To quote the late Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman, “Nobody knows anything,” which you can apply just as well to videogames where the next viral hit is the one you least expect. That’s certainly been the case for PowerWash Simulator when it was released last summer, which has since surpassed 7 million players on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
A game about doing a seemingly mundane task has provided not just satisfaction in seeing your results immediately sparkle on the screen, further punctuated with a delightful ‘Ding!’ sound effect, but a much needed form of therapy, exchanging the pressures of life for the high pressure of a power washer.
