PowerWash Simulator 2

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• Recommended Posted October 27, 2025 on Steam Generally, PWS2 is solid. The innovations added to gameplay and the overall cleaning loop are immaculate, and I feel encouraged to use the entire spectrum of equipment I'm granted as opposed to just climbing the walls like a powerwashing chimpanzee. I will go over the good and the bad - as good as this game is, there is some things I've noticed that need fixing. THE GOOD - Graphical fidelity. Dirt looks muckier than ever, and washing it off looks refreshing, satisfying, and leaves a shine on the proper surfacing, while leaving bright, saturated colors on things that don't shine as much. Cleaning cars is utterly beautiful; the metallic paint on the [spoiler]Car & Trailer[/spoiler] makes me cream. - New equipment. Oh, hell, this is a livesaver. Scaffolding has a quick top-ladder, the scissor lift is a far better alternative to just jumping and spamming the long nozzle in the first game, and the Swirlforce floor brush can be a genuine lifesaver. Pro tip for the swirler; use the free cam and make circular motions with your mouse as you sweep the floor. It works wonders. Not to mention, the soap rework. Far, far better. - Ulysses, Bubbles, and Squeak. Call me a Redditor, I don't care. Those 3 cats have my soul. I don't know where they found such good noises for the cats, but they're utterly adorable. Plus, you can pet them all! I have 3 orange beasts of my own, so the PWS LTD. cats remind me of them. - Maps. The map design is immaculate, and features, yet again, a stunning variety of jobs to complete, from a simple moving van to a roller disco, and even onto [spoiler]the interior of the Ancient Temple you cleaned in the first PWS[/spoiler]. - UI. The menus are easy to navigate, and the overall HuD is nonintrusive and satisfying to look at, with multiple options for convenience and accessibility. - The gameplay. It's PWS1, but improved. Washers feel more satisfying, spraying down dirty domiciles feels even more liberating, and getting a new washer, or equipment for it feels gratifying, and like you've accomplished something. The buy & sell feature helps with this tenfold. THE BAD - Multiplayer. There's no better way to say this. Multiplayer is ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Utterly ♥♥♥♥♥♥. You can't find lobbies. You can't join lobbies. You can't host lobbies. You can't invite your friends. Rough, rough playtesting for multiplayer was a necessity, and I don't believe it was tested thoroughly enough. I could be wrong, and this could be one of those cases of "this didn't pop up until we dropped the full", and I do hope this is the case, but as it stands, this looks untested. BE MINDFUL. AT THE TIME OF REVIEW, MULTIPLAYER IS BROKEN. - General miscellaneous issues. Things I have a personal peeve against. In-job text messages cannot be viewed anywhere, as far as I'm aware. This makes lore hard to follow if you have to tab out of the game during a text message, or if you're too distracted with washing a certain item. The lore is great, so this is a very bad thing. You can't see the kind of material you're washing off of surfaces. This is an issue, because in the first game, being able to determine what you were blasting, and what your current washer did was a good way to gauge if you needed to either swap your nozzle to something more high-pressure, or outright purchase the next tier of washer. This was most adamant on the Vintage Car, where you had to blast rust off of the Cadillac with the red nozzle. This almost makes progression feel not worth the time and money spent, despite the obvious difference in power if you do compare the blasters. Harper seems to be attached to your soul or some ♥♥♥♥. Considering the other lore of PWS1 and 2, I'm willing to look past it, but the dude sees everything. Is there, like, a bodycam on me? I'm scared of Harper Shaw, man. Game over, man, game over! That's all I have for now. Overall, I recommend this game wholeheartedly, but ONLY when they fix the multiplayer. Do not get it as is, and let FuturLab know that these issues NEED to be fixed. This game is at a bargain price - $25 USD for almost 45 hours of content - but the broken multiplayer gives it a very bad look. If I missed any pros or cons, feel free to add on to them.
• Recommended Posted December 16, 2025 on Steam This is not a game, this is therapy after a long day at work, no dark souls for me now, just these lil cutsie games, my brain can't handle tough bosses no more.
• Recommended Posted October 24, 2025 on Steam Overall I'm enjoying it and it's been pretty bug free for me. However I have some complaints. 1. The menu is AWFUL. It's awkward to navigate and feels overly complicated. Why not have a menu more similar to PW1? 2. The menu to switch equipment is also bad and hard to understand. Why cant I just press E to see what equipment I have equipped?
• Recommended Posted November 2, 2025 on Steam This game made me dislike billionaire techbros and elected government officials even more than the first one did. 10/10 would spray again
• Not recommended Posted January 7, 2026 on Steam Accessibility options need to improve. I have mild cerebral palsy on my left side which makes my left hand unable to move around normally, so things being bound to shift & ctrl makes my experience very difficult. Simple fix for most games is key binding to other areas, normally around my mouse buttons, and alt. The first game allowed this, but this game doesn't allow key rebinding. Why? Such a normal thing in 99% of games. If I hadn't have walked away in frustration and accidentally left my game open, I would have requested a refund.
• Recommended Posted April 14, 2026 on Steam I am autistic. I have not played any other games since I started playing this one, and now that I have played it in its entirety, I am left with an empty void in my soul. My dear neurodivergents, please proceed with caution