Games Like The Cleaner

Night shift office cleaning. All that greets you, a new hire, is a dirty floor… and a formless sense of unease. In the silent floors above, something is unmistakably moving.

Why similar: Horror 53.4%, Linear 25.2%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

(BURIED TAPES) is a collection of psychological horror stories recorded on VHS. Each story features paranormal incidents narrated from the perspective of the survivors of these supernatural encounters.

Why similar: Story Rich 79.9%, Indie 13.6%, Singleplayer 6.6%

A first-person horror game where you clean up after rowdy high school kids while also keeping a lookout for clues as to their disappearance. Scrub, vacuum, clean... die?

Why similar: Horror 69.3%, Atmospheric 25.7%, Singleplayer 5%

The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.

Why similar: Romance 21.8%, Psychological 19%, Emotional 17.2%, Story Rich 15.6%, Horror 9.3%

A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 36.4%, Romance 23.2%, 2D 7.2%, Horror 6.9%, Emotional 6%

A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 54.2%, Story Rich 18.1%, Dark 11.3%, Atmospheric 8%, Indie 6.5%

Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.2%, Story Rich 17.2%, Horror 16.2%, Linear 13%, 2D 11.7%

Move silently. Clean thoroughly. A 3D horror action and cleaning simulation featuring Kao’s real products. Clean the villa, solve hidden puzzles, and escape while your performance affects the home’s appraisal value. A unique blend of suspense and cleaning awaits.

Why similar: Horror 94%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 68.5%, Story Rich 12.4%, Emotional 8.8%, Atmospheric 5%, Indie 4.5%

When your loved one hurts you, what do you do? A classic love story about letting go.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 52.1%, Romance 27%, Emotional 11.8%, Indie 3.8%, Story Rich 3.3%

An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.5%, Horror 18.7%, Hand-drawn 11.7%, 2D 7.6%, Story Rich 7.6%

Build relationship with the characters. Your choices might earn you favor from one character, but disdain from another. Use items to solve problems. Confront various endings. Choose one person and face the end with them.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.4%, Romance 22.5%, Horror 15.9%, Story Rich 11.2%, Emotional 9.9%

Cleaning Simulator offers a relaxing and satisfying experience where mess turns into order and dirt into shine. Sweep, scrub, and polish. Every corner transforms under your touch!

Why similar: Atmospheric 71.1%, Indie 20.3%, Singleplayer 8.6%

Horror/thriller visual novel with RPG elements about two friends that explores guilt, co-dependency, and personal limits being pushed.

Why similar: Horror 58.3%, Story Rich 19.5%, 2D 17%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Why similar: Horror 55.7%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Linear 18%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.2%, Story Rich 20.5%, 2D 10.5%, Dark 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.3%

Kyle is a Janitor. He's also a Werewolf. And now he's got the night shift. Try not to kill anyone while working to get your paycheck - in a stealth-comedy game with surprises around every corner.

Why similar: Top-Down 72.4%, Singleplayer 14.1%, Indie 13.4%

The world ends in 1 hour. It can't be saved. Wanna chat?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.3%, Emotional 13.8%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological 9.1%, Dark 7.9%

An emotional and immersive game about a man named Will and the people close to him. Experience his life through a story about love, memories and hope.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 38.6%, Romance 17.2%, Story Rich 11.6%, Emotional 8.9%, Linear 8.5%

Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.

Why similar: Horror 37.1%, Story Rich 23.3%, Top-Down 17%, 2D 14.2%, Dark 7.1%

A dark fantasy action adventure where you unbury a tale of intimacy and violence in order to cleanse a demonic infestation from a once-beautiful land.

Why similar: Top-Down 44.6%, 2D 23.4%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Indie 11.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%

When the world ends, who will you spend your final hours with? A visual novel for the GBA.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42%, Drama 16%, Emotional 13.5%, Story Rich 12.2%, Linear 5.3%

Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.

Why similar: Emotional 65.5%, Atmospheric 27.6%, Indie 5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Serial Cleaners is a top-down stealth-action game, where you get to experience being a murder scene cleaner for the mob in 1990s New York. Alternate between four cleaners, each with their own unique style, and live their stories.

Why similar: Top-Down 79.8%, Indie 13.6%, Singleplayer 6.6%

Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is an anti-adventure game about picking up trash in an alien bazaar. Play as the Janitor, an Alaensee girlbeast with a municipally-subsidized trash incineration job and dreams of leaving the planet of Xabran's Rock far behind her.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 77.2%, Indie 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%

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!

Why similar: 2D 44%, Top-Down 35.6%, Indie 16.6%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Psychroma is a psychological horror side-scroller set in a haunted cyberpunk house. Collect cards and explore the memories stored on them to piece together your past. But the deeper you go, the more you expose yourself to the brightest heat, the warmest color...

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.6%, Story Rich 19.3%, Emotional 14.2%, 2D 9.1%, Dark 8.7%

The End of the World and Her Room is a short, free point-and-click puzzle game. This is a quiet and fleeting story: in the final moments, inside her room, you observe the surroundings, search for clues, unlock her phone’s password, and slowly understand the traces the world has left behind.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 47.7%, Atmospheric 16.8%, 2D 16.3%, Emotional 16.2%, Indie 1.8%

RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Linear 23.2%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, Dark 11.5%

Underwater psychological horror with a shocking, character-driven narrative. Explore ruins beneath the amazon river basin, and converse with their dolphin inhabitants. Skillfully capture and develop photographs with your underwater camera.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.5%, Story Rich 16.5%, Top-Down 15.2%, Atmospheric 9.5%, 2D 7.6%

Step into a world where dreams and reality mix. You find yourself in a dream-like world, and explore a different traumatic experience each day. Your choice determines if the boy accepts these moments and moves on, or stays in the past.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 18.1%, Story Rich 14.2%, Emotional 14.2%, Top-Down 12.2%, Psychological 12%

The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.

