connect to Blacklisted Domain Hi everyone, I want to share a serious issue I encountered while playing Storage Hunter Simulator. During gameplay, my antivirus (ESET) blocked multiple attempts by the game’s …
- [4]
TL;DR - Progression is painfully slow, travel and game time can be frustrating, and there are significant QoLs that should've been included, all of which negatively impact the game. Maybe worth buying on sale or after some updates. The premise is kinda fun, but man there are so many things wrong with this game - Pros * Fun concept * Huge list of things to find * Now with collectors for cool bonuses Cons * …
- [1]
The good: - Storage Wars on your PC - Lots of interesting items - Engaging progression - The thrill of finding rare/high-value items is genuinely addictive - Despite all the negatives, it really scratches the itch for Storage Wars treasuing-hunting The bad: - Having in mind that a big part of the gameplay is driving, the handling of vehicles is God awful - Progress is extremely slow - Loading your truck with the …
- [2]
Storage Hunter Sim is oddly satisfying. It's pretty simple, you bid on auctions and then try to turn a profit using the items you obtained. The early game involves a slow grind of visiting locksmiths and specialty-item verifiers, but as you progress further into the game, you can unlock lockpicking and verification tools that help speed up the process. You can also grind for vehicles, houses, cosmetics, and …
- [3]
Literally only bought this because I was a fan of the Storage Wars show and it plays pretty much exactly as I expect. Game's fairly basic but it's good to waste some time in and just shout MONEY at your screen whenever you're bidding for something XD
Summarised from 34 of the 252 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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The crowd is split on Storage Hunter Simulator: 118 recommend it, 109 don't. Which camp are you in?
Reactions
60 of 261 · most liked firstI was excited for the 1.0 release after playing this game for a good few hours throughout early access. Unfortunately though, the game has been released in a really bad state, and feels as though this was all a cash grab. The early access started off well, with regular weekly updates etc. which were relatively minor, but gave the impression it was being developed slowly and patiently. But for some reason since August this year everything fell silent with no updates. Then a seemingly surprising…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update: Dev is not addressing the issue : transparency https://steamcommunity.com/app/1442430/discussions/0/691994366768717683/?tscn=1786162599 SHADY BEHAVIOR Suspicious Network Activity Detected – Game Tries to Connect to Blacklisted Domain Hi everyone, I want to share a serious issue I encountered while playing Storage Hunter Simulator. During gameplay, my antivirus (ESET) blocked multiple attempts by the game’s executable StorageHunter-Win64-Shipping.exe to connect to the domain of 1xbet…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game in early access was my game of the year, now at 1.0, they literally killed off the game entirely.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game was enjoyable... 'til I heard about background attempt to connect to 1xbet website, a PUA/Blacklisted website. Ain't no freaking reason of any sort to have this in the game's code.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved playing this game until the update that made far less items spawn in storage lockers which makes it very difficult to even break even on them, much less get a profit going. I was eagerly checking in every few weeks hoping for an update that would correct this issue when I saw something disturbing. The discussion forums mentioned that the single player game was attempting to connect to a shady gambling website repeatedly while playing. The dev commented that this was "fixed" in a patch…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Marketing "1.0" does not make a game finished. I am writing this because I want to love this game, but the "Full Release" tag is currently a misrepresentation of the product. When a game leaves Early Access, there is a consumer expectation of stability and polish. Unfortunately, Storage Hunter Simulator currently has more reported bugs than many games still in Alpha or Beta. The Data: The official bug report thread is nearly 700 posts deep. We are seeing game-breaking physics, vanishing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR - Progression is painfully slow, travel and game time can be frustrating, and there are significant QoLs that should've been included, all of which negatively impact the game. Maybe worth buying on sale or after some updates. The premise is kinda fun, but man there are so many things wrong with this game - Pros * Fun concept * Huge list of things to find * Now with collectors for cool bonuses Cons * Progression is abysmal at best * In-game time is too fast * Vehicles are too slow *…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great for two hours, then it's a ghost town. Storage Hunter Simulator has a fantastic hook, but the mid-and-late game are completely hollow and lack any sense of real progression. Once you've seen the basic item sets, the game becomes an endless, grind that values your time less and less. Without a deeper reason to keep bidding or a way to actually grow your "empire" in a meaningful way, it quickly transforms from a fun simulator into a repetitive, boring chore.