Serial Cleaners

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  • Summary: New York City, New Year's Eve 1999. An unlikely team of four professional cleaners for the mob gathers to drink and reminisce about their careers at the turn of the millenium. As the details of their stories stop matching up, the ugly truth behind their cooperation begins to reveal itself.New York City, New Year's Eve 1999. An unlikely team of four professional cleaners for the mob gathers to drink and reminisce about their careers at the turn of the millenium. As the details of their stories stop matching up, the ugly truth behind their cooperation begins to reveal itself. What starts as a celebration of a decade of shared history slowly turns into a tense and dangerous standoff.

    An homage to 90s cinema - from Tarantino's classics through cult crime thrillers to B-movie action favorites and more - Serial Cleaners remixes those familiar places, characters and scenes into its own unique spin on a decade full of brightly colored optimism... and the grime underneath it all.
    Choose your path through the non-linear story by picking the part of the narrative you want to hear next, and then approach each mission as carefully or brazenly as you like. Utilize stealth, exploration and speed as the situation and your preferred experience warrants it. Get rid of the bodies and other damning evidence to wipe the decade's slate clean before the new millenium comes!    … Expand

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Softpedia
    Sep 28, 2022
    85
    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. The biggest issue with the game is that the opponent A.I. feels a little off but the saving grace is that this can create moments of weird, bloody comedy. Serial Cleaners delivers a good mix of careful planning and emergent moments that will satisfy every fan of the stealth action genre.
  2. Finger Guns
    Sep 21, 2022
    80
    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.
  3. INVEN
    Sep 23, 2022
    71
    Showing a different approach from the existing action games, Serial Cleaners is a fun game filled with artistic visuals seem to be inspired by postmodernism and street art. However, the slow tempo compared to previous work and dumb Police AI are reducing the tension of 'infiltration'. Also, can't expect the replayability due to the lack of challenge mode.
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  4. Twinfinite
    Sep 21, 2022
    70
    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.
  5. Vandal
    Sep 23, 2022
    70
    This is good sequel for fans thanks to its setting and plot, but it’s still stuck in a somehow outdated gameplay.
  6. Everyeye.it
    Sep 22, 2022
    68
    Unfortunately, Serial Cleaners is not as striking as its predecessor: the adventures of Mr. Bob and his company of Cleaners attract the player more with a deep story and narrative branches to discover, all with a pleasant jazz accompaniment and a peculiar aesthetic rendering but from the fluctuating effectiveness. The simple and arcade gameplay is ideal for those who want to approach stealth and better frame the genre, and it is satisfying overall. Artificial intelligence is the Achilles' heel of the entire experience and its shortcomings have not allowed the potential of the playful offer to be fully expressed. If we add to this the lack of replayability, the criticalities of the product become even more evident.
  7. GamesRadar+
    Sep 21, 2022
    50
    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.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. trenth
    Sep 28, 2022
    10
    Superb game, nice animations, nice music and character, interesting plot. One of best indie games I have played this year
  2. GreppoTV
    Nov 1, 2022
    8
    GreppoTV Games Review in 100 Wörtern:
    Serial Cleaners ist ein Stealth-Action-Spiel in der Top-Down-Perspektive. Ihr spielt Tatortreiniger für    GreppoTV Games Review in 100 Wörtern:
    Serial Cleaners ist ein Stealth-Action-Spiel in der Top-Down-Perspektive. Ihr spielt Tatortreiniger für die Mafia im New York der 1990er Jahre. Die Steuerung ausschließlich per Tastatur ist anfangs gewöhnungsbedürftig, geht aber schnell flüssig von der Hand geht. Besonders fasziniert hat mich die großartige musikalische Untermalung, die perfekt zur Stimmung des Spiels und der jeweiligen Level passt. Die Grafik ist nicht foto-realistisch, aber sehr schön gemalt und es macht Spaß, das Spiel anzusehen. Leider ist die Gegner-KI so dumm, das einige Level dadurch zu einfach werden. Hier wäre ein einstellbarer Schwierigkeitsgrad wünschenswert. Ein insgesamt nettes Schleichspiel mit toller Atmosphäre und befriedigenden Gameplay-Mechaniken.
    8/10 - GreppoTV    … Expand
  4. Jt0429
    Sep 24, 2022
    8
    Good-
    Excellent style; Unique premise; Fun story and characters.
    Bad- Clunky controls on keyboard and mouse. Thoughts- Overall,    Good-
    Excellent style; Unique premise; Fun story and characters.

    Bad-
    Clunky controls on keyboard and mouse.

    Thoughts-
    Overall, Serial Cleaners is a pretty good time. It’s not a particularly long game, but it’s definitely one that rewards repeated playthroughs thanks to its surprising level of interactivity. Its story’s also pretty fun, and you will likely end up getting surprisingly attached to the four protagonists by the end of the game. I, however, find myself strangely attracted to the game thanks to its unique use of a setting we’ve taken for granted these days. Couple that with the interesting subject matter, and a great use of aesthetics to evoke a certain style, and Serial Cleaners definitely becomes a game to look out for. We play all sorts of gangsters and hitmen, so why not take a small break from committing murders to maybe look at the difficult job of cleaning up after murders for a change?    … Expand
  5. ghosttoyou
    Jan 10, 2023
    5
    Хз , как то устал через полтора часа игры совсем, кринжовые диалоги, левелы нудные и не сложные, самое ахуенное в этой игре это стильХз , как то устал через полтора часа игры совсем, кринжовые диалоги, левелы нудные и не сложные, самое ахуенное в этой игре это стиль

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