Why similar: Horror 44.3%, Story Rich 15.3%, Dark 14.2%, Linear 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%

Boyhood's End is an adventure horror game following Giovanni, the boy with the lowest human score in the universe, and Campenella, the delinquent genius, and their journey on the galactic railroad regarding the "human" and "inhuman".

Why similar: Story Rich 28.3%, LGBTQ+ 17.9%, Emotional 15.8%, Top-Down 13%, 2D 12.7%

Groomer is a relaxing simulation game where take on a role of groomer, a person that takes care of dogs.

Why similar: Indie 100%

A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 30.9%, Romance 19.6%, Story Rich 11%, Hand-drawn 10.9%, Emotional 10.2%

Winion Virus is a pixel-art visual novel horror game. It features adorable and charming graphics paired with a dark fairy-tale story full of unexpected twists. As a point-and-click adventure, your task is to fix the errors occurring within the computer.

Why similar: Horror 41.8%, Story Rich 16.6%, 2D 15.5%, Emotional 14.7%, Dark 8.1%

Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 59.9%, Story Rich 23.4%, Dark 8.2%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

The August Before is a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35.2%, Emotional 24.6%, Story Rich 22.4%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Indie 2.8%

When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 45.6%, Romance 27.4%, Horror 16.9%, Story Rich 9.4%, Indie 0.4%

The August Before: Chapter One is the first chapter in a meditative narrative 3D puzzle about cleaning up, sorting out and packing up your life before moving on. Clean up and don’t forget your old belongings on your way to the new life!

Why similar: Emotional 38.7%, Story Rich 32.4%, Atmospheric 21.4%, Singleplayer 4%, Indie 3.6%

A psychological text-based game where each day you are tasked with executing someone based on the limited information provided until one person remains with their full story revealed.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 37.7%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological 15.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 8.7%

No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.4%, Story Rich 15.1%, Emotional 14.6%, Romance 13.9%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.5%, Romance 19.5%, Top-Down 13.6%, 2D 10.6%, Horror 5.2%

A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.

Why similar: Dark 37.9%, Story Rich 36.3%, Indie 22.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%

A dark fantasy tale where death is not the end but the path to the truth. Two magi trapped in a collapsing tower must unravel a deadly mystery. Each death reveals another piece of the puzzle that is their shared past and forbidden love. For fans of House in Fata Morgana and literary dark fantasy.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 24.7%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Romance 14.6%, Story Rich 12.2%, Emotional 9.8%

Until Oblivion is an atmospheric narrative game that follows 17 year old nobody Emma Wilson as she tries to rekindle a dying relationship in a dying world. Join her in an increasingly nightmarish Halloween party and find out if anything (or anyone) is worth anything at all.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 56.3%, Story Rich 20.8%, Hand-drawn 13.3%, Atmospheric 9.6%

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

Why similar: Story Rich 43.9%, Atmospheric 28.2%, Horror 13.1%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%

A horror game where you play a hand-held console in the backseat during a long drive home.

Why similar: Horror 37.4%, Story Rich 26.3%, Dark 14.5%, 2D 9.4%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Explore a quiet house. Destroy any furniture that seems... off. This is just a bit of decluttering. Probably.

Why similar: Psychological 38.4%, Linear 18.7%, Story Rich 16.3%, Emotional 14.7%, Indie 9.5%

The Silent Swan is a contemplative first-person narrative experience across a megalithic, derelict world. Mixing elements from both walking simulator and open levels.

Why similar: Romance 33.4%, Story Rich 20.8%, Emotional 15.6%, Dark 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Whisper of the House is a cozy game about organizing and decorating. You'll take on various tasks from the townspeople—helping them move, organize, and clean their spaces. In the process, your gentle touch might make a difference in their lives, and perhaps uncover some hidden stories...

Why similar: Story Rich 42.8%, 2D 33.3%, Atmospheric 20.8%, Singleplayer 3%

Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.

Why similar: Drama 39.8%, Story Rich 26.6%, Emotional 24.1%, Atmospheric 7.8%, Indie 1%

This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.

Why similar: Horror 39.7%, Story Rich 21.2%, 2D 12.9%, Romance 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%

A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 47.8%, Romance 20.7%, Horror 16.2%, Dark 6.1%, Story Rich 4.3%

A cozy horror game where you run an ice cream shop. Your illness twists reality. Sometimes you see things that shouldn't be there. Serve strange customers and try to separate your mind’s visions from the horrors at your door.

Why similar: Horror 54.4%, Psychological 29.5%, Atmospheric 10%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%

The Cleaner is a hardcore die 'n' retry inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami and SuperHot. You control a highly-trained " cleaner " with a unique power. No cliché storyline, no cutscenes, start the game and play.

Why similar: Linear 84.4%, Indie 11%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Tender is a narrative game that explores connection and rejection in the era of swipe culture. It’s a story told by and through the modern interface for finding love.

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 40.1%, Romance 22.7%, Hand-drawn 18.9%, 2D 14.9%, Story Rich 3.2%

Goodnight Butcher is an arcade-style horror game with an isolated, heart-pounding atmosphere which shifts seamlessly between running your butchery and running for your life.

Why similar: Horror 80.9%, Indie 19.1%

<3 Bond with your Family, but there's something wrong going on in this house........

Why similar: Horror 68.2%, Story Rich 25.3%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.2%