Build a local car wash into a massive detailing empire! Master advanced cleaning techniques with vibrant active foams, beat the clock for extra tips, and buy or lease new properties. Play it clean or risk everything with high-paying shady deals and secret backroom plantations.

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Car Wash Simulator is made by a single solo developer, and Early Access is the most honest way to build it. The game already has a lot of content and plays as a complete experience, but I want to keep expanding and refining it together with the people who actually play it. Releasing in Early Access lets me add new maps, tune the existing ones, and decide what comes next based on real player feedback instead of guessing. Your bug reports, ideas, and suggestions will directly shape how the game grows.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“The game will be in Early Access for a few months.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version launches with two districts and ten car washes, six cars, and a single save profile. For the full version I plan to roughly double the world to four districts and twenty car washes, add more cars to work on, and open up three save profiles.

Beyond the extra content, I plan to expand what you can do in and around the wash. Features I'm working toward for the full release include buying and furnishing your own new car washes, a plant growing system, deeper progression such as a car wash leaderboard and ranking, larger multi-stage jobs and special contracts, extra mini-games, more advanced tools and detailing options like waxing, hydrophobic coating, scratch removal, ozone treatment, and floor mat vacuuming, plus more vehicle colors.

These are my plans and priorities, not fixed promises. The feedback I get during Early Access will help decide what gets added and in what order.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version is already a full, playable game, not a demo or a small slice. You get two open districts, Rent Hike Ridge and Havenwood, with ten car washes to run and six cars to work on.

You can play the entire core cleaning loop: collecting trash, exterior washing, undercarriage washing, heavy dirt removal, window and rim cleaning, upholstery and dashboard cleaning, tire blackening, and keeping your own facility clean. It also includes a tutorial and timed jobs, car wash upgrades through respect points and XP, a random events card system, a day-and-night cycle, driveable cars, and side activities like the trash-throwing mini-game and shopping cart collection.

There may still be rough edges here and there, and finding and fixing them is part of what Early Access is for. If you run into a bug or something that feels off, telling me about it genuinely helps.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“I'm not currently planning to change the price when the game leaves Early Access. If that ever changes, I'll let players know well in advance. Buying now means you get everything that's already in the game, plus every update along the way at no extra cost.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“As a solo developer, I consider community feedback one of my most important tools. I plan to read what players report and suggest, and use that feedback to fix issues, tune existing maps, and decide which new content to build next. The best way to provide feedback and suggestions will be via Steam Discussions!”
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About This Game

Build a local car wash into a massive detailing empire! Master advanced cleaning techniques with vibrant active foams, beat the clock for extra tips, and buy or lease new properties. Play it clean or risk everything with high-paying shady deals and secret backroom plantations.

THE SATISFYING ART OF DETAILING

A multi-million dollar business always starts with a single blast of high-pressure water. There is a satisfying, therapeutic beauty in watching layers of caked road dirt instantly vanish under a master touch.

Perfecting the core cleaning loop at a modest local car wash builds the foundation for total city dominance. Transforming everyday vehicles into spotless, gleaming showroom masterpieces is where the true addiction begins.

VIBRANT FOAMS AND TICKING CLOCKS

Standard rinses belong in the past. Slathering cars in thick layers of pink, blue, or premium white active foam melts away tough grime before heavy-duty pressure washers deliver the final finish.

Detailing can be handled at a relaxed, therapeutic pace, but completing tutorials unlocks intense time-constraint challenges. Blasting away randomized grime under a strict clock rewards flawless, high-speed optimization with large cash multipliers and bonus tips.

THE REWARD OF A PERFECT JOB

Flawless execution unlocks the ultimate perk: climbing into the driver’s seat of a freshly detailed, gleaming machine for a well-deserved spin. Hearing the engine roar to life after a perfect clean delivers pure satisfaction before handing back the keys.

Tracking daily success through financial performance stats provides the capital needed for real estate expansion. Reinvested profits buy, clean, furnish, sell, or lease a massive commercial network of secondary car wash locations for passive daily income.

SHADY BACKROOMS AND PLAZA DISTRACTIONS

When legitimate washing isn’t enough, high-stakes alternative paths await in the shadows. Accepting optional underground packages from sketchy clients or converting secondary properties into secret plant plantations offers rapid black-market capital at an increased risk.

When management stress boils over under the dynamic day-and-night cycle and random event cards, the surrounding plaza offers the perfect escape. Chaotic physics-based mini-games let detailers blow off steam by shooting at flying targets with a toy pistol, mastering trash-bag basketball, or collecting runaway shopping carts in full-driving mode.

KEY FEATURES

  • Advanced Detailing Mastery

    Enjoy 14 cleaning mechanics! Clean car bodies, squeegee windows, scrub floor mats on specialized grates, and apply premium tire dressing wax.

  • Chemical Arsenal

    Upgrade to 3 distinct types of pressure washers and deploy thick white, blue, or pink active foams.

  • The Ticking Clock

    Choose between a relaxed, therapeutic simulation or intense time-attack challenges for massive tip multipliers.

  • Unique Contracts

    Handle orders, intense, timed challenges, high-paying, shady deliveries, and massive, multi-step mega jobs.

  • Underground Hustles

    Safely store, hold, and transport mysterious contraband packages for sketchy clients to earn rapid revenue.

  • Real Estate Monopoly

    Rent, buy, clean, furnish, sell, or lease out secondary facilities for passive daily income.

  • Backroom Operations

    Run a secret, high-profit plant plantation inside newly acquired properties to rapidly boost capital.

  • A Living Sandbox

    Navigate a complete Day/Night system, random event cards, and post-shift financial performance statistics.

  • Plaza Mini-Games

    Take a break to shoot flying targets, throw trash bags, or jump into driving mode to collect runaway shopping carts.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

As a solo developer working with a limited budget, I used generative AI tools to help bring my vision to life and add more variety to the game. Specifically, AI generated 10-20 graphical assets and assisted in creating about half of the game's music tracks. The vast majority of the game (over 95%) - including all core design, programming, and mechanics was created entirely by hand.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 6600
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i9-9900 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / Radeon RX 6700 XT
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

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