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Critical Mess

DK VIP Lounge · Jan 24, 2018

Critical Mess puts you in the role of a newly minted waste management employee. Your main tool is the shovel, which you'll use to gather garbage into a designated hole.

Action Indie Simulation
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Critical Mess puts you in the role of a newly minted waste management employee. Your main tool is the shovel, which you'll use to gather garbage into a designated hole. Buy power-ups using your meager wages to help get the job done. Be quick before the mess-o-meter (a metric that measures the level of messiness in the room) reaches a full 100%. Your continued employment is on the line!

Critical Mess Gives You:

  • Unique waste disposal gameplay
  • Zany power-ups
  • Fully simulated physics
  • Dozens of waste items
  • A variety of different room layouts
  • The perfect experience to fill a few moments in between life's demands as you try to beat your best time

Critical Mess Doesn't Give You:

  • Story with a beginning, middle, and end
  • Online co-op


DK VIP Lounge is a one man shop. As such, this is not a huge game bursting at the seams with content. Critical Mess is a simple, endless game where you chase your best time. The aim is to provide players with short bursts of frantic gameplay as they try to keep up with the onslaught of garbage. All for the price of an energy drink. Hope you have fun, thanks.

-Daniel Kim, DK VIP Lounge
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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 650
  • Storage: 200 MB available space

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 960
  • Storage: 200 MB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
DK VIP Lounge
Achievements
3
Controller support
partial
Features
Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Languages
English
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (1)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoNo
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Critical Mess worth buying right now?
Wait — $3.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Critical Mess go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is Critical Mess free to play?
Critical Mess costs $3.99 on Steam.
What genre is Critical Mess?
Critical Mess is a Action, Indie, Simulation game.
Who developed Critical Mess?
Critical Mess was developed by DK VIP Lounge and published by DK VIP Lounge.
What platforms does Critical Mess support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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