History VideoGame / SerialCleaner

''Serial Cleaner'' is a 2017 stealth/action game developed by Draw Distance and published by Creator/CurveGames.

The game is set in the 70s and follows [[CleanupCrew The Cleaner]] (real name [[PunnyName Bob C. Leaner]]), a man with a gambling debt that gets money by cleaning up crime scenes after murders. After his debt with the mob starts racking up, he takes a new, mysterious client.

A sequel, titled ''Serial Cleaners'' was released in September 22, 2022 that switches from a [=2D=] perspective to an isometric [=3D=] one. Taking place in 1999, it follows the further adventures of Bob, now the head of his own cleanup crew, as they recount their various jobs throughout the last decade.
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* TheSeventies: The game is set in the decade of the 70s, focusing on a certain period of time starting on '72.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Once you hide in things like bushes or boxes cops will quickly lose attention, even if they see you doing so.

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* FramingDevice: The story takes the form of the characters reminiscing about their careers during New Years Eve of 1999.

* Videogame3DLeap: While the previous game was 2D, this game is now in a 3D isometric perspective.
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The game is set in the 70s and follows The Cleaner (real name [[PunnyName Bob C. Leaner]]), a man with a gambling debt that gets money by cleaning up crime scenes after murders. After his debt with the mob starts racking up, he takes a new, mysterious client.

** Lati is the most agile of the group and can [[LeParkour jump and climb around the environment]] that other characters can't. She's also use her natural agility to knock enemies down by either tackling them or sliding into them.

A sequel, titled ''Serial Cleaners'' was released in September 22, 2022 that switches from a [=2D=] perspective to an isometric [=3D=] one. Taking place in 1999, it follows the further adventures of Bob as well as other Cleaners.

* AxCrazy: Psycho is the most mentally disturbed of the protagonists, being a former mob hitman prone to losing control.

* AxCrazy: Psycho is the most mentally disturbed of the protagonists, being a mob hitman prone to losing control.

** Psycho carries a chainsaw to dismember bodies and can toss body parts at cops to knock them out.

** Lati is the most agile of the group and can [[LeParkour easily navigate around places]] that other characters can't.

** Bob himself is somewhat closer to a Thief, being able to put bodies in body bags to avoid tracking blood.

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A sequel, titled ''Serial Cleaners'' is set for release in September 22, 2022 that switches from a [=2D=] perspective to an isometric [=3D=] one. Taking place in 1999, it follows the further adventures of Bob as well as other Cleaners.
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* TrappedByGamblingDebts: A primary reason for why Bob keeps taking dangerous jobs for criminals is due to various gambling debts.

A sequel, titled ''Serial Cleaners'' is currently in the works that switches from a [=2D=] perspective to an isometric [=3D=] one. Taking place in 1999, it follows the further adventures of Bob as well as other Cleaners.

The game is set in the 70s and follows The Cleaner (real name Bob C. Leaner), a man with a gambling debt that gets money by cleaning up crime scenes after murders. After his debt with the mob starts racking up, he takes a new, mysterious client.

''Serial Cleaner'' is a 2017 stealth/action game developed by Draw Distance and published by Curve Digital.

* TheSeventies: The game is set on the decade of the 70s, focusing on a certain period of time starting on '72.

* PunchClockVillain: Bob does works for the mob and a serial killer in order to clean up after murders. He, however, takes no pleasure from it and is only doing it for the money and to keep himself and his mom safe.

The game is set in the 70s and follows The Cleaner (real name Bob Leaner), a man with a gambling debt that gets money by cleaning up crime scenes after murders. After his debt with the mob starts racking up, he takes a new, mysterious client.

A sequel, titled ''Serial Cleaners'' is currently in the works that switches from a [=2D=] perspective to an isometric [=3D=] one. Taking place in 1999, it follows the further adventures of Bob as well as other Cleaners as they recount the events that.

A sequel, titled ''Serial Cleaners'' is currently in the works. Taking place in 1999, it follows the further adventures of Bob as well as other Cleaners.

* SerialKiller: The Echo Killer is a serial killer racking up a large body count and that The Cleaner has been cleaning up for.

The game is set in the 70s and follows The Cleaner (real name Bob), a man with a gambling debt that gets money by cleaning up crime scenes after murders. After his debt with the mob starts racking up, he takes a new, mysterious client.

A sequel, titled ''Serial Cleaners'' is currently in the works. Taking place in 1999, it follows the further adventures of Bob and other Cleaners.

* AntiVillain: The Cleaner does works for the mob and a serial killer in order to keep them clean whenever they kill someone. He, however, takes no pleasure from it and is only doing it for the money and to keep himself and his mom safe.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The Cleaner is desperate for money, so he takes the jobs from the mysterious client, but is greatly upset by the state of things, especially the fact he seems to brutally murder young women.
* MommasBoy: The cleaner deeply loves his mom and is very sweet to her whenever they talk, they are shown to have a very nice relationships, with even him accompanying her on her bridge game nights.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The Cleaner is not interested in joining the Mafia or takes pleasure in his work, all he wants is to make enough money to pay his debts and then move on.
* TheReveal: At one point, listening to the radio, The Cleaner realizes he's been cleaning up the murders of the Echo Killer.

The game is set in the 70s and follows The Cleaner, a man with a gambling debt that gets money by cleaning up crime scenes after murders. After his debt with the mob starts racking up, he takes a new, mysterious client.