Sometimes we want to play video games for escapism.We engage in fantasy scenarios like being the ruler of the kingdom, exploring never-before-seen lands, and owning a house(one for Gen Z there).
However, sometimes we want to be able to relate to our character and turn our brain off to thetune of some lovely household chores. Of course, with all the help of automatic aiming, checkpoints and not actually having to move much.
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Here’s a list of the best games with household chores, ranked by the entertainment value and detail of the household chore as well as how much it is the focus of the game.
10Life Is Strange
Water The Flower, Create A Tornado
Life is Strange
InLife is Strange, you play as Max Caulfield, a high-school student who has to balance schoolwork with saving the world. You see, through a mystical series of events, she gains the ability tomanipulate time.
Of course, with great power comes great responsibility, with each of your choices impacting events further down the line.
From choosing how to answer questions in a test, to who to respond to in your messages, every decision could create a butterfly effect that could have far-reaching consequences.
The first choice that affects you is probably the household chore of watering your flowerpot in your room.
If you choose to blindly water it each time you get the option to, you’ll very quickly drown the flower, creating one of thesaddest video game deaths of all time. Sort of.
9PC Building Simulator
A Household Chore For DualShockers Readers
PC Building Simulator
InPC Building Simulator, you, well, I’ll let you guess.
Yes, you build and maintain PCs for multiple clients, fulfilling their specifications and slowly increasing your office space and technical expertise.
Alongside this, you’ll need to make sure you’re keeping up with your chores, from cleaning out dust from the PCs with compressed air to answering emails and making sure the bills are paid on time.
You’ll also be cleaning out viruses from PCs, benchmarking your equipment, and customising the case lighting.
There’s also a sequel, appropriately named PC Building Simulator 2, which adds new customisation options and features.
8PowerWash Simulator
Stick On A Podcast
PowerWash Simulator
Another simulator for the list,PowerWash Simulatorhas you playing as a cleaning tycoon, armed with a power washer, some headphones, and a variety of soaps.
You’ll be tasked with cleaning various objects and buildings from a motorbike to Atlantis and evenspecial pop culture-specific tasks like the DeLorean from Back To The Future or Bikini Bottom from Spongebob.
A great one to just relax with in an evening after a long day of cleaning your own driveway or car, with no soap stains to remove from clothing or nosy neighbours to engage in conversation with.
Instead, it’s just you, the dirt in front of you, and a variety of nozzles to get the job done. Just verify not tomist.
7My Summer Car
Well, That Was Meant To Happen
My Summer Car
In My Summer Car, you play as a teenager in a fictional land of Alivieska, Finland.While your parents are away on holiday, you decide to fix up a Satsuma AMP car to use as your summer car.
Quickly, a host of issues present themselves: firstly, the car is fully disassembled, with all the parts located in random locations.
Secondly, there’s no manual for how tofix up the car. Thirdly, you need to monitor your hunger, thirst, etc. Fourthly, you have very little in the way of money to help with any of these issues.
To at least help with the third and fourth problems, you can participate in a variety of odd jobs and chores, from delivering firewood to cleaning out septic tanks to earn money to purchase parts for the car and to help you survive.
6Viscera Cleanup Detail
Has Anyone Got A Spare Sponge?
Viscera Cleanup Detail
In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you play as aspace-station janitor whose task is to clear up the aftermath of great battlesfrom aliens, zombies, and even Santa.
Of course, compared to the average household’s trash of Coke cans, bread packets and banana peels, there’s an awful lot more, well, viscera in these household chores, but the general principle is the same.
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verify your mop water is clean, dispose of trash, repair broken walls, and restock supplies. Once you believe it’s all done to a good standard, then you’re able to head to The Officeto be graded.
Be careful, though, as if you miss something, it might make it onto the news. For example, an employee of the space station might eat some viscera… for some reason.
5House Flipper 2
Turn The House From Simply Gross To Gross Domestic Product
House Flipper 2
House flipping is an art form. You look at a dusty and gross space and see a modern marvel, just as the sculptor sees the statue in the marble.
In House Flipper 2,you too can try your hand at flipping a multitude of different houses or even build your own from the ground up.
Using a variety of tools, from painting to knocking down walls, you can either follow requests from residents of the peaceful town of Pinnacove or jump into sandbox mode to create the house of your dreams.
Just make sure to clean all the dust out first, as well as search for missing items. After all, it wouldn’t be a simulation of real life without missing keys!
4Persona 5 Royal
Time To Study, I Guess
Persona 5 Royal
ThePersonaseries is famous for crossing elements of fantasy with the mundanity of high school life but making it stylish and engrossing to play.
Persona 5 Royalis no different, with you playing as Ren Amamiya, a high-school student, who gets mixed up in the world of The Phantom Thieves.
Alongside having to enter Palaces to alter other characters' hearts, as well as combining and guillotining a variety of Personas in an even more twisted version ofPokémon, you also need to sit your exams and get money from part-time jobs.
So, get your thinking caps on and make sure tostudy real-world general knowledge if you want to pass the tests and the crosswords, and work out how best to fit in a job, a social life and the ever-increasing threats that have started to appear around the city into your packed schedule.
3Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Having The Same Conversations Again With Your Neighbours Is The Real Chore
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, you play as a character who has recently moved to a deserted island in search of a calmer, more peaceful lifestyle.
Alongside two other residents and an entrepreneurial raccoon called Tom Nook, you develop the island by crafting furniture, clearing out weeds and terraforming the land into your own personal paradise.
As the game runs in real-time, there are daily chores you’re able to complete, from selling turnips to speaking to your neighbours.
However,there are no huge penalties if you miss a day, so you’re able to just spend your time designing the island’s own flag andtune, if you so wish.
2Cattle Country
Life In The Wild West
Playtonic Friends
Farming Sim
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In Cattle Country, you are a newly settled villager of the eponymous town, striving to make a living on the open range of the Wild West.
To do this, you’ll need to set up and run a farm, trade with the townsfolk, track and catch game and a host of other activities.
In between the daily chores of farming life, you’ll develop relationships with the townsfolk, defend yourself against bandits, and of course, search for buried treasure.
And with the lovely pixel art, you’ll never think twice about doing the household chores in your new rootin'-tootin' life.
1The Sims 4
Live Your Life, With All The Trimmings
The Sims 4
The Sims 4is obviously at the top of this list as the entire game is about living a second life. One where you both have God hands to pick up and place furniture around without the need to get the moving crew out, as well as the need to clean the bathroom and take the bins out.
From playing chess to painting to going to work, you can set your Sims to do anything your heart desires, and has been procrastinating.
Want to cook an epic meal for your neighbors, but are too scared to ask them in real life?Just load up The Sims 4 and create look-alikes.
Want to learn how to play the harp but don’t have the space in your studio apartment? Well, your Sims can just knock their wall through and gain money using themotherlode cheat.
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