Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (34%); after 7h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- 44% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Gardener” (Finish Garden) and “No place like home” (Finish Poland): from 54% to 44% of starters.
- 92% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 2,616 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 9.3h for positive, 6.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (92.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Railroad to Success Finish Railstation 91% −9
- Moving up in the world! Finish Alps 84% −7
- Cold Cleaner! Finish Iceland 77% −7
- Reforestation Finish Forest 68% −9
- Preserver Finish Asia 66% −2
- Cherry blossom Finish Japan 63% −4
- Firefighter Extraordinaire! Finish Australia 62% −1
- The Hero of the Coast Finish Beach 57% −4
- Gardener Finish Garden 54% −3
- No place like home Finish Poland Most players quit here 44% −10
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (29)
story milestone ending side
- Ready up! Finish the tutorial 100%
- Helper of nature Destroy 100 debris piles in total 96%
- Slow beginnings Collect 500 trash in total 95%
- Railroad to Success Finish Railstation 91%
- Restorer of nature Destroy 200 debris piles in total 87%
- Moving up in the world! Finish Alps 84%
- Enviro-Hero Destroy 300 debris piles in total 82%
- A Veteran Cleaner Collect 2500 trash in total 78%
- Cold Cleaner! Finish Iceland 77%
- Bunny Jump! 70%
- Reforestation Finish Forest 68%
- Preserver Finish Asia 66%
- Cherry blossom Finish Japan 63%
- Master Cleaner Collect 5000 trash in total 63%
- Convenient Cleaner Recycle 1000 trash using pocket recycler 62%
- Firefighter Extraordinaire! Finish Australia 62%
- Foreshadowing Seems out of place, doesn't it? 61%
- The Hero of the Coast Finish Beach 57%
- Gardener Finish Garden 54%
- Familiar face How'd you get here?! 52%
- Purifier Suck up 500 000 units of water in total 46%
- No place like home Finish Poland 44%
- Ancient technology Is it ancient... Or just old? 41%
- Watering Friend Use Sprinklerbot a 100 times in total 38%
- Hoover Friend Use Hooverbot a 100 times in total 30%
- Perfectionist Complete every level restoring 100% of nature 29%
- Big hat on his hip Some say it's intentional, others say it's just a mistake. It's neither 19%
- I'm Human! Let's go skateboards! 15%
- Pet Pal Pet every animal 15%