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Dishwashing Simulator
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“The gameplay loop is solid and for 2 dollars it is more than worth it to play. Just a warning though, if you're already in a bad mood, maybe wait until you feel normal to play it...the game is not for the feint of heart.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“It was a fun lil horror game that didn't take super long to complete. The overall gameplay loop is nice, and I thought the end was a fun challenge. Plus, it's really nice that after you complete the game your save still remains so you can go back and achievement hunt.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“love this game otherwise but the parkour at the end is a great example on why you should not shoehorn random parkour into other game genres, the movement controls are not meant for such fine aerial control and even with the checkpoints and just holding straight W you will…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
1.3.1
- Fixed black screen on save load related to beds. - Fixed research table zoom soft lock - Fixed various computer screen focus soft locks
1.3
It's been a while... This update has been on the backburner for quite some time, now that I'm unemployed again, it's probably a good time to put it out (alongside the Spring sale) It includes many com
Dishwashing Simulator Original Soundtrack
If you wanted to listen to the soundtrack, it's now available on YouTube.
1.2
UPDATE Hello Dishwashers, sorry for the wait! As mentioned previously, I've been busy with full time work and have been getting into the rhythm. While there's no content in this patch, it should addre
Save File Corruption Issue / General News
Hello! Save File Corruption I've heard reports of save files becoming corrupted during power outages or power surges. While I investigate the causes, I've added a page to my website detailing how to d
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Survival Horror · Immersive Sim · Dungeon Crawler · Building · Sandbox · Exploration · Management · Base-Building · Physics · First-Person · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | https://frinky.org/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 Processor: Intel Core™ i5-4570 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Although the game is playable on lower-end systems, its physics-based nature means that an increase in complexity may lead to reduced performance towards the end of the game.