Serial Cleaner

Serial Cleaner

Fair · Action · 2017

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair at $2.99. Buy it if you want it.

Cost per hourS
$0.61/hr
Reviews▼
84% of 4,292
Critics
64 players 20 higher
Genre rank
Top 4% Action

Holding it back: Reviews

Score at full price

Fair$14.99

Score today

−80%Fair
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
4.9h
To 100%
9.1h 1.9x the story
Achievements
28

Price and sales

Sales
82 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$1.49 December 2022
Sale every
44d last October 2026
Lowest now $2.17 at Fanaticalall-time low $0.80 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
6 now
Cheaper than
13% of its genre
Better reviewed
89% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

31% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $1.49. That was December 2022. 82 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 4 percent. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine ($14.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Intravenous ($19.99, scores 60).

More about Serial Cleaner

64 from critics against 84 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

This site sampled 485 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 337 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 25 percent of everything written about it.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.9 hours it is short enough to finish on one.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hour$0.61/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set. That is today's sale price. Normally $3.06/hr
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds2 of 485 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Serial Cleaner is a linear, top down stealth game where you clean up the aftermath of violent crimes. You'll have to collect evidence, dispose of dead bodies, clean up blood, and complete various objectives from level to level. The visuals have a unique painted art style that gives the game a distinct look. The game is pretty short, but it does have some cool challenge modes that drastically change how you play...
ᴀᴢᴀɪ ᴏʀɪRecommendedafter 9.4h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
1 more review
Decent, but just passable. For the type of game it was aiming to be it gets done, but with flaws. Button inputs are sometimes slow, and unresponsive, like there is a delay. It is mostly noticeable using the vacuum cleaner, and interacting with interactables when you are between missions at home. Also interactables are sometimes place too close to each other causing conflicts where you will interact with the wrong...
SageRecommendedafter 7.3hSep 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Slip on your flares, grab your shades and hop in your station wagon, it's time to work… as a professional mob cleaner. In this stylish award winning 2D action-stealth game you have to make sure you get in, clean up and get out without leaving a trace - Queue the funky 70s inspired soundtrack!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Serial Cleaner scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/522210/serial-cleaner
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 7, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+20
Critics64
Players84
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 4,292 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperDraw Distance
PublisherCurve Games
GenreAction
Released2017
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements28