Waterpark Simulator

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%2026

$12.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A chaotic, funny waterpark management sim with ragdoll slapstick, deep customization and good co-op. Skip it if you want hands-off management or hate crashes and multiplayer bugs.

Great for

Players who like silly physics chaos, park decorating and co-op with friends

Main risk

Late game becomes endless chores with low staff caps, plus crashes and lag

What players love

Hilarious ragdoll chaos and guest antics

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“guest moves in front of me as i'm mopping puddles guest slips on puddle guest stands up in front of my mopping puddles guest gets hit with mop guest hits me 10/10 game”
Steam review · 50.2 h played ↗

“You try to mop a puddle and end up massacring a crowd.”
Steam review · translated · 5.3 h played ↗

Deep park customization and building

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“TONS of customization. The random events are hilarious. Lots of replayability.”
Steam review · 75 h played ↗

“Total creative variety, twist and turn it however you like! Paint everything your heart desires.”
Steam review · translated · 35.5 h played ↗

Addictive progression loop

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“It has such an addicting gameplay loop, build new stuff, save up research points, get new stuff, repeat.”
Steam review · 32 h played ↗

“The progression system is quick enough to provide constant dopamine hits”
Steam review · 18.3 h played ↗

Responsive developers with steady updates

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“the developers really care about feedback they get and it shows in the game how passionate they are about it!”
Steam review · 122.9 h played ↗

“Most importantly, the developers are very attentive to their players.”
Steam review · translated · 20.1 h played ↗

Fun with friends in co-op

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“W game to play with friends, if you have more than two people def use the in game vc its so much funnier”
Steam review · 30.6 h played ↗

“A separate plus: you can play with friends.”
Steam review · translated · 6.6 h played ↗

Fresh and not repetitive for a sim

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“Here you really have a lot of things to do every workday.”
Steam review · 110.4 h played ↗

What players complain about

Crashes and lost progress

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“10 minutes of play and then CRASH!”
Steam review · 16 h played ↗

“This game CRASHES. ALL. THE. TIME! It's infuriating!!!”
Steam review · 296.1 h played ↗

“JUST LOVE spending over an hour on a build and the game crashes. No Auto save unless the day is completely over or constant manual saves.”
Steam review · 23.5 h played ↗

Too few staff; constant micromanagement chores

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“You will never be able to hire enough people that covers enough shifts”
Steam review · 35.3 h played ↗

“This isn't a simulator game where you run a waterpark, it's a game where you are workers, all of them at once.”
Steam review · 19.3 h played ↗

“The hired staff AI is just terrible, you have to do almost everything yourself.”
Steam review · translated · 9.3 h played ↗

Grindy, repetitive and tedious

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“The more I played the more I realized its just a chore with no depth that I was hoping it would have.”
Steam review · 130.2 h played ↗

“Ever wanted to feel overwhelmed by painfully dumb tasks while you slowly grind your way to feeling more overwhelmed by painfully dumb tasks”
Steam review · 15.8 h played ↗

“After the 2nd star it's stuffy and slow, like playing a mobile game without donating.”
Steam review · translated · 8.4 h played ↗

Poor optimization and lag

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“after you get over 40 guests (around level 3) the game becomes a stuttering unplayable mess”
Steam review · 16 h played ↗

“Game runs awful, I will put it to the lowest possible settings and get fps from 40-60 fluctuating awfully”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗

Broken multiplayer and infinite loading

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews

“Someone always gets stuck in the infinite loading screen.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗

“if you are not the host, you can't save the game, also the loading screen is very long”
Steam review · 15.7 h played ↗

Alleged AI-generated art

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews

“The devs lie about their AI usage.”
Steam review · 49.4 h played ↗

“Paying an artist who traces or references AI-generated images still counts as using generative AI for the game!”
Steam review · 33.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows (64-bit) 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-3550

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX 570 or equivalent

Storage20 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows (64-bit) 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 or equivalent

Storage20 GB available space

OSWindows (64-bit) 10

ProcessorIntel Core i5-3550

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVidia GeForce GTX 1050 or AMD Radeon RX 570 or equivalent

Storage20 GB available space

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