Reshine is the cosiest cleaning sim in years and its playtest is live now

Quite OK Games has opened a playtest for Reshine, a cosy cleaning and restoration sim set in a dusty attic studio — and after an hour with it, it's shaping up to be the best thing in the genre since PowerWash Simulator. The playtest currently offers three objects to restore, but that's more than enough to show what the game is going for.

The first project is a heavily rusted fox-shaped butcher knife, and the process starts with disassembly — pulling nails from the handle to separate the wood from the metal before you get into dusting, sanding, and polishing. Some grime lifts with a blast of air; deeper rust needs a laser or sandblaster. Reshine always hands you the right tool at the right moment, so there's no guesswork, just the satisfying rhythm of working through each section methodically. Once the metal is clean, you move on to painting — a deep red for the wooden handle felt right for a fox-tail knife. The other two playtest items are a rotary telephone and a small wooden elephant toy. The elephant is straightforward: a bit of sanding and a fresh coat of paint. The phone is more involved, with multiple small components that each need individual attention and different tools to get clean.

What makes Reshine stand out is the atmosphere. The soft, calming music, the slow and deliberate cleaning loop, and the warm attic setting make it genuinely meditative to play. It sits in the same space as PowerWash Simulator but adds a restoration and painting layer that gives each object a proper before-and-after arc.

Three tasks is a slim slice, but the foundation feels solid. If you're into cosy sims and haven't already signed up, the Steam playtest page is worth a look right now.