Pool Cleaning Simulator

Pool Cleaning Simulator is a simple—and, in my opinion, not very well-made—pool cleaner simulator, with plenty of bugs, repetitive gameplay, and a cheap-looking presentation. The simple graphics, sound design, and game crashes only confirm this. Optimization isn’t great either, and the higher system requirements are quite laughable for this type of game. In my opinion, the price should be significantly lowered and the developers’ work should be improved, since we’re reviewing a title in early access here. I’ll be rooting for them, and for now, I recommend Pool Cleaning Simulator only to achievement hunters.

Overall, the game is well-rounded. It achieves its goal of drawing players from chair to chair, entertaining without boring. Perhaps slightly accentuated is the sense of monotony, in a game rhythm that is in danger of flattening out. Otherwise, however, it remains fun and not predictable, unique among simulators.

Pool Cleaning Simulator tries to be interesting, and it does work at times, but at the end of the day, it's more like doing chores than playing a game.

While playing, it felt like the developers forgot a game is supposed to be fun. It is ridiculous to ask the player to pick up and sort two hundred ducks. There are no upgrades apart from expanding inventory, which is useless and the one Nozzle mod. The game could do with some quality-of-life improvements, such as a highlighting mechanic to show any mess the player may have missed. Letting the player hold more than one item would help since going back and forth collecting your tools or trash gets very tedious.