I once chased someone across a B&Q car park because of a power washer.

It was when I worked there - I wouldn’t chase someone now!

Maybe if there was a sale… ## PowerWash Simulator

The thing is, I hadn’t really thought it through.

A power-washer squirts a filthy said in a leafy green garden. A filthy lawnmower awaits a similar fate nearby.

I’m not sure I actually fancied diving into a hedge.

To make matters worse, they were running towards a car with other people inside.

What was I supposed to do about them?

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I returned to the store a hero - even Russ looked impressed.

Ah, power washers.

I’m not surprised someone has made a game about them.

A partially power-washed blue van. Appropriately it is our - the player’s - Power Wash Services van. Soon it will be sparkling clean.

It has also just added Xbox versions,andit’s included with GamePass.

And what was immediately apparent was how much more there was to it than I was expecting.

For instance, my first job is to clean a van that’s absolutely caked in mud.

A power-washer blasts dirt off the filthy rocks surrounding a pond in someone’s back garden.

It’s so covered you’re able to’t read the signwork on it or even see the headlights.

This game has the dirtiest things I’ve ever seen.

It’s an introduction that realigns your expectations.

A first-person perspective of a pristine, clean, backyard scene. There’s a patio, dog kennel, pod, table and chairs, shed, barbecue, toy car, lawnmower. And whereas it used to be covered in grime, now it’s clean. A power-washer job well done.

It shows you that cleaning even a van in this game is going to take longer than you thought.

  • and feel overwhelmed.

It’s relaxing and calming, and that’s a powerful quality.

A menu detailing a job to clean a filthy trail motorbike in PowerWash Simulator. The owner of the bike thinks it might be the dirt on his vehicle that’s slowing him down. He is delusional.

So that’s what FuturLab did.

Several clever touches stop the formula getting boring.

and it flashes blue to tell you it’s complete.

There’s also quite an enjoyable story layered on top in Career Mode.

The year in Early Access has clearly helped, too.

The game feels robust and polished, and also broad in what it offers.

Maybe I stifled a business in the growing.

Now, you see, I understand the appeal.

PowerWash Simulator is a blast.