I guess I will never truly understand why PowerWash Simulator became such a juggernaut. I don’t even want to understand why I find it so appealing. Every now and then, I like to relax by either playing some sessions on the Meta Quest, or cleaning up some random licensed crap on the PC port, such as the Croft manor from Tomb Raider or machinery from Final Fantasy VII. I love those completely pointless DLC expansions. They make no sense at all, but it’s always fun to sit back and enjoy some casual simulation fun in these alternate reality scenarios. Their latest addition is the Warhammer 40,000 Special Pack. Let’s check this one out.

Were you invading Swamp Thing’s turf?

Just like the Final Fantasy VII-themed Midgar Special Pack, the Warhammer 40,000 pack is just a handful of 40K-themed mechs and machines you need to clean up. At every 20 percentual points of progress, you get some lore stemming from the piece you’re cleaning at the moment. It’s simple, it doesn’t exactly set the world on fire with its premise. Just a bunch of mechs to clean in one of the most relaxing and “shut off your brain” games in history.

The only main difference, I’d say, is the fact that your equipment is adapted to look like machinery from the Warhammer 40,000 universe. There’s a bit of lore to your equipment (something that read like braille to me, but will surely make some die-hard fans of the franchise, such as Henry Cavill, freak out in excitement), for instance. There’s also a very neat background drop to your “cleaning garage”, and some ominous sound effects that add a bit of ambience to what’s otherwise a game you usually play on mute, as you’re probably listening to a podcast while playing it.

You know the drill: every twenty percentual points or so, you unlock some extra lore.

Sadly, this mini career suffers from a bit of a pacing problem. Unlike the Midgar pack, which had a pretty consistent trajectory with its objects, the Warhammer 40,000 pack does not give you progressively more complicated machines to build in a cohesive manner. You don’t start off cleaning a small robot, and then go towards a tank, for instance. It’s all over the place, making things a bit annoying at first. There’s also the slightly disappointing fact that you are not interacting with a known character via text, like in the Midgar, Spongebob, or Tomb Raider packs. It’s just exposition via file logs.

I like that my powerwasher is also Warhammer-themed.

The Warhammer 40,000 Special Pack doesn’t act like a pleasant surprise like the Final Fantasy VII-themed Midgar pack did, but at this point, nothing else would have achieved the same level of excitement. It’s just a handful of additional props to clean up, more content to enjoy in what is already a cozy but highly addictive casual pasttime. Warhammer fans will get a kick out of this neat piece of fan service, whilst others might still appreciate it for the fact it’s more stuff to do in PowerWash Simulator, for a very affordable pricetag.

PowerWash Simulator: Warhammer 40,000 Special Pack is available now on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC and Switch.

Reviewed on Intel i7-12700H, 16GB RAM, RTX 3060 6GB.

A copy of PowerWash Simulator: Warhammer 40,000 Special Pack was provided by the publisher.