Serial Cleaner
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 5h it's 1 in 10 (10%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 16% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Done Cleaning” (Complete all story contracts): only 16% of starters get there.
- Only 31% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 4,317 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 7.6h for positive, 7.7h 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 (31% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Done Cleaning Complete all story contracts Most players quit here 17% −83
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (28)
story milestone ending side
- Catch Me If You Can Be pursued by an enemy for five seconds 100%
- Novice Collector Find your first secret item 92%
- Now You See Me... Escape capture five times in any single contract 85%
- I Will Survive Fail a contract five times during a single playthrough 69%
- Hello Boys! Be pursued by at least three enemies simultaneously 37%
- Cleaner's New Threads Play a contract wearing an unlockable costume 35%
- Hey, Listen! Get at least four enemies to investigate a sound decoy 34%
- Squeaky Clean Clean 100% of blood in any contract 32%
- Made You Look Make an enemy react to a missing item or body bag 100 times 31%
- Well Oriented Use Cleaner Sense for a total of at least 10 minutes 27%
- …Now You Don't Hide while in view of an enemy five times durin any single contract 27%
- Here Comes A New Challenger! Check out any Challenge mode 22%
- Well Informed Read a newspaper 15 times 20%
- BOOM! Headshot! Get killed by a Shooter for the first time 18%
- Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire Use a shortcut to escape an enemy and then get caught by an enemy at the other side 18%
- TV and Chill Watch TV 15 times 18%
- Mommy's Little Boy Talk to Mom 15 times 17%
- Tuned In Listen to the radio 15 times 17%
- Done Cleaning Complete all story contracts 17%
- Body Removal Service Dispose of 150 bodies 14%
- I Can See Clearly Now Complete any daytime contract 20 times 12%
- Nocturnal Complete any night-time contract 20 times 12%
- Wheeee! Slide on blood for a total of 45 seconds in any single contract 11%
- Fashion Freak Unlock all costumes 10%
- Expert Collector Find all secret items 9.7%
- Stickler Clean 100% of blood in all story contracts 9.4%
- Challenge Seeker Play all Challenge modes 8.7%
- Moviegoer Complete all movie-themed bonus contracts 8.7%