Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Serial Cleaner (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Serial Cleaner on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, which both stealth, crime and relaxing.
- Serial Cleaner is tagged Stealth, Action, Indie, 2D, Gore, Blood, Singleplayer, Top-Down by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
- 1
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Stealth, Indie and Top-Down; released around the same time (2013).
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine at a glance Released 2013 Studio Pocketwatch Games Player sentiment 91% positive of 8,521 Price $14.99 StealthIndieTop-DownCrimeCasualGreat Soundtrack2D
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Neighbours from Hell
Why it matched: both stealth, puzzle and relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Casual, Puzzle and Stealth.
INTRODUCING THE GAME OF NEIGHBOURHOOD NASTINESS AND COMMUNITY COMMOTION! Living next door to you is a real Neighbour From Hell and it's now time to have your revenge! This compilation includes the original Neighbours From Hell and it's sequel Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation.
Neighbours from Hell at a glance Released 2003 Studio JoWooD Entertainment Player sentiment 98% positive of 3,150 Price Not listed CasualPuzzleStealthGreat Soundtrack2DArcadeIndie
- 3
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Why it matched: both stealth, crime, puzzle and relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Indie, Stealth and Casual; released around the same time (2015).
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist at a glance Released 2015 Studio Crows Crows Crows Player sentiment 93% positive of 10,175 Price Free IndieStealthCasualPuzzle
- 4
Hitman: Contracts
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Great Soundtrack and Puzzle; released around the same time (2014).
Enter the world of a HITMAN - a world of crime, sin and greed. Delve into the mind of Agent 47 and encounter his greatest adversaries, completing the work that made him so brutally efficient and shaped him as an assassin. Eliminate your targets by any means necessary. There are no rules... only the contract, signed in blood.
Hitman: Contracts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Io-Interactive A/S Player sentiment 87% positive of 3,658 Price $8.99 StealthGreat SoundtrackPuzzleCrimeGore
- 5
Baba Is You
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2019).
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Baba Is You at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hempuli Oy Player sentiment 98% positive of 24,536 Price $14.99 PuzzleIndie2DGreat SoundtrackCasualTop-Down
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Mini Metro
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Indie and Casual; released around the same time (2015).
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Mini Metro at a glance Released 2015 Studio Dinosaur Polo Club Player sentiment 96% positive of 16,729 Price $9.99 PuzzleIndieCasual2DGreat SoundtrackTop-Down
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Mini Motorways
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Casual, Indie and Puzzle; released around the same time (2021).
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
Mini Motorways at a glance Released 2021 Studio Dinosaur Polo Club Player sentiment 96% positive of 24,384 Price $9.99 CasualIndiePuzzleStylizedTop-DownGreat Soundtrack
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LoveChoice
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Casual and Indie; released around the same time (2021).
"What is love?" We try to answer that with this game. The game encourages people to have a warm, soft, and understanding heart.
LoveChoice at a glance Released 2021 Studio Akaba Studio Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,611 Price $1.99 Great SoundtrackCasualIndiePuzzle2DStylized
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Mark of the Ninja
Why it matched: both stealth, puzzle and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Indie and 2D.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Mark of the Ninja at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 15,877 Price Not listed StealthIndie2DPuzzleCasual
- 10
Defy Gravity Extended
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D; released around the same time (2016).
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
Defy Gravity Extended at a glance Released 2016 Studio Paul Fisch Player sentiment 86% positive of 8,531 Price $0.55 IndiePuzzle2DCasualGreat SoundtrackArcade
- 11
Bendy and the Dark Revival
Why it matched: both stealth, puzzle and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and Stealth.
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
Bendy and the Dark Revival at a glance Released 2022 Studio Joey Drew Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 16,194 Price $5.99 IndiePuzzleStealthGreat SoundtrackCasual
- 12
One Finger Death Punch
Why it matched: both relaxing; shares 7 player tags including Indie, 2D and Casual; released around the same time (2014).
Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
One Finger Death Punch at a glance Released 2014 Studio Silver Dollar Games Player sentiment 98% positive of 16,338 Price $4.99 Indie2DCasualArcadeGreat SoundtrackGoreBlood
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Super Hexagon
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Indie and Arcade.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Super Hexagon at a glance Released 2012 Studio Terry Cavanagh Player sentiment 97% positive of 25,111 Price $2.99 Great SoundtrackIndieArcade2DCasualPuzzle
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Bejeweled 3
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Great Soundtrack.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bejeweled 3 at a glance Released 2010 Studio PopCap Games, Inc. Player sentiment 96% positive of 8,122 Price $4.99 PuzzleCasualGreat SoundtrackIndieArcade2D
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Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer
Why it matched: both stealth, puzzle and relaxing; shares 4 player tags including Stealth, Indie and Puzzle; released around the same time (2019).
Hello Neighbor Multiplayer. Secret Neighbor is a Multiplayer Social Horror Game where a group of intruders try to rescue their friend from the Neighbor's creepy basement. Only problem is one of the intruders is the Neighbor in disguise.
Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer at a glance Released 2019 Studio Hologryph Player sentiment 86% positive of 19,379 Price $19.99 StealthIndiePuzzleCasual
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and puzzle; shares 4 player tags including Puzzle, Stealth and Gore; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider at a glance Released 2018 Studio Crystal Dynamics Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,978 Price $5.99 PuzzleStealthGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Machinarium
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 6 player tags including Puzzle, 2D and Casual.
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
Machinarium at a glance Released 2009 Studio Amanita Design Player sentiment 95% positive of 20,634 Price $3.99 Puzzle2DCasualStylizedIndieGreat Soundtrack
- 18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both stealth, crime and puzzle; shares 4 player tags including Puzzle, Stealth and Gore; released around the same time (2018).
As Lara Croft races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, she must become the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2018 Studio Eidos-Montréal Player sentiment 85% positive of 87,994 Price $5.99 PuzzleStealthGoreGreat Soundtrack
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Gunpoint
Why it matched: both stealth and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Stealth, Indie and Puzzle; released around the same time (2013).
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Gunpoint at a glance Released 2013 Studio Suspicious Developments Player sentiment 98% positive of 13,326 Price $9.99 StealthIndiePuzzle2DGreat Soundtrack
- 20
OneShot
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Indie, Great Soundtrack and Puzzle; released around the same time (2016).
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
OneShot at a glance Released 2016 Studio Future Cat LLC Player sentiment 98% positive of 64,849 Price $9.99 IndieGreat SoundtrackPuzzle2DCasual
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Papers, Please
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Indie, Puzzle and 2D; released around the same time (2013).
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Papers, Please at a glance Released 2013 Studio Lucas Pope Player sentiment 97% positive of 80,337 Price $9.99 IndiePuzzle2DGreat SoundtrackCasual
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Glass Masquerade
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Puzzle, Casual and Indie; released around the same time (2016).
Welcome to Glass Masquerade - an artistic puzzle game inspired by Art Deco & stained glass artisans of the 20th century. You need to combine hidden glass pieces to unveil clocks and themes exhibited by various cultures of the world at the 'International Times Exhibition'
Glass Masquerade at a glance Released 2016 Studio Onyx Lute Player sentiment 97% positive of 7,065 Price $4.99 PuzzleCasualIndieGreat Soundtrack2D
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Eternal Senia
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2015).
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Eternal Senia at a glance Released 2015 Studio Sanctum Games Player sentiment 97% positive of 12,057 Price Free Great SoundtrackIndie2DPuzzleCasual
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GRIS
Why it matched: both puzzle and relaxing; shares 5 player tags including Great Soundtrack, Indie and 2D; released around the same time (2018).
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
GRIS at a glance Released 2018 Studio Nomada Studio Player sentiment 96% positive of 96,216 Price $14.99 Great SoundtrackIndie2DPuzzleCasual
Common questions
What game is most like Serial Cleaner?
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine, on the evidence we have. It both stealth, crime and relaxing. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Serial Cleaner" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Serial Cleaner. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.