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Serial Cleaner

Mac, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Linux, Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

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!

What works
  • Unique stealth gameplay concept
  • Stylish 1970s art and soundtrack
  • Challenging and strategic levels
  • Randomized elements for replayability
  • Bonus content and unlockables
Things to keep in mind
  • Somewhat repetitive gameplay
  • Lack of cooperative or social features
  • No mid-level checkpoints causing frustration
  • Story is simple and lightly integrated
  • Controls and visuals can be occasionally unclear

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Serial Cleaner: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Fellowship.

Why this game works

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