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0 Mr Toilet is a first-person cleaning simulator. The game was developed/published by Radikate Games and also published by FreeMind.games & PlayWay S.A. You take control of a toilet clerk in a restroom building. Cleaning and looking after the place. Making sure customers are charged for using the facilities and not committing vandalism. Mr Toilet first released a demo, which was available pre-release; the demo is still available now if you want to give it a try before buying! The game developer also discloses using generative AI elements on the Steam page, which you can view there.
Mr Toilet is now available to purchase on Steam in Early Access for £6.27 here.
Get ready to scrub, scrub, scrub!
Gameplay
Mr Toilet has you start off as a janitor, you stock up your restroom with supplies, such as toilet roll and hand wash. You make sure the bathrooms are clean. You can also take the time to decorate the space with some basics, not much beyond a few posters or plants and wall/floor variations. Keeping the order in the toilet does become challenging. Even on the first day of your janitor journey, you are flooded with customers the minute you open. There seems to be an odd idea of progression. It just happens all at once. This could be seen as overwhelming for most people.
One thing I will give Mr Toilet is how nice the cleaning controls are for the walls. It was by far the smoothest thing in the game. It felt like the sponge was gliding across the wall in the most satisfying way.
The overall controls are simple enough, but I did have to change some of the key bindings as I found them to be a little awkward. The tool wheel would often get stuck, and I’d find myself unable to select exactly what I wanted. There was also an issue with the boxes and items. I had to stand at a certain angle to be able to pick anything up. This became super frustrating. A simple task should be straightforward. I shouldn’t have to walk into a shelf to place the items on it. The basics of the gameplay loop are the same…clean, keep order, restock, and scam the general public for toilet admission fees. It doesn’t change much beyond this.
Graphics & Audio
The graphics of Mr Toilet are what you would expect from a funny take on the cleaning sim with a silly art style to suit its vibe. As will be brought up later, the frame rate was my biggest issue here, apart from some gameplay bugs. A game like this should be optimised well. Even for low-spec PCs, but even with a number of tweaks, the game suffers; given that the controls are also fiddly, it was hard to enjoy it. Don’t get me wrong, the game is funny with you having to spray after customers when they make it stinky. Throwing them out of the restroom if they refuse to pay or even calling the police when they graffiti your walls. Nothing is more fun than rag-doll physics. I just wonder where it goes from here. The foundation is solid, but not ironed out.
In terms of the audio, it’s your run-of-the-mill sound effects for everything. There isn’t much stand out in regards to this, but again, there’s only so much you can do with a cleaning sim. The music on the office radio also gets a little tiresome, so hopefully that is updated with a lot more variety.
Let’s address the toilet in the room
Mr Toilet is in early access, but the game is filled with bugs, and some of the lag spikes are sometimes unbearable. For a game that shouldn’t be demanding on most systems, it really struggled to pull through. Understanding the amount of physicals involved from a programming perspective and the memory leach they can be I could excuse some performance issues. I did try running this on my OLED Steam Deck. Even with the low setting, Mr Toilet had a hard time giving me some steady frames. Ignoring the fact, once you enable low settings, the game is quite a fuzzy mess.
Longevity
Mr Toilet has got a decent progression level with more upgrades to unlock, as more and more customers flood your bathroom, literally. Being able to have Roombas in your public toilets to help you out, as well as the ticket barriers, is really helpful in the long run. Although, like most of the cleaning simulation games, this can get quite stale. Hopefully, with a lot more updates and additions, this could become a good game that has a lot of substance. However, at the moment everything is limited.
Final Thoughts
Mr Toilet is aiming high with trying to reach the cleaning game niche that’s slowly growing in popularity. While the game is funny and is filled with some cracking moments, it’s also filled to the brim with issues. I went into the game excited due to my past cleaning loves like Crime Scene Cleaner, but Mr Toilet struggled to have the level of polish required. Even by early access standards. I do believe that with some improvements and a desire to keep developing the game, it will break through that barrier. Until that point, I’m really struggling to give it the time of day. Hopefully, we can come back to this one after some major improvements!
Disclaimer: A code was received in order to write this review.
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