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PowerWash Simulator 2 Review Overview
What is PowerWash Simulator 2?
PowerWash Simulator 2 is a powerwashing simulation game developed and published by FuturLab. As a direct sequel to 2022’s PowerWash Simulator, it builds upon the story of the first installment, putting players in the role with an already established cleaning company. This time around, it adds more locations, better tools, and quality of life updates.
For more gameplay details, read everything we know about PowerWash Simulator 2’s gameplay and story.
PowerWash Simulator 2 features:
⚫︎ Slow-Paced Chill Gameplay
⚫︎ More Wacky Buildings and Objects to Clean
⚫︎ Improved Look
⚫︎ Better Tools
⚫︎ Fun Cleaning Co-Op
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 Epic Games |
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PowerWash Simulator 2 Pros & Cons
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 Smooth, Improved Mechanics Interactive ASMR New Furniture and Decor Gameplay Pettable Cats |
No Customizable Keybinds Lack of Text Log No Option to Turn Off Particles |
PowerWash Simulator 2 Overall Score - 84/100
PowerWash Simulator 2 is a great sequel to the first game, building upon the already good mechanics and foundation it had and making it doubly better. Better gameplay, improved visuals, QoL improvements—the works. While it does have some lapses, they’re all quite minor and doesn’t detract from the experience. Whether or not this is your first or second PowerWash Simulator game, it’s definitely worth a try.
PowerWash Simulator 2 Story - 8/10
It builds upon the story of the first game and takes it further—your little power-washing company’s reputation has grown, and now you’re receiving customers from all over Caldera County. There is a bit of a plot that connects several jobs together, shown through text messages from the townspeople that add to the whole worldbuilding, but it doesn’t take priority over the other aspects of the game.
PowerWash Simulator 2 Gameplay - 8/10
The signature point-and-spray pressure-washing gameplay was made even better in the sequel with newer and improved tools and mechanics, allowing for more satisfying clean up with less stress. The added home base decor gameplay is also a nice way of adding a bit of personalization to the whole thing. However, it is unfortunate that there is no option for changing keybinds despite it being available in its predecessor. It also suffers from a few glitches, such as random input lag when pressing keys or key presses not registering at all even if there was no issue just a second ago.
PowerWash Simulator 2 Visuals - 8/10
Graphics look and feel more detailed and solid, with the models and the textures looking real and immersive. Performance-wise, it also plays smoothly for most part, although it may require some tweaking in the settings to lessen drops and lags in frame rate. However, there is no option for turning down the in-game brightness (the vibrancy and glare can be, quite literally, blinding), and the new butterfly and dandelion wind particles can be a little off-putting.
PowerWash Simulator 2 Audio - 9/10
While there’s no soundtrack to speak of, it’s not much of a loss—you’re here for the calm vibes while listening to the sound of pressurized water ricocheting on different surfaces. Sound design is done immensely well, with sound effects feeling punchy and solid, as well as the presence of subtle changes in the sound of the water depending on the surface or nozzle used, and even makes use of some sort of spatial audio when in Free Aim mode.
PowerWash Simulator 2 Value for Money - 9/10
For $25 and over 30+ locations to explore and clean with each being bigger or more surprising than the last, as well as the option for co-op, you’ll definitely get your money’s worth for how many hours you’ll be pouring into this game. Judging from the previous game’s track record, there may even be free content packs released in the future, and its DLCs are decently priced at around $8 a pop.
PowerWash Simulator 2 Review: Cleaning Made Fun and Easy
Cozy, lighthearted games are one of my favorites to play, and luckily for people like me, there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of these simple, shut-off-your-brain-type titles. While you have your usual pickings like Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing and the like, there’s also this certain subgenre of games that are even more mundane in its general premise and gameplay—cleaning and organizing. Stuff people usually hate doing in real life, but they’d do perfectly in a digital setting (I am guilty of that…) We have games like Unpacking, A Little to the Left, Crime Scene Cleaner, Goblin Cleanup and of course…PowerWash Simulator.
I love PowerWash Simulator. A lot. I played the game from start to finish just because I needed to scratch that relaxing cleaning itch. I’m one of those people who spends some time watching other people pressure wash their garages and sidewalks on social media. It’s just so…entertaining to watch. And when I found out you could do it in game form? Count me in—I could finally become the one doing the washing.
This time, the sequel has graced us with its presence, aptly named PowerWash Simulator 2. It promised so much more content than the first: bigger and better locations, more tools to juggle with, and even a home base mechanic to spend your hard-earned money to decorate. And after eliminating dirt and grime for hours…I can definitely say it delivered.
Welcome To Caldera County
PowerWash Simulator 2 picks up where the first entry left off—now that more people are aware of your cleaning prowess, it’s time to expand your horizons beyond the town of Muckingham and venture into other locations across Caldera County! With your newfound popularity and reputation, the jobs you get will now be from all over, from the desert metropolis Lubri City, to the humble town of Detergento (I know, the names), and even Mt. Rushless National Park (haha).
With tons of places and objects that need your special cleaning magic, the game now has more locations to cover than ever before. Double the muck, double the content!
Pressure Washing the Grime and Dirt Away
As garnered from the title, you spend your days in PowerWash Simulator 2…power-washing buildings, vehicles, statues, objects—anything and everything in Caldera County that has been covered head to toe in muck and that you’ve been given a job to clean up for. Armed with your trusty pressure-washing tools, you clean every nook and cranny until it’s as spotless as a baby’s bottom. Gameplay is simple: you point and shoot a stream of water at the dirt, changing nozzles and orientation when needed. It’s an FPS—but instead of pelting enemies with bullets, you use the power of pressurized water to eliminate pesky mud and grime.
