
Early Access
Yes, it's still new to Early Access (launched Sep 28). Last updated 2 days ago, with 1 update so far.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
A side-scrolling beat 'em up steeped in British grit and dark comedy. Three fighters. Seven stages. Countless wheelie bins. Familiar energy blasts. One mission: take the trash out. Take down a corrupt police force and whatever has commandeered them for their own ends.
The developer filed this on the Steam store page. It is not a guess by active.games.
This game's early development utilized local AI systems for generating initial ideas and imagery surrounding the stage layouts and the initial musical passages, then further edited manually through various pieces of software (Art software and DAWs + numerous VSTs).
Oct 19, 2026 · Patch note
Update notes for October 19,2026 (opens in new tab)
WHEELIE BIN BASH — UPDATE NOTES v0.40.18 → v0.40.29 A month of fixes and various, twiddled knobs (no jokes, please). Here's what's changed since the last build. NEW: PICKUPS Two rare pickups have been added. EXTRA LIFE — any bin you throw has a small chance (roughly 1 in 1,700) to pop a 1-UP. You'll recognise it: it cycles through the Lads' faces in green.…
Oct 19, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 26056894
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Sep 23, 2026 · Patch note
Update v0.40.18 - Full(er) language updates - Menus and Misc. (opens in new tab)
v0.40.18-demo Language implementations across the board. See below- Huge thanks to everyone playing the demo and sending through feedback — it genuinely shapes what gets fixed first. If you run into anything, it helps to note the game version, shown in the bottom-right corner of the title screen. Language The demo now speaks 10 languages. Menus, the charact…
Sep 21, 2026 · Patch note
Update v0.40.16 - Language, Extra DEMO Stage, and DEMO Save Data Integration (opens in new tab)
v0.40.16-demo [p align="start"]Huge thanks to everyone playing the demo and sending through feedback — it genuinely shapes what gets fixed first. If you run into anything, it helps to note the game version, shown in the bottom-right corner of the title screen . Play The demo now runs two stages : fight through South Plankton , then travel on to Rotting Ham…
Wheelie Bin Bash last posted a patch note 2 days ago (Oct 19, 2026: Update notes for October 19,2026 (opens in new tab)).
It got about one update every 4 months so far. Wheelie Bin Bash entered Early Access less than three months ago, so it's too new to rate for update frequency.
No. Wheelie Bin Bash only launched in Early Access on Sep 28, and it was last updated 2 days ago, with 1 update so far.
Wheelie Bin Bash: 3 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 14 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. The Early Access release on 2026-09-28 falls inside this window.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 1 |