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 53.5%, Linear 25.3%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Indie 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Play as Vroombi, a brave little robo-vacuum who needs to keep Lily's house nice and clean! Clean away dust, dirt and debris in this satisfying twist on an interactive cleaning simulator. What awaits little Vroombi at night? What is Lily scared of?

Why similar: Horror 49.9%, Linear 27.3%, Emotional 9.7%, Dark 7.4%, Indie 3.1%

(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 80%, Indie 13.5%, Singleplayer 6.5%

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 69.5%, Atmospheric 25.5%, Singleplayer 5%

Clean up trash from the beach in this short, relaxing, and grim game! Recycle waste, upgrade your robot. Explore new territories. Clean up oil spills and save the animals!

Why similar: Linear 28.9%, Top-Down 28.3%, Dark 20.7%, Atmospheric 18.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

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 21.9%, Psychological 18.9%, Emotional 17.1%, Story Rich 15.7%, Horror 9.3%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 52.4%, Romance 26.9%, Emotional 11.7%, Indie 3.8%, Story Rich 3.2%

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+ 36.8%, Romance 23.1%, 2D 7.1%, Horror 6.9%, Emotional 6%

Cozy Cleaner is a relaxing cleaning game where you tidy and organize rooms messed up by playful cats. Pick up clutter, wipe away dirt, and bring order back to every space for a calming, refreshing experience with cozy soundtracks.

Why similar: Atmospheric 86.5%, Singleplayer 13.5%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 54.5%, Story Rich 17.9%, Dark 11.5%, Atmospheric 7.5%, 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 17.3%, Horror 16.3%, Linear 13.1%, 2D 11.5%

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 94.3%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 68.9%, Story Rich 12.3%, Emotional 8.7%, Atmospheric 4.9%, Indie 4.5%

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+ 30.8%, Romance 22.5%, Horror 15.9%, Story Rich 11.1%, Emotional 9.8%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46.1%, Horror 18.7%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Story Rich 7.7%, 2D 7.5%

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

Why similar: Horror 58.6%, Story Rich 19.6%, 2D 16.7%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 43.7%, Story Rich 20.5%, 2D 10.3%, Dark 8.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%

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%, Indie 20.3%, Singleplayer 8.6%

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%

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 73.1%, Singleplayer 13.8%, Indie 13.1%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 41.8%, Emotional 13.8%, Horror 13.7%, Psychological 9%, Dark 7.8%

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 55.9%, Atmospheric 19.4%, Linear 18.1%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A cozy incremental game where you play as a Kraken wielding abyssal powers to clean the ocean.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 52.4%, 2D 37.8%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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+ 39%, Romance 17.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Emotional 8.8%, Linear 8.5%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 42%, Drama 16.6%, Emotional 13.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Linear 5.2%

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 37.4%, Story Rich 23.4%, Top-Down 16.8%, 2D 14%, Dark 7%

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 23.3%, Atmospheric 17.5%, Indie 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Embark on a heartwarming journey as a home cleaning specialist.

Why similar: Emotional 66.3%, Atmospheric 26.6%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

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+ 77.6%, Indie 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.2%

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 79.7%, Indie 13.7%, Singleplayer 6.6%

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+ 49.3%, Story Rich 19.1%, Emotional 14%, 2D 9%, Dark 8.6%

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 42.7%, 2D 31.4%, Atmospheric 23.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

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 43.9%, Top-Down 35.6%, Indie 16.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%

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 31.7%, Linear 23.3%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Story Rich 12.3%, Dark 11.5%

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 47.9%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Emotional 16.2%, 2D 16.2%, Indie 1.8%

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

Why similar: Horror 44.4%, Story Rich 15.3%, Dark 14.1%, Linear 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%

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 18.2%, Story Rich 14.3%, Emotional 14.2%, Top-Down 12.1%, Psychological 12%

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+ 41%, Story Rich 16.5%, Top-Down 15%, Atmospheric 9.4%, 2D 7.4%

Konbini Cleanup is a cozy organizing simulator where you sort 2,928 products in a messy konbini. Clean, learn abilities, and restore order in a calm and atmospheric environment.

Why similar: Atmospheric 91.1%, Singleplayer 8.9%

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

Why similar: Indie 100%

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+ 47%, Story Rich 15%, Emotional 14.4%, Romance 13.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%

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+ 60.3%, Story Rich 23.2%, Dark 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.6%, 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+ 36%, Emotional 24.4%, Story Rich 22.1%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Indie 2.8%

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+ 31.3%, Romance 19.6%, Story Rich 11%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Emotional 10.1%

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+ 38.2%, Horror 17.7%, Psychological 15.6%, Story Rich 10.4%, 2D 8.5%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 46%, Romance 27.2%, Horror 16.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Indie 0.4%

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

Why similar: Dark 37.8%, Story Rich 36.5%, Indie 22.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%

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 28.9%, LGBTQ+ 16.7%, Emotional 15.8%, Top-Down 12.8%, 2D 12.5%

A literary horror adventure made in RPG Maker MV, where you explore a land of endless rain and continue a lonely journey through fleeting encounters with ghosts. Rain-soaked landscapes and quiet conversations shape a desolate, melancholic road ahead.

Why similar: Story Rich 30.2%, Top-Down 20.1%, Psychological 18.2%, 2D 15.3%, Dark 11.7%

The Sweet Spot is a cozy horror game where you work the last shift at an 80s ice cream shop. Make ice cream, serve customers and watch out for strange things.

Why similar: Horror 78%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

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 38.5%, Story Rich 32.7%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Singleplayer 4%, Indie 3.6%

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 42.2%, Story Rich 16.7%, 2D 15%, Emotional 14.7%, Dark 8.1%

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 44.1%, Atmospheric 28%, Horror 13.1%, Indie 11.2%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Experience an old-school RPG in a female-dominated slice-of-life setting. Live the life of a broke and humiliated janitor living in a girls' dormitory. Interact with the ladies, explore various kinks, exploit, and make choices that lead to your prime goal or an entirely different ending.

Why similar: Emotional 35.6%, Dark 32.3%, 2D 29.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%

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

Why similar: LGBTQ+ 48.3%, Romance 19.4%, Top-Down 13.2%, 2D 10.3%, Horror 5.3%

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 26.5%, Dark 14.5%, 2D 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%

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 33.5%, Story Rich 20.8%, Emotional 15.5%, Dark 13.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%

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

Why similar: Psychological 38.1%, Linear 18.5%, Story Rich 16.7%, Emotional 15.1%, Indie 9.3%

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+ 56.7%, Story Rich 20.6%, Hand-drawn 13.2%, Atmospheric 9.5%

A marriage between first person exploration and visual novel, blessed with a sprinkle of puzzle gameplay. Immerse yourself in a period drama that intertwines romance with murder mystery, as a young cleric who must resist or give in to the charms of a strikingly beautiful maid.

Why similar: Romance 45.3%, Story Rich 20.9%, Emotional 17.4%, Atmospheric 8.2%, Dark 7.2%