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Serial Cleaner

Serial Cleaner

Released: 7/11/2017

Can you dig it? Step into the polished shoes of The Cleaner, a professional crime scene cleaner for the mob. There's no business like the cleaning business, and right now business is booming… Sneak around crime scenes avoiding detection from the guarding cops as you vacuum up blood, hide bodies and remove evidence in this 70's styled, fast paced, 2D action/stealth game.

Can you dig it? Step into the polished shoes of The Cleaner, a professional crime scene cleaner for the mob. There's no business like the cleaning business, and right now business is booming… Sneak around crime scenes avoiding detection from the guarding cops as you vacuum up blood, hide bodies and remove evidence in this 70's styled, fast paced, 2D action/stealth game.

Can you dig it? Step into the polished shoes of The Cleaner, a professional crime scene cleaner for the mob. There's no business like the cleaning business, and right now business is booming… Sneak around crime scenes avoiding detection from the guarding cops as you vacuum up blood, hide bodies and remove evidence in this 70's styled, fast paced, 2D action/stealth game.

Critics
75
Steam
84
Metacritic
69

Score Breakdown

74.9

Critic Average

42 reviews

84

Steam User Score

4,193 reviews

69

Metacritic User Score

25 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-9.2
Metacritic Disparity
+5.9
Combined Disparity
-1.6

Average of both sources

Review Timing

3 early (7%)27 launch window (64%)12 late (29%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 42 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 74.9/100. Critics score this game 9.2 points lower than Steam users and 5.9 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 42)+
  1. DVS Gaming StaffviaDVS Gaming
    Sep 16, 2018·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 84.1/100 · +5.9 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +21.0 pts
  2. Alex SeedhouseviaNintendo Insider
    Feb 10, 2018·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 84.1/100 · -4.1 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +11.0 pts
  3. António BranquinhoviaFNintendo
    Dec 27, 2017·Late review
    70/100View review
    Steam 84.1/100 · -14.1 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +1.0 pts
  4. Josh BrantviaGeeks Under Grace
    Dec 24, 2017·Late review
    75/100View review
    Steam 84.1/100 · -9.1 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +6.0 pts
  5. Perry BurkumviaNintendoWorldReport
    Dec 16, 2017·Late review
    80/100View review
    Steam 84.1/100 · -4.1 ptsMetacritic 69/100 · +11.0 pts