The Final Fantasy VII Remake Midgar Special Pack and Tomb Raider Special Pack are being delisted from PowerWash Simulator. Here is what’s disappearing, what you must grab before May 19, and what this says about digital ownership of licensed crossover DLC.
PowerWash Simulator is about to lose two of its most beloved crossover packs. The free Final Fantasy VII Remake Midgar Special Pack and Tomb Raider Special Pack are being delisted on May 19, and if you have not claimed them yet, you are running out of time.
What exactly is being delisted?
FuturLab has confirmed that two free DLC packs will be removed from digital storefronts on May 19 at 7 a.m. PDT / 10 a.m. EDT:
The Final Fantasy VII Remake Midgar Special Pack
The Tomb Raider Special Pack
Both add themed jobs to PowerWash Simulator based on iconic Square Enix properties. The FF7 pack sends you to Midgar to clean up locations tied to Final Fantasy VII Remake, including spots like Seventh Heaven. The Tomb Raider pack takes you to Croft Manor, letting you methodically blast grime off Lara Croft’s home and its surrounding grounds.
These DLCs have been free add ons, so there is no price cut or sale to watch for. The important detail is whether they are tied to your account before the deadline.
What players need to do before May 19
Although the Midgar and Tomb Raider packs are being delisted, they are not being revoked from anyone who already owns them. If you have downloaded or claimed them in the past, they will remain in your library and you will still be able to install and play them after May 19.
If you have never grabbed them, you need to:
Open the store page for PowerWash Simulator on your platform of choice.
Find and “purchase” or add the Final Fantasy VII Remake Midgar Special Pack to your account while it is still listed as free.
Do the same for the Tomb Raider Special Pack.
You do not have to install them immediately. As long as they are claimed on your account before 7 a.m. PDT / 10 a.m. EDT on May 19, they should remain accessible for redownload in the future, even after the store listing disappears.
Why is free licensed DLC disappearing at all?
At first glance it feels strange to see free DLC vanish. No money is changing hands, so why pull it? The answer comes down to licensing and who is actually allowed to sell or host content featuring certain characters, locations, music and logos.
Both the FF7 Remake Midgar Special Pack and the Tomb Raider Special Pack rely on brands owned or managed by Square Enix. PowerWash Simulator itself was originally published by Square Enix, but FuturLab is now moving on without that partnership and self publishing PowerWash Simulator 2. As FuturLab’s formal business relationship with Square Enix winds down in June, the rights that made these particular crossovers possible are also expiring.
Licensed DLC, even when it is free, is almost always governed by contracts with fixed terms. Those contracts specify how long a developer can distribute content that uses someone else’s IP, on which platforms and under what conditions. When that term ends and is not renewed, the safest legal option is to pull the add ons from storefronts entirely.
We have seen this pattern repeat across the industry. Racing games lose real world cars and music tracks when deals expire. Licensed tie in games are taken off stores when movie or comic licenses lapse. Crossover skins and maps disappear from live service games once promotional periods end. The important thing here is that the price tag does not change the underlying legal structure. Free DLC is still licensed content, and if the license ends, the content goes with it.
What this means for digital ownership of crossover content
The PowerWash Simulator delistings highlight how fragile digital ownership can be, especially when it comes to crossover content. If you purchased the base game digitally, you typically retain access for as long as the platform exists and the game is supported. Crossover DLC sits on shakier ground.
In this case, if you claim the FF7 and Tomb Raider packs before May 19, you effectively gain a kind of conditional ownership. The content is tied to your account and your entitlement should remain valid even after it vanishes from the store. You can delete and redownload later through your library. But if you miss the window, there is no legitimate way to add these jobs to your game after the delisting date. Two of PowerWash Simulator’s most memorable collaborations become stranded on the accounts that were already fast enough to grab them.
This creates a split reality for players. For those who claimed the packs, PowerWash Simulator remains a tour of Midgar and Croft Manor alongside its original jobs. For newcomers or anyone who discovers the game months from now, those locations simply never exist as part of the package. The advertised experience of a game can quietly change over time, based purely on licensing.
There is also a preservation angle. Because these are free DLCs tied to external brands, they are unlikely to be preserved in official rereleases or new editions. Square Enix has little reason to extend an old license for a small crossover in a niche sim, and FuturLab cannot legally distribute the content once the deal ends. Over time, that means entire slices of gaming history, like the oddly soothing act of pressure washing Seventh Heaven, end up locked behind expired contracts.
Why this matters beyond PowerWash Simulator
Although this situation is specific to PowerWash Simulator and Square Enix, it reflects a broader shift in how modern games are built and sold. Crossover packs and brand collaborations are now part of the standard playbook for keeping games in the spotlight. They generate headlines, bring in fans from other franchises and give existing players new reasons to log back in. But every one of those partnerships is temporary at a legal level.
When you buy or download a game with crossover content, you are really buying a moving target. The version of a game that exists in year one may not be the same one available in year four. Levels, characters and missions that were once central to the marketing cycle can end up quietly removed, leaving future players with an incomplete snapshot of what that game once was.
PowerWash Simulator’s FF7 and Tomb Raider packs also underline the importance of acting quickly when limited time or branded DLC pops up, even if it is free. The safest approach for players who care about seeing everything a game has to offer is to claim any free crossover packs as soon as they become available, because there is no guarantee they will stay that way.
The bottom line for PowerWash fans
If you own PowerWash Simulator and have not yet added the Final Fantasy VII Remake Midgar Special Pack or the Tomb Raider Special Pack to your account, do it before May 19 at 7 a.m. PDT / 10 a.m. EDT. Once the deadline passes, these jobs will vanish from digital storefronts as FuturLab’s partnership with Square Enix comes to an end.
For everyone who has already claimed them, nothing changes for now. You will still be able to revisit Midgar’s grime and Croft Manor’s mud whenever the urge to clean strikes.
For everyone else, the delisting is another reminder that in the world of digital games, owning a crossover often means owning it only for as long as the lawyers allow.