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would have recommended this game if bugs weren't as annoying as they are. This game had real potential and is rather addicting especially bidding on storage lockers just like the show Storage Wars but the sad reality is, this game is literally littered with bugs which basically becomes a major annoyance after awhile leading you wanting to quit the game entirely. When you first start out in the game, you're given a certain amount of money to start bidding on storage units and lockers where…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The good: - Storage Wars on your PC - Lots of interesting items - Engaging progression - The thrill of finding rare/high-value items is genuinely addictive - Despite all the negatives, it really scratches the itch for Storage Wars treasuing-hunting The bad: - Having in mind that a big part of the gameplay is driving, the handling of vehicles is God awful - Progress is extremely slow - Loading your truck with the items is becoming annoying pretty fast - Haggle mechanics are explained, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been so torn about this game and really wanted to like it more than I do. The core concept is solid, the process of stacking everything on top of your car is hilarious, and the overall vibes are on point (especially the music!). However, the game is painfully slow in so many ways. You earn money so slowly that the high prices of the upgrades and vehicles result in you grinding for hours to get anywhere. I understand the game needs to give the player progression goals, but the kind of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like a game in EA. Not sure, why this is considered a full release. So many interesting mechanics, but nothing is really feeling fully fledged out. The core mechanic, auctioning for items, is fine, but there is no real incentive to NOT win the auction. The auctions are boring in itself. Just wait until no one bids and start bidding. Then you open a pawn shop, but you don't really know why. You can sell your items there, and get a better margin on your sold items, but it is not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay loop is relatively fun, but the game suffers from several problems. The physics for items on your truck is sporadic and can launch them any direction, the game is unoptimized and runs like a jet engine built out of ps3s, upkeep for houses and pawn shops is too large, the price tag for the extremely limited clothing options and tool upgrades are too high, the experts are spread out and waste time traveling back and forth to them, and the auction places/ storage houses do not say…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. Balancing on the edge of poverty and barely surviving. 2. Taking a $2000 loan to buy a lock-picking tool, believing it would improve your quality of life by saving you from running to the unlocker guy and paying him every single time. 3. Finally getting a storage unit with a chest inside. 4. Trying to unlock the chest. 5. It is red. 6. Why is it red? 7. Trying another one — red again. 8. What the hell? 9. Realizing there’s a success chance that depends on your tool level. Next level is not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The core idea of the game is really good, and at the beginning it’s genuinely enjoyable. The gameplay is easy to learn and can keep you engaged for around 15–20 hours. The auction atmosphere is well done, and the game clearly has potential. However, over time it becomes quite repetitive. There’s no real story, just a tutorial, and after that you keep doing the same things over and over again. The game really needs more content – for example more cars, more varied auctions (even an online…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea is nice, but it almost feels like a chore to play. Running back and forth to and from multiple locations to sell, fix, and verify the price of items is tedious and makes me bored.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a decent game but WAY too grindy. I got this after watching some streamers play it and it didnt look too bad for grinding. Little did I know prices of everything were jacked up for all the upgrades. What was once a game with some decent looking progression is now an absolute slog. Ex. the 2nd truck went from 5000 to 20000, thats ridiculous. Its fun but it feels like the dev made that change for no reason whatsoever, it was already a grind. Now its just a waste of time, not a good enough to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I first played this game, I didn’t enjoy it at all. It was early in its release, the controls felt like they were held together with duct tape, and I bounced off it hard. A few months later, I decided to give it another shot — and to my surprise, I actually had some fun... for a few hours. Then the repetition set in. Fast. Like, “wait, didn’t I just do this?” fast. By the 10-hour mark, things were already feeling samey; by 30 hours, it was downright unbearable. I finally put the game on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a typical UE "Simulator" game, the type you buy on sale when you don't know what to play or to wait for the next great release on your radar. Don't expect it to be an original or brilliant game by any mean.