Carpet Cleaning Simulator Guide: Your first minutes at Scrubby's
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OverviewCarpet Cleaning Simulator puts you to work at Scrubby's, where you spray, scrub, and restore filthy carpets one room at a time. There are no timers and no pressure — just the steady satisfaction of watching a stained carpet come back to life. This guide covers how to get started, how to progress, and what to aim for along the way.
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Your first minutes at Scrubby's
Step
When you first join, you start your career as a Scrubby's employee and earn the Scrub Life badge right away. Every job follows the same three-step rhythm, so getting comfortable with it early makes everything else easier.
- Spray the carpet use your spray bottle to soak the dirty or stained areas before you start scrubbing.
- Scrub the dirt away work your brush back and forth over the sprayed spots until the carpet cleans up.
- Finish the room complete the final pass to wrap up the job and move on to the next one.
- Hatch your first pet keep cleaning and you will eventually hatch a companion who scrubs right alongside you.
Promotions, new jobs, and better gear
Tips
Progress in Carpet Cleaning Simulator is entirely driven by how much cleaning you do. Promotions open up new job types and bigger messes to tackle, and your equipment improves alongside them. The Mop Pilled badge unlocks when you pick up a mop, which is one of the gear upgrades you earn as you advance.
- After you are promoted, check your available jobs — the list grows each time.
- The Completionist badge requires you to finish every job currently in the game.
- Cleaning 25 rooms earns you the Door Dasher badge.
Hiring staff and trading with the Strange Man
Check
Once you have cleaned enough, the game lets you hire your first employee. Separately, a peculiar character called the Strange Man appears in the game and offers to trade with you using dirt. Each one unlocks a badge.
- Make your first hire to earn the Empire of Suds badge.
- Find the Strange Man and complete a dirt trade with him to earn the Strange Man badge.
- Do not give the Strange Man Scrubby's analytics the badge description makes clear this is a bad idea.
Playing with others in the same room
Summary
Carpet Cleaning Simulator allows multiple players to work in the same space at once. Pets also join the scrubbing effort.
- Max players per room 12
- Pet role scrubs alongside you during jobs
- Pressure none; no timers affect co-op play
No-pressure design and when to stop
TipsThere are no timers anywhere in Carpet Cleaning Simulator, so nothing punishes you for going slow or taking a break. All progression — promotions, gear, pet hatching, and badge collection — comes from cleaning.
- Quit whenever you like; the lack of timers means there is nothing to lose by stopping mid-session.
- Put on music or a video in the background — the game is built specifically for zoning out while you scrub.
- Promotions, new jobs, gear upgrades, and pet hatches all come from cleaning.
- Five redeem codes were tracked by this site on October 7, 2026 — check the codes section of this page for the current list.
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Badges at a glance
Table
There are eight badges in total. The table below shows what each one requires so you can track what you still need.
| Badge | How to unlock |
|---|---|
| Scrub Life | Start your career at Scrubby's (join the game) |
| Empire of Suds | Make your first staff hire |
| Strange Man | Complete a dirt trade with the Strange Man |
| Nostalgic Memories | Clean a house completely |
| Door Dasher | Clean 25 rooms |
| Mop Pilled | Obtain a mop |
| Early Access | Play before the game reached version 1 |
| Completionist | Finish every job currently available in the game |
Glossary
Glossary- Scrubbing
- The core action of brushing a carpet to remove dirt and stains after spraying it.
- Promotion
- A progression milestone unlocked by cleaning enough rooms, which opens new jobs and better gear.
- Strange Man
- A mysterious in-game character who trades with you using dirt.
- Pet
- A companion you hatch by accumulating cleaning progress; it actively helps you scrub during jobs.
- Completionist
- The badge awarded for finishing every job currently available in the game.
Common questions
FAQCan I stop playing and come back later without losing anything?
There are no timers or deadlines in Carpet Cleaning Simulator, so you can quit and return whenever you like.
Is there anything to do besides cleaning carpets?
You can hire staff, trade with the Strange Man, hatch pets, and work toward completing every available job for the Completionist badge. Collecting all eight badges gives you a set of concrete goals to chase on top of the regular cleaning loop.
How many players can clean the same room at once?
Up to twelve players can be in one room at the same time.
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