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DK VIP Lounge · Published by DK VIP Lounge
9 user reviews — 78% positive (9 reviews) · 3 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
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.
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3 Sept 2026Lowest: £3.59 · Highest: £3.598 Oct 2026
Action, Indie, Simulation · 2018 · More under £5 games
Take on the role of a novice waste handler in Critical Mess, where precision and patience are key as you wield a simple shovel to clear messes. Navigate through chaotic environments, mastering the art of garbage collection in this unique indie simulation.
About this game
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
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →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
Supported Languages
English
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.06
Added an in-game leaderboard that gets displayed on the "game over" screen so you can see how you stack up against others on Steam. -DanRead full article on Community Announcements (danielkim.designer)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.06
Added an in-game leaderboard that gets displayed on the "game over" screen so you can see how you stack up against others on Steam. -DanRead full article on Community Announcements (danielkim.designer)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.05
Hello Shovelers, This patch adds Steam achievements and leaderboards for PC users (sorry Mac users, it crashes the Mac version). Leaderboards can be viewed through the Steam community page for Critical Mess. Each of the items have been given unique weights so that they react more realistically to physics forces. So heavy looking objects act heavy, light looking objects act light. This should mitigate the issue of objects flying across the room. I also added a subtle screen shake to go along with the thrust of the shovel and for landing after a jump for a little added visual feedback to player input. Happy shoveling! - Dan, DK VIP LoungeRead full article on Community Announcements (danielkim.designer)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 1.05
Hello Shovelers, This patch adds Steam achievements and leaderboards for PC users (sorry Mac users, it crashes the Mac version). Leaderboards can be viewed through the Steam community page for Critical Mess. Each of the items have been given unique weights so that they react more realistically to physics forces. So heavy looking objects act heavy, light looking objects act light. This should mitigate the issue of objects flying across the room. I also added a subtle screen shake to go along with the thrust of the shovel and for landing after a jump for a little added visual feedback to player input. Happy shoveling! - Dan, DK VIP LoungeRead full article on Community Announcements (danielkim.designer)