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has been out long enough to fix the bug that allows items you bid on not to go falling out and into the ground or your truck full of items all disappearing when you exit the truck. It is now two years after release and still objects are being lost, falling through ground, you name it. NOT worth your time when you can be playing a working game and not wasting your time on this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review updated after 1.01. 1.0 had a bunch of issues in it, but they seem to be mostly fixed few days later. The game is quite unique and there is definately fun to be had here. There is bunch of things that are rather bland like driving mechanics, but they serve their purpose. What makes it interesting is a long list of items you can uncover, so if you like looking through random loot while gradually improvind and upgrading new tools and unlocking new ways to make money. Best way to decide…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I installed Storage Hunter out of curiosity – and uninstalled it shortly after. While playing, my antivirus software (ESET) repeatedly blocked the game from connecting to a suspicious domain, which is flagged as PUA/blacklisted. Here is the exact information from the ESET log (anonymized): Time: 30.11.2025 09:40:45 URL: deleted to avoid URL filtering - the websites name is 1xbet - a betting/gambling website Status: Blocked URL Event: PUA-Blacklist Application:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I bought the game, it was a fun but short experience. I liked the gameplay even if the game had some issues. Now, the game is basically unplayable. The game keeps crashing and after some research with the logs, and the crashdump file, it appears that the game causes the GPU to lock out, which results in a crash handled and executed by the game and UE5. I won't bore you with the technical details, just know that the game is not fully playable without some interfering in the setup. You…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The 1.0 update really dropped the ball so I can't recommend this game at the current time. The game is not well optimized Physics are still a problem The mini games that they made are not well implemented and are buggy The spawn rate for items in storage containers have been significantly nerfed almost to the point that you can barely make any money, even in easy mode The world map looks awful now compared to the previous version The AI used in the voices sound terrible, the foreign languages…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is equivalent to a flash game. 10 years ago I would be blown away, but I paid money for this. There are no police, no laws, no guides, no obstacles, nothing to overcome, no physics, no interactions. This is an extremely barebones game. 100% if you wanna bid then play jenga on a truck, buy this. everyone else, wait til this is $10,
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Did you forget to keep developing the game after releasing it, for ♥♥♥♥'s sake?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Storage Hunter Simulator is one of those games that sounds fun on paper, but the actual experience just feels lifeless and disappointing. Right away, the presentation throws you off. The cover art looks AI-generated as hell, and once you’re in-game, it doesn’t get much better. The NPCs look like they were pulled straight from the Unity Asset Store, and they move like it too—stiff, awkward, and completely lacking personality. Honestly, everything feels kind of dead. There’s no real energy to the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay so i got the game AFTER the recent update from the day of writing this and honestly, i cant see what people are complaining about. People saying its impossible to make money at the start on normal or even easy must be playing wrong. Perhaps the units and NPC bidding got buffed secretly in the update but if not, people who dont have patience always cry. Its a sim game, which means things will not be straight foward. Yes you will loose a bid or loose money on a unit at first, i did. But…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Storage Hunter Sim is oddly satisfying. It's pretty simple, you bid on auctions and then try to turn a profit using the items you obtained. The early game involves a slow grind of visiting locksmiths and specialty-item verifiers, but as you progress further into the game, you can unlock lockpicking and verification tools that help speed up the process. You can also grind for vehicles, houses, cosmetics, and collector's items. It's for cozy gamers who like rolling the dice, organizing and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, I really enjoyed it. But then it got AI generated content, so I will not recommend this game. Remove the AI Generated Content, and I will be gladly to recommend it! Until then, it's a thumbs down for me. I wish it was possible to get a refund, but it's way past the hours I've played on it, and time owning this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I put some cheats on to see how features would unlock, so can say Ive unlocked all the game has. Only thing late game is you get a faster vehicle, some nicer homes, but the mechanics dont evolve in any way. Everything just feels empty or incomplete, like a concept game that didn't get finished. If you want to play honestly, here's the loop: you quickly get to buy your own pawnship after making some $ on cheap auctions. Its a trial of patience in that you often wont make more than $100 on an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They really killed this game with the full release. It's not worth any money at this point. It was a lot of fun in early access. I'll change my review if they update the game in a positive way. Getting rid of the awful mini games for a start. Having stuff only possible to get by grinding through hours of mini games is really just not fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Storage Hunter Simulator Raccoons Studio. Steam disclosure -y