Jobs come in gradually as you play through the story campaign, each new area or location bringing in something new or surprising to the fray. Some even have multiple stages, centered in one area but in different specific locations.
Finishing a job will net you coins and points, which can then be used to purchase power washer equipment and upgrades (coins) and furniture for your home base or colors and accessories for your power washing person. You do this routinely—take on cleaning jobs, wash the heck out of it, earn money, rinse and repeat.
Already Good Mechanics Made Better
With that said, PowerWash Simulator 2 takes the first game’s already solid foundation of gameplay mechanics and cranks it up a notch for easier, more satisfying cleaning. For starters, there are new tools to make use of that make it a breeze to cover more ground and wall than ever before, such as the SwirlForce Surf Ace, which is essentially those automatic spinning mops that are so much more fun to clean up flat surfaces with.
There are also new types of equipment on the job site aside from the usual stepladder + ladder + scaffolding combo such as a handy-dandy scissor lift and the abseiling rig harness tool that allows you to move easily from side to side, up and down without needing to rely on the farthest length extender to reach the highest parts (I’m looking at you, PWS1 with the mayor’s annoying house…) Additionally, the scaffolding received a much-needed upgrade—ladders that take you to the top from both sides! No more getting dizzy from running up the stairs…
Aside from that, the best tool improvement for me was the change in mechanics for the soap—no more running out of soap and buying a bajillion types of different soap for different surfaces! The sequel has abolished the limited, and oftentimes pricey, way of using cleaning detergent and instead replaces it with an all-purpose soap cleaner that recharges itself over time. Talk about technology upgrades. I hated using the soap back in the first title because I’d always need to purchase more and more…now, I don’t need to worry about spending my hard-earned money on soap and can just focus on actually upgrading my tools.
Secondly, the task list will now pinpoint the exact piece needed to complete the washing job. No more frantically searching for that specific glowing area (in PowerWash Simulator 1, the whole thing just blinks orange without an indicator as to what specific part of the location it was in—you can run around the entire area and you still might not find it)! Now, it’s denoted by a handy location marker on your screen.
Home Base Customization
Aside from improvements, I’m digging the whole new gameplay feature—decorating and customization of your PowerWash Company headquarters. You unlock more furniture as you complete jobs, some costing a bit of points, some of them a freebie from the location or customer you just helped out. The freebies are usually filthy and caked with mud, so you need to spruce them up a little bit by doing what you do best—powerwashing!
I’m a big fan of games like The Sims and House Flipper, so having something like this also satisfies that little interior designer wannabe in me. You can’t change the colors of the furniture all willy-nilly as those games though, but having it in a game like PowerWash Simulator is more than enough.
No Option for Keybind Changes
While they did add a ton of QoL improvements, strangely enough, the developers took away a feature that is pretty standard in a lot of games nowadays, adding to the fact that the option was available in the original title as well. There are no options for customizing keybinds—there is an option to change between the Modern and the Classic controls, but no option for changing it to the key of your choice.
Considering that it was available in PowerWash Simulator 1, it’s odd to even take it out, especially for a considerably harmless feature. However, it’s a minor gripe, and can be easily amended through Steam itself.
No Text Log
And here comes another feature they managed to remove from the game despite it being harmless and frankly useful—a log of the texts you receive from your customer and sometimes from other characters as well. In the game, they appear on the left-hand side of the screen when you reach a certain level of progression while cleaning, and they fade after some time.
Compared to other simulation games that don’t really put extra thought or emphasis into worldbuilding and story telling, the PowerWash Simulator series actually possesses some quirky lore told through the text messages you receive. You learn a little more about the person you’re cleaning for and why they need it cleaned, what’s going in with their life…it makes it just a tad bit more immersive and a more complete experience.
Now, the first game has a complete list of text messages you can look back onto when you finish the job. Oddly enough in the sequel, that feature is nowhere to be found. If you missed the text message from being way too into the zone of cleaning and it already faded into nothingness, then good luck—there’s no way to check the text message aside from replaying the location. My understanding of the lore is now incomplete because I missed the message from pressure-washing too hard.
What’s With the Strange Wind Particles
They took away some, and added some—this one in particular, in my opinion, is an added minor annoyance. Little dandelions and butterflies appear on screen as you pressure-wash the grime away, which perhaps was good in theory, but it ends up being a little out of place instead.
And for a dash of realism (as realistic as this game gets at least with all its extra lore leaning towards the supernatural), why would random red and blue butterflies emerge from a freshly water-blasted spot? Were they under all that muck for days!?
Kidding aside, it’s not inherently bad, but the choice to have it or not would be great to have.
Is PowerWash Simulator 2 Worth It?
Cleaning Has Never Been This Fun
PowerWash Simulator 2 is definitely worth its salt, adding improvements to an already solid gameplay formula and making it better and more fun with more content, improved tools and QoL changes, and even a new home base customization gameplay mechanic. Despite being the continuation of the first game and admittedly some callouts and bits of lore from there, it’ll definitely be a joy to play for both new players stepping into the power-washing scene for the first time, or returning veterans who want to scratch that cleaning itch once again.
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PowerWash Simulator 2 FAQ
What platforms is PowerWash Simulator 2 on?
PowerWash Simulator 2 can be played on Steam, Epic Games, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and the Nintendo Switch 2. It is also available on the Xbox Game Pass.
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PowerWash Simulator 2 Product Information
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| Title | PowerWash Simulator 2 |
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| Release Date | October 23, 2025 |
| Developer | FuturLab |
| Publisher | FuturLab |
| Supported Platforms | Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 |
| Genre | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Number of Players | 1-4 |
| ESRB Rating | ESRB E |
| Official Website | PowerWash Simulator 2 Official Website |
