"5 stars? Are you being ironic?"

No, I'm not, this game put me in a trancelike state for 9.7 hours according to Steam. And that was just my first session, I still need to finish it.

If you see the title of this game and think "wow that sounds cathartic" then you should just get this without thinking about it.

Everything's covered in grime, and only you and your pressure washer have what it takes to clean up these streets. The ultimate power fantasy. Put on a podcast you've been meaning to catch up on, and just go to town.

EDIT: i gave it that extra half-star, this is a near-flawless experience. i have dozens of hours in it and i still haven't reached the end of what's in this game so far. this legitimately might end up as my game of the year.

When I first played Super Mario Sunshine as a kid, I always made sure to clean up all of the paint in every level, down to the last pixel, beyond whatever the amount of cleaning any episode required was. It just felt nice to do, the game is about cleaning Delfino Island, so why not actually do that, even if you get almost nothing for it. Maybe the game doesn't notice when I leave a spot on the floor unclean, but I do, and if I'm the only one who notices it, I guess I just have to clean it up. It was like this satisfying little side-job I had while also being Mario and doing the usual bing-bing-wahoo stuff, something just for me.

And now they made a whole game about cleaning stuff with a water gun, so you could probably guess that I'm totally hooked on it. It's a lovely idealized version of a mundane task. No outside distractions or real-world costs that come with actual power washing, just you, your tools, a constant stream of water, aaaaand dirt. Put on music, a podcast, or just listen to the sound of your power washer, and lose a couple of hours cleaning a lawn so dirty you swear someone is just shitting on the patio furniture or something. It's a version of work where the results are instant, satisfying, and immediately fulfilling, the perfect escape from my current state. Wondering if I'll be able to pull myself away from this soon to finish something else before the year ends, we'll see.

"water make dirt go away make ape brain happy"

one of the most relaxing, fun, and zen like games i've ever had the pleasure of playing. this game is a steal for 20 dollars, and it gets updated like every 2 months with hours more of content. the team behind this game seem like great dudes, and i'm happy to have spent money on this experience. i have 70 hours in this game, and at least 80% of that is my first time through the levels. there is already an insane amount of content here you can NOT go wrong with this game. get it now!

After buying this i spent 1/3 of my 24 hours on this game

what the f

Edit: 10.5 Hours*

Sometimes it's just so nice when something is exactly what was promised.

You live in a world utterly encrusted by muck, grime, filth, and dreck. It's a dark and harsh world, unfit for normal life. The inhabitants of your small slice of suburbia cry out for a savior, "who, oh who can clean this heavily encrusted gunk off of our homes and property??"

Enter: You, with your 1200 PSI, 1.2 GPM Electric Cold Water Pressure Washer that you bought off of Lowes dot com while you were drunk one night.

This is no longer a side hustle. This is a crusade.

minus one half a star because it feels like gentrification, otherwise it's a perfect piece of art