While some sim games make you a drug dealer or someone cleaning up after crimes,Cash Cleaner Simulatorshows off a lesser-seen side of illicit activities: laundering money. It’s pretty important, since no one wants to run afoul of the authorities because their cash is fake or marked.

You’ll be playing as Mr. Fresh, a fresh – pun intended – cash cleaner who may or may not be working against his will and is held captive, unable to leave his work area until he pays back a whopping one million dollars. It’s a long road to freedom, and we’ll give you some tips to make the journey easier.

Close up view of the Black Market app on the player’s phone showing the Steel Knife page in Stylish Steel Knife Purchase Page Cash Cleaner Simulator .

Cash Cleaner Simulator iscurrently in Early Access on Steam, so the information below may be updated in the future.

Get A Knife Early

As soon as you starttaking non-tutorial jobs, you’ll be sent loose cash andcash that’s already been packedwith a Bill Strap, and later on,cash that’s been cling-wrapped.

You’llalways need to use the Money Counterto properly stack up bills, but youcan’t put any pre-strapped or wrapped cash into it; it only acceptsloose cash.

Close up of a player inventory containing a money bill, knife, UV lamp, and over four-hundred bill straps in Cash Cleaner Simulator.

TheStylish Steel Knife is portable and can be stored in your inventory, while the slightly more expensive Fine-Edge Knife is strictly for use inside the workbench.

As soon as you start getting these jobs, head to theBlack Market, switch to theTools tab, and purchase theStylish Steel Knife for 35 Crypto Currency.

Player character holding a box while receiving quest rank bonuses in Cash Cleaner Simulator.

Pick it up once it’s delivered, and now,when holding it, you may use theinteract key to cut a Money Stack, which willturn it into a stack of loose cashyou can nowput through any Money Counter.

Use Your Inventory For Easier Organization

Yourinventory can hold up to ten items, such as Cling Plastic Wrap,Bill Straps, and bothloose and strapped Cash, but each item type can stack fairly high.

Items likeBill Straps and Cling Plastic Wrap can have up to 500 items in a stack, while Money stacks up to 100 bills when in your inventory.

Player character looking into the workbench which has fifteen bills across a table in Cash Cleaner Simulator.

Afteritems have been storedin your inventory, itconsolidates the items into a single stack, and that stack can beplaced back down, with all theitems automatically consolidated into one entity.

Once thatconsolidated item is placed​​​​​​on a table or shelf, you’re able to continuouslydraw from it until it’s gone, meaning youdon’t need to store them in tons of boxesor lying around loose.

Player character looking at the Task Tracker on their phone which shows three quests listed in Cash Cleaner Simulator.

Keep Your Number Of Deliveries Per Quest Low

When youcomplete any quest, you’ll get aranking on it​​​​​​based on several factors, and thebetter your rankat the end, themore Cash and Respect you’ll end up receivingas a reward.

Things like sendingmarked bills,trash, orfake moneywill lower your quest rankand net youfewer rewards, but if you do things likegive a client extra cash, you’ll get abetter quest rank.

Player character waiting for several pieces of trash to burn in a large industrial furnace in Cash Cleaner Simulator.

A delivery counts as sending at least one container of cash through the conveyor belt. Asingle delivery will complete the quest, while multiple deliveries will fill a progress bar shown on the computer screen near the conveyor belt.

One of theeasiest waysto ensure you’regetting extra rewardsearly in a playthrough is tosend the entire quest’s delivery in one go. This is easily done and willoften get you an extra cash bonusas well, since you don’t need to be as accurate, and getting itguarantees extra Crypto Currency and Respect.

Player character using the Scanner App to see detailed information about piles of cash in Cash Cleaner Simulator.

Keep It Small When Examining Cash

Making surebills aren’t counterfeit or marked is importantfor most deliveries, but your clientswant you to do the separatingfor them. When youget the cashfrom them, it willalways be mixed in a container, and you’ll have touse a UV Light to see if it’s good or not.

You canuse the Stash box in the Workbench to grab whatever type of cash you want to keep separate and leave the rest on the table. For example, you could use it to get any counterfeit cash out of the way.

Player character sitting on a cushion and speeding up time in their workshop in Cash Cleaner Simulator.

Tomake the process a lot easierand less messy,bring the containeryou’ve obtained,place it next to your workbenchor table,grab only 15 or 20 bills at a time, and lay them down to start looking them over.

This prevents them from clumping together in a pile or stacking, and makes sifting through the cash a lot quicker overall, since you’lleasily see what’s realandwhat’s fake or marked.

Double Up On Quests If You Need To Wash Cash

Withcertain quests and missions, such as themain quest Two Cases, you’ll besent money that’s dirty, wet, or both, and theclients will often specifythat all themoneyneeds to be clean and dryor else they won’t accept it.

You’ll get yourfirst Washing Machine and Cash Dryeras rewards forcompleting other main quests, but the money put into themneeds time to be cleaned or dried, and each machine’sprocess takes 15 or 30 in-game seconds, depending on the wash or dry type.

Accepted quests don’t have a time limit, but unaccepted ones do, so you can also accept extra quests so you can ensure a good one doesn’t disappearwhile you’re busy doing something else.

You’llusually need to run multiple washesto get the whole delivery ready, anduntil you have the cashfor additional washing machines and dryers, youend up waiting quite a bitfor stuff to get done.

If youwant to prevent having downtimeearly on and keep the Crypto Currency and Respect coming in, you canaccept quests that don’t require cleaning or drying, such as ones that just ask for any cash in a box, andget them done while youwaitfor the machine processes to finish.

Get Rid Of Trash As Soon As Possible

With themulti-grabfunction, you canpick up any small items within rangeof your grab, such ascash,bullet casings, bill strap wrappings, and even gambling chips yourclients might send along with their cash.

If youend up sending it along with a delivery, it will negatively affect your quest completion rank andlower the Crypto Currency and Respect you receiveas a reward.

Because themulti-grab target isn’t specified, it can beeasy to grab trash by accidentalongside what you want to grab, so if you’ve got some to deal with, it’s best toseparate it first and burn it quickly. This keeps your base clean andhelps prevent accidentswhen grabbing tons of items at once.

Use Your Scanner Frequently

Once youunlock the Piggy Bank Areaafter themain quest, Light It Up, you’ll unlock several new things, such as the Workbench and the incredibly usefulScanner app on your phone.

When used, theScanner appreveals a ton ofimportant information about the cash you’re looking at, including: theDollar or Euro totalof the group, what sort ofstate the cash is in,such asbeing Wet or Dirty, the type ofcleaning the cash needs, the client’s name, andprogress on the active quest.

Onsome later main and side quests, you will berequired to use the Scanneras part of the quest, buteven if it isn’t strictly needed, the Scanner isinvaluable for ensuring your cash meets the client’s wants, that you’re sending them the right amount, andhaven’t missed any billsthat are fake, marked, orin the wrong state.

Save Bill Checking For Night

Checking whethercash is counterfeit or marked by someoneis pretty important, asunless the client specifically asksfor it, this cash being present in a deliverywill penalize you.

To prevent this, you’ll need tocheck the cash with a UV Light, which makesany type of marksand theofficial stampson real cashglow bright blue, but itneeds a lack of light to work properly,or else the glow is nearly invisible.

If youneed to check bills, eitherdo it at nightso you caneasily see the glowing marks and stamps on bills, or use thelarge black cushionthat’s normally placed near one of the chemical tankards toskip the time to 10PM or later, when it’s darkoutside.