Pack it up Zelda, Final Fantasy, Starfield, etc. — PowerWash Simulator is turning on the hoses on 31st January when it launches on Switch. Finally, a real video game that will wash the scrubs away.
Joking aside, PowerWash Simulator became a bit of a surprise hit in 2021 in Early Access, and again when it launched on PC and Xbox in 2022. It's got nearly 30k reviews on Steam and sits at an Overwhelmingly Positive rating.
In the Switch and PlayStation announcement trailer (above), we found out that we won't just be cleaning cars, rockets, and houses, but we'll have the honour of giving Croft Manor from the Tomb Raider series a good old sparkle and shine.
Yep, this really is a game where you just keep washing and cleaning. But wait! There's a story mode, multiplayer mode (online and co-op, too), career mode, and free play. You can make art using your trusty washer, or you can just sit back and unwind at the end of the day. Some of the game's previous trailers show off teams of washing pros in different colours suits, precariously walking across helicopter blades or spraying ancient statues. The world is your oyster in PowerWash Simulator.
PowerWash Simulator launches on the Switch on 31st January 2023. Will you be filling the water tank up? Steam off in the comments!
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Scrub you very much!
I need to power wash my own house. Can't justify sitting on my bottom washing virtual houses!
Guess there's a simulator for just about everything now? Can I get a knitting simulator next?
I do this for a job so I probably shouldn't buy this game as gaming is supposed to be my escape from day to day life.
I really want it though....
Where’s the line regarding simulator games of boring jobs? Exam invigilation? Toll booth operation?
Ok I need more crossover DLC like this now. Let me give Peach’s castle a good scrubbin’
Having the original 5 Tomb Raider games on Switch would be a dream.
I can't stand how much I want this game. I know I shouldn't care, but it looks like simple and relaxing fun. Will probably wait for a sale down the line.
@Mattock1987
Toll booth operation is great! If you choose "ma'am" instead of "sir" at the end of "have a nice day" you lose a life. So does giving back the wrong amount of change.
There‘s potential to that idea
I know this game sounds boring, but its honestly one of the most relaxing and therapeutic games I've ever played.
Is it possible to start a fight, Fight Club stylee?
Do they have a simulation for nuclear cleanup?
Got to clean it all before the radiation gets you!
Getting to clean up the Croft Manor? That just makes me want the Reboot Trilogy on the Switch even more.
@LimitedPower If they're partnering with Embracer Group for this Tomb Raider stuff it would be nice to see more of their IP incorporated. Embracer hold the rights to (far too) many IPs of great stature. Cleaning middle earth mayhaps, someone has to keep those Two Towers spotless for Sauron, he has an eye for that kind of thing.
@Duffman92 @Mattock1987 Papers, Please is pretty close. Wonder if/when that'll come to the Switch.
So apparently mundane tasks that people usually hate doing in real life are trending as games now?
So when do we get a remaster of WTF: Work Time Fun?
COBRAAAAA—-!!
Just wanted to say that, for some reason 🤷🏻♀️
@XenoShaun Ship has sailed for a Papers Please port, iirc the dev has deemed the port too expensive because the Switch does not support the engine it was made with and they’d have to basically remake the game in a different engine.
Anyway, Not Tonight is also pretty great and as similar mechanics, you work as a bouncer in a dystopian post-Brexit England, have to check IDs, immigration cards, terrorists and also sell drugs on the side (beware of undercover cops).
Usually on sale for less than 3€, I recommend it.
My dad is a floor/carpet cleaner so maybe a floor/carpet cleaning simulator? If this game is any proof then you can take any job in the world no matter how boring it is and somehow it becomes fun.
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