Games like Serial Cleaner
Closest overall match: Crypt of the NecroDancer (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Transistor at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: 10 Second Ninja X at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Serial Cleaner — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Steam Achievements and steam-trading-cards. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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60%
1. Crypt of the NecroDancer
Shares Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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57%
2. Wuppo
Shares 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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57%
3. Indivisible
Shares Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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57%
4. Transistor
Shares 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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56%
5. 10 Second Ninja X
Shares Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.7 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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56%
6. Lichdom: Battlemage
Shares Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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56%
7. Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones
Shares Stealth, Steam Leaderboards, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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55%
8. Streets of Rogue
Shares Stealth, Early Access, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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55%
9. Lovecraft's Untold Stories
Shares Early Access, 2D, Full controller support and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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55%
10. Human: Fall Flat
Shares Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 0.6 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 4, Indie
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55%
11. Hyper Light Drifter
Shares 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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55%
12. Dex
Shares Stealth, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Serial Cleaner?
On our similarity model, Crypt of the NecroDancer is the closest match to Serial Cleaner — shares Steam Leaderboards, 2D, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; released within 1 year.
Which game like Serial Cleaner is rated highest?
Transistor holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 1,474 players.
Are there games like Serial Cleaner on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 10 games like Serial Cleaner on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
Are there games like Serial Cleaner on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 6 games like Serial Cleaner on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Serial Cleaner on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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