I thought it was a joke.  I’m sure everyone did.  But rest assured, I have both purchased and played Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?  Also that’s the full and actual title of this game.  And it’s a game, for real.

The price is 99 cents.  “Well I’m buying this,” I said to myself.  It’s worth every one of those 99 pennies.  Let’s be clear here, this is a weird game.  The premise is pretty much what you’d expect (or not expect): choose between one of three Dad/Son pairs (Thomas and Magnum, Richard and Lefty, or Johnnie and Robin) and then find your corresponding father in the shower, after which the screen resets and you go again.  What makes it entirely more in depth than I ever would have dreamed of for a game with the title it holds are the different modes.  Yes, there are in fact modes and they are named brilliantly.

First, there’s Endurodad, which has you trying to match with your Dad.  One wrong father and it’s game over.  Second, we have Dadathlon, which has you changing kids after each successful matchup.  You have a time limit here, so speed is key.  Lastly, Dad Divisions, where you can change sons at will while the Dads fall from the sky and you use the mouse to click the matching paternal figure before they hit the shower floor.  The first two games also feature items to impede or help your Dad-filled journey, like puddles of water that make you slide all over or a bar of soap that doubles your points for a time.

In game footage 1080p

And that’s just what you start with!  There’s unlockable content. Honestly, I didn’t really know what to expect, but for being so simple, it’s insanely addictive.  You just want to keep going and matching up with one more Dad.  The more you play, the more items become available for your use, like adoption papers so you can shower with a different Dad.  Or beer, which just makes control very difficult as you stumble around searching for a father.

There are other modes and items I don’t want to ruin for you, and I’m pretty sure I haven’t even unlocked them all yet, but know they are all just as bizarre.  One of the unlocked games has you in a bathtub collecting 69 other Dads flying through the sky, so, there’s that.

Also, this happens:

2gether 4ever in Soapico

It’s a pretty simple game with a limited amount of play per sitting before the idea kind of wears thin.  However, every time I load it up I smile.  Hell, it gives you an achievement just for turning the game on the first time called “Dippin Your Toes In”.  What will your friends think??

It’s incredibly well made for being such a stupid concept.  The music works wonderfully in the background as you try to shower with as many fathers as possible and the Dad Jokes between loading screens are perfectly horrible.  Even the options page is full of gags.  You can change nudity from Yeah, Yes, Dong, Hell Yeah, or True.  Obviously, all are correct.

Dad Jokes Galore

In the end, it’s a 99 cent game, so you’re not investing all that much even if you only buy it for the novelty.  But, you get a lot of bang for your almost buck.  Good for killing a little bit of time and great if you love Dad humor.  Or pixel nudity.  Or both.

Here’s the trailer, in case you weren’t sold already.