Iron & Recovery

A tow truck simulator and towing business tycoon for PC, covering roadside work, heavy recovery and equipment transport. Work the calls yourself, rig every load by hand, and grow a one-truck operation into a company that runs without you.

Physics-driven consequences · No scripted outcomes Pre-production concept artwork. Not representative of current gameplay.

What you'll do

Four systems, one world

Recovery, by hand

Operate rollbacks, wreckers, booms, outriggers and winches yourself. Choose anchors and attachments, reeve the blocks, and stay inside rated working loads. When rigging fails, real forces caused it.

Winch cable tension
Drum layers
Rated loads

Trucks that work like trucks

Air brakes with real pressure, hydraulics that run sluggish until they warm up, drivetrains that wear. Maintenance follows actual miles, engine hours and PTO hours, and skipping it raises the risk.

Air & hydraulic systems
Component wear
Manual coupling

A business, not a mission list

Set your rate sheets, win contracts and police rotations, hire and train drivers, run dispatch, and keep the books. AI competitors expand, merge and go under around you.

Dispatch
Employees
Accounting
Impounds

A world that remembers

A procedural, North American-inspired region of towns, grades and back roads. Weather turns roads to ice and fields to mud, and wrecks stay where they lie until someone clears them.

Persistent world
Seasons & weather
Deforming terrain

Your realism, your settings

Every system aims for maximum practical realism, and every system can be dialed back on its own. Turn off wear but keep full rigging. Hand dispatch to an AI manager and drive every call yourself. Or run the whole company from the office.

Rigging

Mechanical wear

Dispatch

Accounting

Weather

Where it stands

No release date

StageEarly developmentBuilt in Unreal Engine 5 by a solo developer.

PlatformWindows PC firstOther platforms may follow later.

ReleaseEarly AccessPlanned once a playable build exists.

Questions

What kind of game is Iron & Recovery?: A tow truck simulator and towing company tycoon. You drive and operate rollbacks and heavy wreckers, recover wrecked and stuck vehicles with real rigging and winch physics, haul freight and equipment, and run the business behind it.
When does it come out?: There is no release date. The game is in early development, and Early Access is planned once a playable build exists.
What platforms will it be on?: Windows PC first. Other platforms may come later.
Is there multiplayer?: The game is single-player first. Multiplayer is deferred and is not part of the first release.
Are the trucks real brands?: No. Vehicles and manufacturers are fictional.
Will it support wheels and mods?: Steering wheels, pedals, H-shifters and button boxes are planned alongside keyboard, mouse and gamepad. Modding support is planned, starting with data-driven content.