neutral · AI labelView post →Literally only bought this because I was a fan of the Storage Wars show and it plays pretty much exactly as I expect. Game's fairly basic but it's good to waste some time in and just shout MONEY at your screen whenever you're bidding for something XD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is full of bugs, so frustrating and practically unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i found the legendary money bag and i think you should just grant the player the funds instead of making us sell it and it should be worth alot more it doesnt make sense
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes I like it, and by extension I’d recommend it. But it’s the jankiest non-simulator simulator ever. Like, for the first hours you’re broke and have no choice but to cram all of your winnings into your tiny truck so you can lug it around to different identification shops and stores to sell at. And then you learn that for much of the first game it’s less about winning auctions and more about doing whatever you need to do to maximize profits. So you’ve got this instant identifier and fixer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Immersive map, great environment, unique concept. Cons: The progression is very slow and the gameloop is repetitive and painful after 2 hours. It's hard to stay hooked after that.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's got it's weird moments, but overall a really enjoyable just grinding game. Perfect for when you just want to mentally clock out for a couple of hours. And the extra joy of seeing how badly I can stack things inside the back of my truck is always fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really love the addictive gameplay loop. It provides a certain right satisfactory feeling when you get to win an auction, scan the items and then sell them. I do think there should have been a little bit more nuance to the selling side of things but I always saw this game as simulator slop, so it still was more enjoyable than I expected. I however feel painfully disappointed in the use of AI. I suspected there might have been AI use for the promo art way at the start, but since it was not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →was decent until they decided to use ai slop for promo, game also gets old pretty fast.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is absolutely dripping with zero effort AI slop, to the point where many of the non-AI assets still feel like they were run through a plagiarism engine to shave off any personality or character. like, if the songs on the radio station aren't AI, they were absolutely written and recorded by a serial killer because that is how little humanity is on display that said, since i bought it and played it in a haze of illness and didn't realize it was Infested with the Rot, i'll keep playing it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not buy this game, perhaps one of member made this unplayble on purpose. You can not progress... awoyd it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an absolutely buggy mess to play. It's okay-fun when it does work right, but if it's working right, you're about to bug out. Not to mention getting off the ground to the first 1k is almost impossible. It's just not in a fun state right now and I was desperately looking forward to this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HI! It turns out this game had its summer update drop today? Neat! Going live with more Storage Hunter Simulator! YAPYAPYAP! www.twitch.tv/divinefennec
neutral · AI labelView post →if you like the storage wars tv show, then this is for you. wife and i played the demo for almost 9 hours lol then realised we waisted our time and purchased the full game. spent a further 13 hours on it yesterday, there is so much todo, its not a quick and easy game but it is so much fun. DONT FORGET TO PAY THE LADY. 10'/10 from me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was chill, ran well, and entertaining enough. The driving was a little much but not a deal breaker. It is time consuming to progress. But what makes it no longer playable is that all the items for sale in my shop have countowns until they can be sold. One item started with a 26 hour (real time) timer that does not progress unless you are in game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduction: Finally, a game I CAN recommend after so long! Storage Hunter Simulator is probably one of the better simulator games I've played in a long ass time, I had a blast playing the game, and is probably THE best option on Steam if you want to play as a storage hunter. However, there're a few minor downsights that's killing the overall fibe and momentum. You start off with almost nothing to your name, get decent storages, minor profits... and that's all in the first 12ish hours of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As you can see, I put enough hours into the game to give a fair and balanced review. The reason I’m leaving this