Can I Run PowerWash Simulator?
Released in 2025, PowerWash Simulator is a casual indie game built by FuturLab. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Completionists have 60 achievements to work through. With more than 10 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. It is localised into 13 languages according to the store listing. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3 10100TE (Q2 2020), Intel Core i5 7400 (Q1 2017), AMD Ryzen™ 3 1300X (Q3 2017) AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 2500U (Q1 2019), Intel Core i7 8650U (Q3 2017), |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600M 6GB |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Win 10 (64 Bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-13600K, AMD Ryzen 7 7700X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, Radeon RX 6700 XT 8GB |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 16 GB |
| OS | Win 11 (64 Bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around dense spaces with several routes through each problem. The publisher supplies 7 storefront screenshots of these environments. It is played from a first person view.
Why PowerWash Simulator is demanding
PowerWash Simulator asks a lot of the graphics card. It targets Geforce RTX 4060 Ti, which our tables put above the RTX 3060, so PowerWash Simulator tends to define the machine you build rather than fit around one you own. PowerWash Simulator asks for 8 GB of video memory, so VRAM capacity matters here as much as speed. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means PowerWash Simulator scales hard with the hardware you give it. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. DirectX 12 is named, so PowerWash Simulator expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. The install is small at roughly 16 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run PowerWash Simulator?
Older hardware holds up here: PowerWash Simulator runs on modest graphics, with GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600M 6GB enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: CPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.79x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.44x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.2x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against PowerWash Simulator's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run PowerWash Simulator?
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What are the minimum system requirements for PowerWash Simulator?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3 10100TE (Q2 2020), Intel Core i5 7400 (Q1 2017), AMD Ryzen™ 3 1300X (Q3 2017) AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 2500U (Q1 2019), Intel Core i7 8650U (Q3 2017),; GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600M 6GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Win 10 (64 Bit).
How much storage does PowerWash Simulator need?
PowerWash Simulator needs about 8 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run PowerWash Simulator?
The RTX 3060 runs PowerWash Simulator well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for PowerWash Simulator?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for PowerWash Simulator is the CPU.