
The top-down, stealth crime adventure is set in a funeral parlour where four crime scene cleaners discuss their biggest jobs of the decade and reminisce about how they got into the business. Serial Cleaners, the sequel to 2017’s Serial Cleaner, is set in New York on New Years’ Eve of 1999 and centres around a very different kind of celebration. You’ll need to vacuum the blood, dispose of bodies and large evidence, hack computer systems and escape without being caught.Do you remember New Years’ Eve 1999? The Prince song was played on repeat for weeks beforehand, we were all scared that everything would collapse, the new millennium was looming, and teenage me was half petrified half exhilarated by the prospect of welcoming the 00s. Each level increases in difficulty as you will need to avoid the eyes of cops, pedestrians and other forms of security. It looks good and the gameplay feels good.

The game has a very distinct ’90s art feel with grungy colors and blocky textures. You play as four different cleaners who have their own special set of skills when it comes to being an organized crime clean-up crew. In Serial Cleaners, it’s the 90s and you clean up murder scenes for the mob. Serial Cleaners has a similar idea but kicks up the stealth requirements and makes it into more of a puzzle than just mindless cleaning. There was a holiday game that Jingle Grumps played back in the day called Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa’s Rampage and I thought the idea was hilarious. I know, it can get a bit confusing but this top-down stealth experience is more fun than I expected it to be. Serial Cleaners is the direct sequel to the game Serial Cleaner released in 2017.

The game I’m talking about is Serial Cleaners. Granted, you’re cleaning up horrific murders but hey, clean is clean. Cleaning isn’t fun cleaning is an obligation of being an adult…or is it? There’s a game out there that not only makes cleaning fun, but makes it an adventure. I knew someone who cleaned when they got stressed and that always weirded me out.

You know when some people are stressed, they have particular habits like reading, taking a drive or eating their weight in baked goods (don’t look at me like that). Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 (reviewed on), PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS Publishers: Draw Distance, 505 Games, Zhiyuan Network