as a positive review is because the price is good, and the developers finally patched one of the most annoying issues — losing money after saving the game. I’ll break this down into simple sections. ✅ Worth buying if: The game is cheap for what you get Super fun, even better in co-op The concept itself is great Mechanics like driving and packing the truck feel smooth (when bugs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game single player. The multiplayer aspect sucks (ei: glitchy for non host players, can't open up boxes, frames drop and glitches happen while driving. Worth the loot but I hope they patch up these problems in multiplayer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game seems to be broken upon launch. I played for 10-20 hours in early release, and though the game had limitations, it seemed mostly fair to players, with the RNG that determined auction bids allowing the player to succeed without having to risk most of their dough. After launch, however, the auctions seem increasingly punishing, with the costs being high and the results being mostly trash. The balance is clearly off, and has been since the game left early release. In addition, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would have sunken cost fallacy feelings if I bought this game. I already have that feeling spending just 6 hours in it. There's an interesting and fun idea in here somewhere, with all the progression and amount of things to do, but the problem is that the main game mechanic of going to auctions and bidding on storage units is pure trash. There's no rhyme, reason, or tactic to help you win, it's pure RNG. Having now loaded in auctions to run them over and over to look for patterns, I can see…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1.0 really was a step back. The release update has made the npc hunters pay through the roof for lots worth basically nothing, making it so you can either pay absurd prices, making you lose money, or just not pay at all and thus also not being able to earn any money. At this point I do not recommend getting this game. If they fix the balancing issues they have introduced in 1.0, I would absolutely think it's a game worth trying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those games where I want to recommend it and don't at the same time. It definitely has its charm points- opening up storage lockers and seeing what's inside is pretty fun, there are plenty of secrets around the map to uncover, and generally speaking it's easy to see that a lot of effort went into the game. However it's also incredibly grindy, unbalanced, doesn't have much in the way of character upgrades, and the scale of the game world is perhaps a bit too bloated for its own…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely a time killer. It takes a lot of work just to make $100. I recommend this game to those people who enjoy the grind more than the payoff
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its very difficult to say its good or not, yes i like the game play its fun and things are fun to do. on the opposite site they tell that they are fixing all the problems for some month and nothing happens. So i think they will never do and with the bugs still existing you should not buy any games from them as long as they do not support there own games, but still saying they would. Prove me wrong and fix them.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update at bottom: It's a great concept but this is the buggiest crash-prone game I've ever played. Like it was thrown together using ChatGPT or something. I've tried everything. Often times it crashes before it even starts. Fatal errors ruin it for me. I have to point out that it started out perfectly fine when I first started playing a year ago. But now it has become virtually unplayable. UPDATE I've changed my rating and recommendation. It's a good game. Turns out I just needed to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I waited for almost a year for a co-op, with my bf, to play this game. It finally out, and what did we get? A total dumpsterfire. Cars, shops, tools, money - all separate. Everything is separated. EVERYTHING. It's paying 2 different games, in a common lobby. It makes no sense, there's no way to change it, or use any toggle. Waiting year for this garbage was a waste of my time, and money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →With over 170 hours in this game during Early Access this was my go to game. It was a cozy game I could curl up with and play for hours and while it wasnt perfect, it was very enjoyable. As of the 1.0 release it has become unplayable and frustrating. The amount of game breakings bugs is egregious. Items phase under the ground, selling chests while they still have items will cause the items to freeze in the air, the second and third players in the game cant open boxes from the blind auctions,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A buggy cash grab, this game should have NOT been released in this condition. It's actually embarrassing what little care was put into this update they want to call 1.0. We were excited for multiplayer, bought it for friends and enjoyed our time together... at first. Then the bugs started being horrible. Our saves wouldn't save our money (permanently lost $10,000 at one point because of that), items constantly glitching, teleporting, desyncing, and flying into space. We would constantly have to…
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