Serial Cleaner (v1.0.4.0)

Murder scenes become tense, puzzle-like workplaces in this 1970s-set top-down stealth game, where the goal is not to commit the crime but erase every sign that it happened. You play a freelance cleaner who slips into police-secured locations, removes corpses, scrubs blood, and pockets evidence before investigators can connect the dots. The tone balances grim subject matter with bold retro style, funky music, and the darkly comic absurdity of dragging a body past a distracted cop.

Each assignment asks you to study patrol routes, identify safe hiding spots, and plan a route between bodies, evidence, cleaning tools, and the exit. Bodies must be carried to disposal points, blood needs vacuuming up, and incriminating objects have to disappear, all while guards react to what they see and pursue you when the operation goes wrong. Direct combat is not the answer; success comes from timing, line-of-sight awareness, quick escapes, and occasionally using environmental cover to break pursuit. The story campaign steadily introduces more complicated layouts and hazards, while optional challenge scenarios reward players who want faster clears and cleaner, more efficient runs.

Serial Cleaner stands apart by making cleanup feel like an active stealth heist rather than a passive checklist. Its graphic, poster-like visual design and period soundtrack give it a distinctive personality, while level conditions can shift using real-world time information, adding an unusual variable to repeat visits. Players who enjoy the frantic top-down tension of Hotline Miami but prefer evasion and route planning over gunplay find plenty to like here. It suits stealth newcomers thanks to its straightforward objectives, but score chasers and perfectionists get the most from mastering every room without leaving a trace.