At the top of the heap was Korean streamer saddummy, who had nearly 7,000 viewers along for the ride. Steam users aren’t the only ones taking notice: House Flipper landed among the top 10 games on Twitch this morning. Homes in House Flipper start out pretty messed up. Cleaning up a mess with a generic version of a Swiffer and a garbage can is just the first step the game also includes mini-games surrounding wiring and plumbing. This is a straightforward, semi-realistic job simulation game along the lines of the Farming Simulator or Truck Simulator series. But where that game was a very tongue-in-cheek parody, House Flipper appears to be remarkably earnest. That’s the one where players take on the role of a space janitor cleaning up a starship after a particularly awful accident. You might remember another, similarly odd game from a few years ago, called Viscera Cleanup Detail. Everything is done from the first-person perspective, from picking up trash to putting a new island in the kitchen. Through a combination of demolition, renovation and good old-fashioned sweat equity, the goal is to make the best use of your time and money to turn a profit. In House Flipper, you buy a distressed property, fix it up and then try to sell it. Believe it or not, this is an incredibly earnest take on a viable business strategy that has come to dominate reality television, especially on networks like HGTV and TLC. It’s called House Flipper, and it claims to be a sort of home repair simulation. Upon opening up Steam’s best-sellers list this morning, I was surprised to see an unlikely newcomer.
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