Aerial Cleaner (2024)

Developer: Zhiwu Game
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 5.0 of 5, 11 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 11 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this

How it feels

a breezy mix of cleaning high-rises and fending off monsters with a multi-purpose water jet, where swinging recoil adds a playful physics challenge.

casualactionrelaxingphysics-basedwhimsicallightheartedstrategypunishing

What players say

Players say the cleaning premise is deceptive: the real challenge is swinging with water recoil, which feels unintuitive and raises the difficulty. Many mention the time pressure and flying bugs as constant frustrations, making it more of a precision challenge than a relaxing game.

Screenshots

More games like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.