Power Wash Simulator Review: I Don’t Know Why I Love This Game So Much
Cleaning things is weirdly relaxing. Clean surroundings equal a clean mind and all that, giving us room to think without worrying about the lingering anxiety of having to tidy up after ourselves when life gets a bit too much. Games that depict this very real part of life aren’t uncommon, acting as an offshoot of traditional simulator games where we’re normally driving trucks, managing farms, and overseeing successful football teams.
Except now, we’re flipping homes and pressure washing filthy gardens in exchange for profit. I’m serious - this is some History Channel hoarding documentary shit with how disgusting some of these places are. Entire patios are covered in thick layers of grime, while sheds and lawnmowers have been untouched for what seems like literal decades to end up in such a state. This didn’t deter me, though. I shook my head, picked up my power washer, and got to work. What follows is an obscenely satisfying game that I still can’t quite explain.
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Rather fittingly, Power Wash Simulator takes place in the town of Muckingham as you set up a humble power washing business to clean the place up and earn some pennies. You begin in a small garage, tasked with jazzing up your new van as you learn the ins and outs of using a power washer. Your new business decals are already plastered on the vehicle, so I’m guessing it got dirty on the way home from the garage or something. Nothing in this game makes sense, so just roll with it.
You’re in possession of a power washer with several nozzles, each of which covers a different angle of space while sporting varying levels of pressure for each job. You might want to run over a filthy pathway with
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