Serial Cleaners

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2.5/5 stars

Adam Barnes (GamesRadar+)

Serial Cleaners’ main problem is that it’s kind of a wasted opportunity. There’s room for a game like this on the market, and it’s stylishly presented enough that it could easily garner an audience of obsessive stealth-loving cleaners. It just doesn’t achieve the necessary tension to make it a compelling stealth game and its mechanics are too open to abuse to reward careful play and smart decisions. As a result, the potential thrill that it could have been is lost.

September 21, 2022 |

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Serial Cleaners comes with a new style and attitude, taking inspiration from some of the great crime films of the 80s and 90s to tell a four-sided tale. It’s an enjoyable return for the original game’s quirky take on crime scene cleaning, but only takes a few small steps forward, leaving the limits of its stealth-action gameplay evident to see.

September 21, 2022 |

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6/10

Stefan L (TheSixthAxis)

7.5/10

Mick Fraser (God is a Geek)

As a straight, old-school stealth experience Serial Cleaners certainly delivers. There’s very little fluff or filler, with compact mission areas, clear objectives and little reason to deviate from the plan.

September 21, 2022 |

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Adam Barnes (GamesRadar+)

2.5/5 stars - (Read Review)

Stefan L (TheSixthAxis)

6/10 - (Read Review)

Mick Fraser (God is a Geek)

7.5/10 - (Read Review)

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Read the Reviews (14 total)

Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
Everyeye.it	Francesco Santin	6.8 / 10	09-22-2022	Serial Cleaners unfortunately does not strike like its predecessor: the adventures of Mr. Bob and his company of Cleaners attract the player more with a deep story and narrative branches to be discovered, all with a pleasant jazz accompaniment and a peculiar aesthetic rendering but with fluctuating effectiveness.	Read review
FingerGuns	Miles Thompson	8 / 10	09-21-2022	A glorious pulp style mixed with engaging stealth gameplay makes Serial Cleaners a compelling 90s narcotic to sink your time into. The trip may be a little bumpy on account of the bugs and inconsistent AI, but you’ll be left feeling fulfilled and ultimately satisfied, which is more than Scarface or Vincent from Pulp Fiction can attest.	Read review
Gamersky	Unknown	7 / 10	09-20-2022	It’s hard to find much fun in Serial Cleaners. Although its gameplay is creative, the actual effect is not gratifying: there is more negative feedback than positive, which constantly consumes players’ patience. Although the four protagonists have their characteristics, they have never really completed a mission together, and many plot highlights in the game have been wasted in vain.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Adam Barnes	2.5 / 5 stars	09-21-2022	Serial Cleaners’ main problem is that it’s kind of a wasted opportunity. There’s room for a game like this on the market, and it’s stylishly presented enough that it could easily garner an audience of obsessive stealth-loving cleaners. It just doesn’t achieve the necessary tension to make it a compelling stealth game and its mechanics are too open to abuse to reward careful play and smart decisions. As a result, the potential thrill that it could have been is lost.	Read review
GamingBolt	Shunal Doke	8 / 10	09-23-2022	Serial Cleaners offers up an incredibly unique premise, some fun characters, and a lot of great levels with a surprising level of interactivity to tell us stories that aren’t really told too often. Couple that with a great sense of style to evoke the 90s and Serial Cleaners becomes a surprisingly interesting game.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Alejandro Serrador	6.7 / 10	09-29-2022	Serial Cleaners is a stealth action game in isometric view with an incomparable mix of blood, irony and great dialogues	Read review
God is a Geek	Mick Fraser	7.5 / 10	09-21-2022	As a straight, old-school stealth experience Serial Cleaners certainly delivers. There’s very little fluff or filler, with compact mission areas, clear objectives and little reason to deviate from the plan.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Ed Thorn	Recommended	09-27-2022	A stealth-action ’em up that makes murder-cleaning a fun task that rewards patience or chaos.	Read review
Saving Content	Unknown	4 / 5 stars	09-21-2022	Serial Cleaners will clock-in on average around eight to ten hours for a single playthrough, and for a narrative-led game around stealth, is just the right amount of time. I do wish you could replay levels you’ve beaten, a feature from the first game not present here, but it didn’t hamper my enjoyment. Having the story being told only in flashbacks seemed like a trope at first, but there’s a reason for it that pays off. Serial Cleaners is a stylish game that plays like a reverse Hotline Miami, coupled with a variety of characters with unique gameplay mechanics that keeps things fresh.	Read review
Softpedia	Cosmin Vasile	8.5 / 10	09-28-2022	Serial Cleaners has a very solid core idea and adds just enough variety with its four characters to make each level feel engaging and unique. I like solving the puzzle of how to get all the bodies while attracting as little attention as possible. The strength of the gameplay makes it easier to ignore the more undercooked elements of the narrative.	Read review
SpazioGames	Daniele Spelta	7 / 10	09-23-2022	Serial Cleaners, with its intriguing mood, feels like a Tarantino’s movie. Unfortunately, it could have done better on AI, because you don’t actually feel that something is at stake, when you face dumb enemies that wouldn’t even notice a missing corpse.	Read review
TechRaptor	Samiee Tee	4.5 / 10	09-21-2022	Serial Cleaners’ chance to grow brighter and bolder with neo-noir narratives, instead sees itself bogged down in run-of-the-mill nihilism that even affects the gameplay.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Stefan L	6 / 10	09-21-2022	Serial Cleaners comes with a new style and attitude, taking inspiration from some of the great crime films of the 80s and 90s to tell a four-sided tale. It’s an enjoyable return for the original game’s quirky take on crime scene cleaning, but only takes a few small steps forward, leaving the limits of its stealth-action gameplay evident to see.	Read review
Twinfinite	Jake Su	3.5 / 5 stars	09-21-2022	As a stealth-action experience, Serial Cleaners is most certainly a breath of fresh air, continuing to build on the foundations set by the series’ first outing in 2017. Between the added uniqueness of the rest of the crew, the diverse and interesting level designs, the non-linear story with freedom of choice, and just good old cleaning action to be had, Serial Cleaners is everything you would want in a sequel; just be wary that some polishing is still needed for the perfect finish.	Read review

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Serial Cleaners is a single-player stealth action crime story in which you alternate between playing four eccentric mob cleaners taking on the bloodiest jobs the carefree 1990s had to offer. If you remember the nineties differently, their dirty work is the reason why.

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