TOY MENDER

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The pressure rinse cutting clean lines through the mud on a red toy truck, revealing the paint

TOY MENDER

Cozy Toy Cleaning & Restoration Simulator

Splash Hoops

Garden truck

Hot rod

Teddy bear

Water blaster

Tin robot

Playable now · Steam Early Access May 2027

34 s of real gameplay · sound on

Wash it, fix it, hand it back

Brush and rinse strokes washing the dusty Splash Hoops shell

Wash · scrub the grime, rinse the paint back

Theo's blue hot rod on the bench, its bent front wheel being straightened

Fix · bend the hot rod's wheel true, by hand

Splash Hoops played on the bench: rings floating onto the pegs

Test · play it before it goes home

Owen at the workshop window, bringing in his Splash Hoops

Owen · “My boy turns eight on Saturday. Please make it splash again.”

The dirt is a simulation

Mud and crust sit in layers. Foam soaks in, the brush lifts it, the rinse carries it off.

Every toy is a new job

Drain green water, reseal a tank, free rusty joints, stitch a seam.

Every toy has a story

6 customers who remember what you told them.

TOY MENDER

Something to satisfy every few minutes

The rinse jet cutting a clean stripe through mud on the red truck

Every wash

The first clean line

The paint shows through the mud under the jet.

Green water draining out of the Splash Hoops tank

Step 4 of 7

Drain the green water

Pull the plug: thirty summers of green swirl away.

Theo's restored hot rod upside down at the top of the orange loop

Hot rod test

It makes the loop again

Bend the wheel true, polish the chrome, send it round.

All six rings on the pegs in the restored Splash Hoops

Step 7 of 7

All six on the pegs

Play the toy you fixed, then it joins your shelf.

TOY MENDER

Inspired by

PowerWash Simulator

2022 · $24.99
51,106 reviews · 96%

Cleaning is the reward

ReStory

2026 · $19.99
11,014 reviews · 95%

Hands-on repair sells

Car Mechanic Sim 2021

2021 · $24.99
37,368 reviews · 95%

Taking apart is the fun

Unpacking

2021 · $19.99
35,437 reviews · 93%

Objects tell a life story

Toy Mender: the clean of PowerWash, the repair of ReStory, the stories of Unpacking.

No toy cleaning or restoration sim on Steam yet: the closest, Toy Shop Simulator, is a shop manager.

Steam store data, read 31 Oct 2026. Base US price, all-language reviews, % positive.

TOY MENDER

Playable today

Genre

Cozy toy cleaning & restoration sim

In the build

6 toys · 6 customers · 8 tool upgrades

Mode

Single-player · all ages · no chat, no in-game purchases

Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, web · Steam Deck at EA

Engine

Godot 4.7

Playtime

4–6 h at EA · 10–12 h at 1.0 (targets)

Price

$14.99 at Early Access, $19.99 at 1.0 (proposed)

Play it

toymender.lifewheel.us

v1.4.1 live on itch.io

SIM Jam 2026 entry

Plays in the browser

Splash Hoops as it arrives: dusty shell, green water

Splash Hoops restored: blue shell, clear water, rings on the pegs

Before

After

TOY MENDER

Early Access May 2027, 1.0 February 2028

Oct 2026

Now

Playable build

6 toys

6 customers

8 upgrades

Self-funded

Dec 2026

Signing

Deal signed

Store page live

Wishlists open

$35k

Feb 2027

Next Fest

Public demo

First new toy

$28k

May 2027

Early Access

10 toys

Workshop kit

8 languages, Steam Deck

$25k

Sep 2027

Attic Finds

14 toys

2 customers

$21k + $20k

Nov 2027

Seaside Finds

18 toys

2 customers

$16k

Feb 2028

1.0

Every story closed

1.0 trailer

Creator keys

$5k

TOY MENDER

One founder, contractors per milestone

Pixel-art portrait of Alex in a white shirt, shelves of restored toys and a lamp-lit workbench behind him

Alex · founder, design and code

$550k

sales of LifeWheel, my non‑game app

17 yrs

commercial software, 10+ as lead or senior

Playable

six full jobs on itch.io today

Why this game: cleaning sims prove the satisfaction. Toys add what they lack: a person and a story behind every job.

Contractors per milestone: toy models, a gameplay programmer for the repair mechanics, a story writer, music, QA, localization.

TOY MENDER

$88k committed to Early Access, $62k option to 1.0

$150,000

15 months · each new toy ≈ $3.6k · excludes marketing and ports

Founder runway

$52.5k

12 new toys

$43.2k

QA + localization

$17.0k

Contingency (held)

$15.2k

Art + trailers

$10.0k

Customers + stories

$4.2k

Music + Deck pass

$4.2k

Services

$3.8k

● founder ● contractors ● services · cash never dips below the held $15.2k

Payment schedule

Dec 2026

Signing

$35k

Feb 2027

Next Fest demo

$28k

May 2027

Early Access build

$25k

Jun 2027

Phase B taken up

$21k

Sep 2027

Attic Finds update

$20k

Nov 2027

Seaside Finds update

$16k

Feb 2028

1.0

$5k

Total

paid per delivered build

$150k

Terms: recoupable advance · Phase B is your option on an approved EA build · Alex keeps the IP.

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Restored toys on the workshop shelf and bench

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Windows, macOS, Linux and browser

6 toys today

18 toys at 1.0

$150k in two phases

Thoughts welcome: alex@lifewheel.us · toymender.lifewheel.us · Music in the video: “Wholesome” by Kevin MacLeod, CC BY 4.0

TOY MENDER

Wash it, fix it, hand it back

The dirt is a simulation

Every toy is a new job

Every toy has a story

Something to satisfy every few minutes

The first clean line

Drain the green water

It makes the loop again

All six on the pegs

Inspired by

Playable today

Early Access May 2027, 1.0 February 2028

One founder, contractors per milestone

Alex · founder, design and code

$88k committed to Early Access, $62k option to 1.0

Payment schedule

Like Toy Mender?Let’s talk.

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Let’s talk.