Viscera Cleanup Detail Reviews
In Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning up after various horrific sci-fi horror events. Instead of machineguns and plasma-rifles, your tools are a mop and bucket. That hero left a mess, and it's up to you to deal with the aftermath.
App ID | 246900 |
App Type | GAME |
Developers | RuneStorm |
Publishers | RuneStorm |
Categories | Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Full controller support, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Remote Play Together, LAN Co-op, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor |
Genres | Indie, Simulation |
Release Date | 23 Oct, 2015 |
Platforms | Windows, Mac |
Supported Languages | English |

173 Total Reviews
152 Positive Reviews
21 Negative Reviews
Score
Viscera Cleanup Detail has garnered a total of 173 reviews, with 152 positive reviews and 21 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
5238 minutes
This game is 10 years old... but it feels so unique and one of a kind. It's relaxing if you play for a short period of time. If I play for hours at a time I usually start to get stressed. It has many levels which takes 1-3 hours to complete. Once you learn more about the game you'll be quicker. Longest level for me was almost 5 hours (but that's because I was very inefficient) ... but there's a save feature so you can pickup from where you left off.
This game is nothing like the copy paste cleanup games of today that all use the same engine and feels the same. This engine isn't the same. Play this if you want a break from the normal house flipper, Power wash, etc games that all use the same engine.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
925 minutes
Great for when you want to relax and just wind down. Put some music on and just clean. It's multiplayer, though I've never played with anyone else, I'm sure that would make it even better. Super chill and very fun. If only I could be this motivated to clean my own house
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
11092 minutes
I really enjoy it. It's a fun game if you're just wanting to do something on the side while watching something or talking to friends!
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
24091 minutes
Arrive at a disastrous loss of human life. Rage against the filth. Clean for the company at minimum wage.
You get to the job site, marvel at the horrendous sights and prepare to clean as you have never cleaned in your life: with your futuristic mop, the friendly incinerator, your trusty boombox to give you jams and a desire to cleanse the world.
Excellent game to turn off your brain and relax. Clean messess, stock crates, write reports, steal that shiny collectible or that disembodied arm for your dark collection back in your quarters, and aim for that 'employee of the month' each time.
Unravel secrets and learn about the world while at it via notes left behind... or just burn it all and go to bed to work another day.
You can clean your real room after you finish a map... or two.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
12 minutes
You really need to add a tutorial after nine years. "We don't feel like it needs one" is pretty weak.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
1056 minutes
The perfect game to play while listening to a long video essay, podcast, or stream in the background. It's fun, relaxing, and satisfying.
I heard about Viscera Cleanup Detail through Crime Scene Cleaner which is my favorite cleaning game. I had been looking for something that scratches the same itch and Viscera Cleanup Detail does hold up to my expectations. The gory space setting is interesting and unique enough to elevate this game above “chore simulator.” There isn’t as much story here as you get in Crime Scene Cleaner and I wish there was, but you do still discover more about the places you clean as you pick up items that were left behind.
The maps look distinct from each other and offer enough variety to keep it entertaining. Personally, I think this game looks pretty good for being 10 years old. If I didn't know any better, I would've thought it's more recent than that.
What I did not like was the complete lack of tutorials. It makes for a steep learning curve. I was thrown into my first cleaning mission completely blind and had no idea how anything worked. The game offers no guidance whatsoever. When I finished my first mission, I felt confident that I had cleaned everything there was to clean, but I only got 88%. If I hadn’t looked it up online, I never would’ve figured out that there were bullet holes in the concrete walls that I was supposed to weld shut, as one does, with what I assumed was a “neat space weapon” (actually a plasma welder). Or that there are stacking areas to organize cargo... which may be my least favorite activity because it feels so precarious.
Once you read a few guides online and figure out how the tools work, it gets easier and more enjoyable. This is a good game to come back to whenever I want a mindless activity to keep me busy.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
6087 minutes
A great game for people with large amounts of time to kill, and and obsession with perfection. There is a variety of achievements to complete, as well as plenty of levels to play(though it is important to note most levels are the same game play loop in different settings)
There is a good amount of world building in the various levels that really shows bits and pieces of the corporate dystopia that makes up the setting of the game.
The game is an experience to complete being fun and interesting at times, and tediously painful at worst.
I would recommend bringing friends if you value your time.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
7160 minutes
Awesome game, did all levels and all achievements, i loved every second, besides from the whole level of Penumbra, stacking crates when they keep moving, same with barrels.}
every level with a new theme, new mechanics, new items, unique items. i loved collecting lot of the items from the level and pimping out my office, getting all secret items and bobs corpse was awesome.
something about this game just clicks in my head, going into a place and cleaning up a ton of mess in quick succession. using buckets and bins to remove all viscera, laugh at funny names, and collect the body's of random workers from the site.
overall, 9/10, loved the game, kinda sad there isn't more but, i enjoyed the time i had with this game, and loved it all.
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
796 minutes
Are you tired of the same old horror spiel that goes into modern games? Have you ever wanted to fill out a mountain of paperwork while tediously explaining and going over details about horrific Sci-Fi Scenarios ranging from Rouge Robots to Alien Entities? Maybe you just want to clean up after somebody else when the horror has already happened simply because you want to vibe while cleaning along with taking whatever notes you want to put in. If any of those things sound appealing to you, this is the game for you.
Become a janitor for Aerospace Sanitation Inc. and do just that, clean up after odd situations all the while filling out a PDA with notes of all kinds to your own heart's content. Take as long as you need to clean an research station, a desolate industrial facility, or something else entirely. Heck you can even explore various other maps made by other folks using the unreal engine if you get tired of the base content. What are you waiting for, start cleaning today! [Insert 10 Pages of Aerospace Sanitation Inc.'s Company Disclaimers Here]
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
188 minutes
Viscera Cleanup Detail is a fun game to play with friends or listen to something in the background if going solo. For a decade old game, it holds up on the fun factor and looks decent (recommend it on sale).
That being said it's a shame the game runs poorly by default. To get the most out of the game (and its expansions) you'll need to manually adjust the fps. Go to steam\steamapps\common\viscera\engine\config\BaseEngine.INI (or from your library-properties-installed files-browse). Open this file with Word or Notepad and search for the following:
bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=166 (game will bug if this goes beyond 166- adjust to your liking)
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=166 (game will bug if this goes beyond 166- adjust to your liking)
Now save the file and upon reopening the game you'll have better fps. Many thanks to Churo Zan for posting this in a Steam forum.
👍 : 35 |
😃 : 0
Positive