PowerWash Simulator has blown us away with its engaging and satisfying experience of cleaning things. Could we clean stuff in real life? Sure, but where is the fun in that? PowerWashing vehicles, houses, and locations is so darn fun it has some thinking that the mainstream gaming industry has been missing the boat on a slew of great cleaning simulators.
Are there other video game settings that would be incredible for a PowerWash Simulator crossover? Of course. We would love to show up at plenty of locations from different series with our power washer and go to town. Break out the energy drinks, because if these crossovers happen, we're not getting any shut-eye until every speck of dirt is cleaned.
10 Hyrule (Zelda Breath Of The Wild)
Ganon is a messy villain in Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and does not clean up after himself. Throughout Hyrule, his 'black calamity goo' blocks certain routes for Link, and is an overall nuisance. You, as Link, aren't equipped for a full-fledged cleaning operation. If you come as your Power Washing simulator character? Game on, Ganon.
Hyrule in Breath of the Wild is such a detailed, expansive environment; you could find many things to power wash. You could be spraying off a multitude of things from castles, villages, ruins, statues, and guardians. Forget the Master Sword; hand us a power washer.
9 Black Mesa Facility (Half-Life)
Our expectations shouldn't be high for a facility that opened up an inter-dimensional rift, eventually ending human society as we knew it - but Black Mesa could use a better janitor service in Half-Life. There is radioactive waste everywhere, and it seemingly seeps into the most random of rooms. Somebody needs to clean all this up.
At the very least, as your PowerWash Simulator character, you could clean up after the Xen incident. Sure, that might include cleaning up a lot of blood, but somebody has to come to work in the next morning, and they don't want to work in those conditions. Power washing would undoubtedly be better than all those jumping puzzles in Half-Life.
8 The Tower (Dying Light)
We know there is a zombie apocalypse outside, but since so many people live in The Tower in Dying Light, there should be more focus on cleaning. Since you spend so much time in this overworld level, we can't help but get a little clean-freaky and want to pick up the mess.
Bringing in a power washer would let us clean up those nasty blood stains and all the dirt and grime that comes with the collapse of a human city. A good spray job might give that fresh 'new zombie apocalypse smell' to the city of Harran.
7 Millennium Falcon (Star Wars Games)
Star Wars' Millennium Falcon is one of the most iconic spaceships in all of sci-fi. Still, the movie "Solo" showed that the ship we play in various Star Wars games used to look clean and brand-new. Han Solo may be a great scoundrel, but he is terrible at maintaining his ship.
A solid power washing inside and outside the Millennium Falcon might make this hunk of junk look like a gem again. Get those years of Wookie breath cleaned off the Falcon's bulkheads, because things are starting to stink.
6 New York City Max Payne
Max Payne was a landmark game in graphical fidelity and bullet-time gameplay. The seedy New York City setting is the most underrated part of the game, as everything feels grimy and crime-ridden. We'd love to take a power washer to all this, because there are some great-looking levels that just need a bit of love.
From subways to apartments, we could make New York City feel more like the modern New York instead of the more Summer of Sam-style 1970s-1980s New York. At the very least, we could wash away some of the horrendous wallpaper that permeates the game.
5 Zerg Creep (Starcraft 1 and 2)
The Zerg are both terrifying and gross in the Starcraft universe. One gameplay mechanic - the 'creep' that you, as the Zerg, can only build on - is disgusting. This creep looks like that cheesy pink stuff from Ghostbuster 2, but it can ruin a map's landscape.
If we want to make Tarsonis or Auir a better-looking place after a Zerg invasion, we need to bring you in as a PowerWash Simulator character to clean things up. At the very least, you can clean up those ghastly infested Terran Command Centers. They are such a drag on curb appeal.
4 Duskwood (World of Warcraft)
Dark Shire and its surrounding areas of Duskwood in World of Warcraft look like they need a hug. The human village has fallen on hard times as the surrounding woods are haunted and full of baddies. Some people like the Halloween-y haunted house feel, but some want to see those cobwebs disappear.
From decaying cobblestone and crumbling headstones, Duskwood is in stark contrast to the well-kept city of Stormwind or the more pleasant-looking Goldshire. This place could use a cleanup, and since the Stormwind's armies have already abandoned the village, it would be nice if they let a PowerWash Simulator fan like you clean things up.
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2 Megaton (Fallout 3)
Megaton is one of the most secure towns in the Capital Wasteland of Fallout 3. It's a swell place with a few issues, but one is the live atomic bomb in the middle of town. The other problem is everything appears to be smeared with grim and grit. Granted, this is because the apocalypse already happened, but didn't a broom or two survive a nuclear attack?
Power cleaning the atomic bomb without setting it off or giving a shine to the various aircraft parts that make up the town's walls would be as satisfying as looting out in the wasteland. You could undoubtedly make Megaton a better place with your cleaning, just don't set any nukes off.
1 USG Ishimura (Deadspace)
The USG Ishimura is found in quite a state of disarray in the first instalment of Dead Space. While Isaac Clarke can handle the Necromorph infestation, you, as the follow-up PowerWash Simulator character, could get to work cleaning up the gigantic mining ship. The Ishimura is a 'planetcracker', and it lives up to the monolithic-sounding designation in sheer scale, but since the Necromorphs showed up, the place has become a mess.
With many levels and cavernous rooms, it would be quite the job but a fun and atmospheric experience. The best thing would be if the spare Necromorphs were still running around, and a quick squirt of high-powered water would send them running. Is there a power washer strong enough to knock off a few limbs?