PowerWash Simulator's Game Pass launch hoses down Ori, Hades, and more By Luke Albigés, 21 Jul 2022 FollowtopicsPowerWash SimulatorSquare Enix CollectiveXbox Cloud GamingPC Game PassXbox Game PassSimulationLuke Albigés PowerWash Simulator blasted onto Xbox Game Pass last week, and first week TA player counts paint it as one of the most successful Game Pass drops to date, beating the likes of Hades, Battletoads, Psychonauts 2, and more.PowerWash Simulator racked up over 50,000 tracked TA players in its first week after joining the Xbox Game Pass library, which is more than first-party heavy hitters like Psychonauts 2, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and Battletoads, and only a few hundred players shy of beating Gears 4, too. Guess you could call that a pretty clean launch, huh?PowerWash Simulator cleans up on Xbox Game PassThe top of the Game Pass player count list shouldn't be too surprising — Halo Infinite amassed almost 300,000 TA players within a week of its full launch (a number admittedly bolstered by its earlier multiplayer beta launch), while Forza Horizon 5 came in just shy of 200k in the same period, again with a little help from a few days' early access for premium edition owners. Gears 5 takes third place, with around 100k players. Rounding out the top five are some of the big third-party Game Pass launches, with Back 4 Blood and Outriders both racking up a little under 100,000 players, and then Rainbow Six Extraction comes in slightly below them.To see something as niche as PowerWash Simulator come in just below these massive games — and ahead of some others, let's not forget — is really quite remarkable, doubly so given that the metric we're using is tracked TA players and the PowerWash Simulator achievements aren't exactly a walk in the park. This comes shortly after the unexpected success of House Flipper, proving that there's more of an audience for these strangely chill games than many might have expected. The power of Game Pass, folks! Are you enjoying pretending to clean things? What mundane simulation are you hoping to see join the Game Pass library next? Let us know!More PowerWash Simulator stories: Wallace & Gromit are heading to Xbox Game Pass darling PowerWash Simulator The best Xbox Game Pass games to play in January 2025 PowerWash Simulator's new free Halloween content is out now on Xbox PowerWash Simulator scrubs up ten new Xbox achievements with Shrek DLC PowerWash Simulator cleans up an ogre's swamp with upcoming Shrek DLC Xbox Game Pass Written by Luke AlbigésLuke runs the TA news team, contributing where he can primarily with reviews and other long-form features — crafts he has honed across two decades of print and online gaming media experience, having worked with the likes of gamesTM, Eurogamer, Play, Retro Gamer, Edge, and many more. He loves all things Monster Hunter, enjoys a good D&D session, and has played way too much Destiny.