Yes, it is crossplay. Yes, it is split-screen - for two. Those two facts are the reason to buy it.
Short verdict: if you want a co-op game that two people can play on one sofa without either of them needing reflexes, PowerWash Simulator 2 is the best-value purchase on this site. It is cheap, it crossplays, and the sequel added the one thing the original never had: a divided screen. If you want tension, objectives or anything resembling a fail state, this is the wrong game and you will be bored in an hour - the alternatives below are better buys for you.
PowerWash Simulator 2 is a first-person cleaning game from FuturLab, released on October 23, 2025. You hold a pressure washer and you remove dirt from things: houses, vehicles, playgrounds, the occasional very large and very strange object. There is no enemy, no timer and no way to lose. The appeal is the one the first game found almost by accident - the grime disappears in satisfying strips, the percentage counter climbs, and you can hold a conversation over the top of it.
The multiplayer, which is what people actually search for
Three questions come up constantly about this game, and all three have a documented answer on FuturLab's own store pages.
Is it crossplay? Yes.The Steam feature list carries “Cross-Platform Multiplayer”, and the Xbox listing goes further with both “Xbox cross-platform multiplayer” and “Xbox cross-platform co-op” in its capability lines. So a PC player and a console player can clean the same house, which puts it in a small group of co-op games where nobody has to own a particular machine. That alone makes it worth more than its price to a group that is split across platforms - our crossplay hub exists because most games are not like this.
Is it split-screen? Yes, for two players.Steam lists “Shared/Split Screen Co-op” and “Shared/Split Screen”, the Xbox capability line reads “Xbox local co-op (2-2)”, and Nintendo's listing says “Single system (1-2)”. The store description is cheerful about the change - “in addition to online play, split-screen co-op has entered the chat” - because the first PowerWash Simulator had online co-op only. If you bounced off the original because the person you wanted to play with was sitting next to you, that is the fix, and it is the single best reason to buy the sequel rather than the discounted first game.
How many players online? Four.The Xbox listing reads “Online co-op (2-4)” and Nintendo's reads “Online (1-4)”. Note the asymmetry, because it decides how you play: four people can clean together over the internet, but only two can share one screen. A group of four in one room needs two consoles and two copies, or it needs a game that genuinely seats four instead.
The quiet feature that matters more than the split screen
The store text says you can now “share campaign progression online together” for the first time. That sounds like housekeeping and it is not. In the original, co-op cleaning did not advance your friend's own campaign, so a pair of players who wanted to progress together were doing the same jobs twice. In the sequel the work counts for both of you, which turns it from a game you occasionally visit together into one a couple or a pair of housemates can treat as a running project. If you are choosing between the two games, that is the second reason to pay for the newer one.
What it costs, and what it costs after that
It is one of the cheapest co-op games anybody is selling - the publisher's own store listings put it well under the price of a standard new release, and it goes on sale often. There is no storefront inside it and no subscription attached to the single-player or local game.
Two caveats on cost. First, console online play needs a subscription: the Xbox listing states that online multiplayer on console requires Xbox Game Pass Essential, Premium or Ultimate, and the PlayStation equivalent is PS Plus. Local split-screen does not. Second, it is a digital purchase - there is no disc or cartridge release we can find, so buy it from the platform store rather than looking for a box. That is why the buy row on this page is a search rather than a direct product link; we are not going to point you at a listing for the first game and let you work it out later.
It is on Game Pass right now - which may mean you should not buy it at all
As of October 13, 2026, the Xbox store lists PowerWash Simulator 2 under “Included in these subscriptions” for Premium, PC only and Ultimate - not Essential. If you already pay for one of those three, the correct move is to install it and spend nothing. Game Pass rotates monthly, so that is a fact with a shelf life: the store page for the game is the final word on the day you look. A friend on PlayStation or Switch 2 still has to buy it, and thanks to the crossplay above, that mixed arrangement works fine.
Which platforms, and the Switch 2 detail
PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. The Switch point is worth stating plainly because it catches people out: Nintendo's listing shows this game as a Switch 2 title with no original-Switch version, so a Switch 1 household cannot buy it at all. If that is you, our Switch multiplayer picks are the place to look instead.
Who should not buy it
Anyone who needs a game to have stakes. There is no fail state, no opponent and no clock; the entire reward loop is a percentage going up and dirt going away. Some groups find that genuinely restorative and play it for a hundred hours. Others finish the first job, understand the whole game, and never load it again. If the person you are buying for has historically wanted a goal, read the skip box below before you spend anything - and if the problem is the opposite, that you want calm but also something to build toward, games for short sessions and the Stardew Valley row in the table are the better directions.
