Steam News23 May 20261mo ago

Performance & Polish Update

Hey cleaners, A focused stability and performance pass landed today. The biggest win: first-time mouse rotation, first NPC conversation, and first use of every cleaning tool no longer stutter — the game now pre-warms sh

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Full Rug Cleaning Simulator update

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Hey cleaners,

What changed

3 fixes3 additions5 changes3 removals

Performance
Gameplay
Fixes
UI and audio

changedA focused stability and performance pass landed today. The biggest win:

removedcleaning tool no longer stutter — the game now pre-warms shaders and

changed⚡ Performance

changedMajor shader/PSO warmup pass — eliminates first-use hitches

fixedMulti-threading fix (resolved a long-standing race condition)

removedRemoved dead material references that were silently slowing loads

Rug Cleaning Simulator changes

changedA focused stability and performance pass landed today. The biggest win:

removedcleaning tool no longer stutter — the game now pre-warms shaders and

changed⚡ Performance

changedMajor shader/PSO warmup pass — eliminates first-use hitches

fixedMulti-threading fix (resolved a long-standing race condition)

A focused stability and performance pass landed today. The biggest win:

first-time mouse rotation, first NPC conversation, and first use of every

cleaning tool no longer stutter — the game now pre-warms shaders and

particles during loading so it's silky from the very first frame of play.

⚡ Performance

Major shader/PSO warmup pass — eliminates first-use hitches
Multi-threading fix (resolved a long-standing race condition)
Removed dead material references that were silently slowing loads

🛠 Fixes

Linux crash fixed
Water extractor behaviour cleaned up
Extraction tool positioning is now precise
End-of-day saving + tween cleanup no longer conflict
Layered UI rendering errors resolved
Interactable object handling stability pass

🎨 Polish

New splash logo effect
Card dither effect for nicer card visuals
Refreshed graphics settings screen
FOV setting added

🏆 Online

Steam Leaderboard support added

Thanks for all the feedback — keep it coming on the steam discussion board.

Happy cleaning!

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Steam News / 23 May 2026

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