worst gifted game

bollocks game because i cant play with my mates

I hate how I'm finding a game called 'Shower With Your Dad Simulator' actually fun, I was over-here showering with dads for an hour straight and lost track of time. I'm going to seek help.

This game isn’t about dads. It’s about confronting mortality, masculinity, and the slippery tiles of destiny.
I showered with my dad, my friend’s dad, even your dad.
I am become soap, destroyer of grime.

Part I – Introduction & First Impressions

When I first laid eyes on the Steam page for Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?, I had to pause and ask myself: is this real life, or is this a fever dream that somehow manifested into executable code? The title alone, unapologetically long and bizarre, hit me like a warm bucket of water to the face. I chuckled, then I laughed, then I thought deeply about my own existence. Games like The Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2 may offer sprawling worlds, but only Shower With Your Dad Simulator had the courage to slap me across the psyche with a title so raw, so audacious, so unashamedly ridiculous that it bordered on divine revelation.

My initial instinct was skepticism. After all, how could a game about showering with one’s dad possibly be anything other than a cheap gag? I hovered over the “Add to Cart” button with hesitation, as if buying the game might forever alter my Steam recommendations or brand me with a scarlet letter of irony. But then, something stirred within me. A whisper, perhaps from the collective unconscious of humanity, said: Trust the title. Step into the shower.

And so, for the meager price of pocket change, I bought the game. That moment—so simple, so transactional—would end up changing the course of my life, my marriage, and even my father’s health in ways I could never have predicted.

The Title: Comedy or Prophecy?

Let us linger, for a moment, on the title itself: Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad? Few works of art, whether literary or digital, dare to present themselves so bluntly. Where Shakespeare teased us with metaphors and allegories, this title hits you squarely in the jaw with the question: do you still shower with your dad? It’s not merely a query about gameplay—it’s an interrogation of your soul.

The absurdity is undeniable. Here we have a game whose name feels like the punchline of a joke overheard at 3 a.m. in a dorm room, and yet the more I thought about it, the more profound it became. The title forces confrontation with the awkward, the intimate, the generational. It strips away pretense. As one Steam reviewer put it, “This is the only game brave enough to make me question the fundamentals of family hygiene.”

For me, reading the title was like looking into a mirror fogged by steam: disorienting at first, but slowly revealing a truth I didn’t know I was ready to see.

First Encounter with the Gameplay

Booting up the game, I was greeted with blocky, pixelated graphics that looked ripped straight from the 1980s—but that’s exactly what made it work. I wasn’t stepping into a hyper-realistic shower; I was entering a space where abstraction softened discomfort, and humor disarmed awkwardness.

The gameplay was deceptively simple: match the right child with the right dad in a shower environment. On paper, it sounded like nothing more than a gag to be exhausted in five minutes. But as I played, a rhythm formed. The simplicity gave way to something almost meditative. I found myself zoning in, laser-focused, as though I was performing a sacred ritual of father-son bonding.

I remember laughing out loud the first time I picked the wrong dad. My little pixel child ran into the arms of a man who wasn’t his father, and the game froze with a comedic error. Instead of feeling shame, I felt warmth. It was as though the game itself was chuckling with me, saying, “It’s okay. Mistakes happen. Just try again.”

The game wasn’t mocking me—it was guiding me. Encouraging me. Teaching me, in its quirky way, about perseverance and acceptance.

The Emotional Resonance I Didn’t Expect

What started as laughter soon turned into reflection. Why did this game feel… wholesome? Why did its absurd premise make me feel closer to my own father?

Perhaps it was the rawness of its humor. In stripping away the polish and pretension of most “serious” games, Shower With Your Dad Simulator revealed something universal: the bond between parent and child, awkward though it may be. It reminded me of the small, embarrassing, yet strangely cherished moments of childhood. The times when vulnerability wasn’t yet coated with shame, when being close to your dad—even in the most ridiculous circumstances—was simply part of growing up.

As I played, memories resurfaced. I thought about the sound of water hitting tile in my childhood home, the way my father hummed old songs in the shower, the smell of soap that clung to his arms after he hugged me goodnight. These weren’t just pixels on a screen—they were gateways to nostalgia, to love, to forgiveness.

In a strange way, the absurd mechanics of matching children to their fathers mirrored my own desire to find connection. To make sure I was “choosing” the right dad, not just in the game, but in life—choosing to hold onto him, to remember him, to value every moment.

As one of the game’s fictional fathers quips (a line I’ll never forget):
“Sometimes you’ve got to scrub the past away to make room for the future.”

It sounds silly, maybe even nonsensical. But at that moment, it felt profound.

The Laughter That Saved Me

Here’s the truth: I didn’t expect Shower With Your Dad Simulator to be more than a meme. But from the very first session, it did something that few “serious” games ever accomplished—it made me laugh uncontrollably, and then it made me feel.

My wife, hearing my laughter from the other room, came to see what was so funny. She saw me, tears in my eyes, clicking furiously to match dads with their sons. At first, she rolled her eyes. Then, slowly, she started laughing too. That laughter became a conversation. That conversation became a connection. Before long, the game had somehow become a bridge between us, an inside joke that defused arguments and softened hard days.

It was in this first impression—the absurd, unexpected joy—that the seeds were planted for what I now claim without irony: this game saved my marriage.

Conclusion of Part I

What began as curiosity led to catharsis. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad? shattered my expectations, not just as a video game, but as an emotional experience. The absurdity of its title drew me in, but the unexpected resonance kept me there. I wasn’t just showering with pixelated fathers—I was reconnecting with my own father, with my partner, and with myself.

In a world saturated with triple-A blockbusters chasing realism, this tiny, ridiculous simulator reminded me that sometimes the greatest truths come wrapped in the silliest packages.

And this was only the beginning.

For the rest of my review please click this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12cRw4aHXkdEfFvV0dHsxJsEcPWHEzCrk_gW916J1zOk/edit?usp=sharing

Reminds me of when i had a dad