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The Cleaner

The Cleaner

The Cleaner is a hardcore die 'n' retry inspired by John Wick, Hotline Miami and SuperHot. You control a highly-trained " cleaner " with a unique power. No cliché storyline, no cutscenes, start the game and play.

Released May 5, 2022 Developer Dystopia Corp Platforms Windows GoreViolentFPSShooterAction
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

58.6%positive111 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Janky as hell can be fine for me but this just way too painful to play. Gameplay isn't quite what you see in the video but more like: use slow motion, kill a couple of guys, keep going in the corridor, door is locked, probably havbe to find a vent, crawl, some weird platforming…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Jun 01, 2022
Patch 1.04Bis

Hello there ! Main changes in this patch : - Listened to your feedback and decided to alter the platforming sections of Level 2. The platforming is more fluid, and less frustrating ! - The "library" s

May 18, 2022
Putting back to the 1.03 due to a bug I found

Hey there guys, sorry for the inconvenience Just had to put back the 1.03 version of the game due to a bug that I found in the first level. Thanks for your understanding,

May 18, 2022
The Cleaner - Patch 1.04

Hey there guys, This Patch contains these fixes : - Fixed a blood decal that would float over the ground at the end of the first level. - Fixed a blood decal that would be on a " invisible wall " in t

May 12, 2022
The Cleaner - 1.03

Hey there, hope you are enjoying The Cleaner. Added some of the soundtrack on YouTube, I have to wait a bit before being able to put them all. It'll be on every platform I can think of ( hopefully ).

May 10, 2022
The Cleaner - Minor changes

A few minors changes ( textures, added a few little objects, decals ) Nothing that you will notice Have fun

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsGore · Violent · FPS · Shooter · Action · Cinematic · Bullet Time · Linear · Time Manipulation · Assassin · Physics · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Spanish - Spain * , German * *
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Intel Core i3 2.5ghz or AMD equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space