My best efforts of ignoring the rise of low-effort, sloppy “simulator” games on Steam finally came to a head today when the latest and most obnoxious entry came across my desk.
My first experience with the ever-growing genre was with games like Kerbal Space Program, and Euro Truck Simulator, and it’s brought some true gems over the years like Power Wash Simulator or Farming Simulator. They can be simple, cozy, and to the point. You’re just simulating things, often real life tasks, just gameified.
But over the past few years, Steam has been overrun with similar games that are simulating not much, if anything at all. But the latest and one of the worst offenders I’ve seen yet is this one:
