Dishwashing Simulator

Dishwashing Simulator

Worth it · Strategy · 2024

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $1.99.

Length
3.8h 5.5h to 100%
Value
$0.52/hr
Reviews
87% of 541 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$0.52/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews87% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 86% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds3 of 368 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

The lowest price on record is $1.99, set in October 2026. It has gone on sale once in the 3 months tracked here, most recently in October 2026.

Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games closest to it, Sons Of The Forest ($29.99, scores 65) and Techtonica ($8.99, scores 15) both come in lower.

More about Dishwashing Simulator

3 of the 368 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2024 to August 2026.

The drop-off

13% start to <1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
10 when we last checked, on Oct 9, 23:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Dishwashing Simulator scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2747780/dishwashing-simulator
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperFrinky
PublisherFrinky
GenreStrategy
Released2024
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements20