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Viscera Cleanup Detail

RuneStorm · 2015-10-23

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Jan 27, 2017 (Mac), Oct 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

186
playing now
92%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (58 ratings)
53h
to beat · rushed 24h · completionist 80h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

186 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Viscera Cleanup Detail is a 2015 science fiction simulation video game where players are tasked to clean up the bloody aftermath of a successfully repelled alien invasion, zombie outbreak and other types of disasters. The game was developed and published by South Africa–based indie developer studio RuneStorm and was released on 4 April 2014 through Steam Early Access. The full release became available on 23 October 2015.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 186 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 747 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~93/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 593k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,735 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.41-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2024-04-18) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 18 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30330320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

217712026-08-06 21:00 — 162 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 116 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 149 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 162 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 123 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 177 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 191 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 139 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 161 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 174 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 154 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 157 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 101 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 145 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 135 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 109 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 175 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 187 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 108 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 96 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 153 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 125 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 120 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 153 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 148 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 92 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 142 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 186 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$3.542015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-11-25 — best price $8.702016-09-05 — best price $8.702017-01-02 — best price $12.992017-08-24 — best price $12.992018-04-20 — best price $12.992018-11-01 — best price $7.402019-06-17 — best price $7.792020-01-27 — best price $12.992020-05-31 — best price $12.992020-07-10 — best price $12.992020-08-07 — best price $11.582020-09-19 — best price $11.582020-10-22 — best price $11.582020-11-21 — best price $9.542021-01-08 — best price $10.942021-02-14 — best price $12.992021-03-18 — best price $12.992021-04-18 — best price $10.942021-06-01 — best price $12.992021-09-08 — best price $10.942021-12-23 — best price $9.542022-05-15 — best price $12.992022-10-07 — best price $8.702023-01-16 — best price $8.702023-06-29 — best price $5.192023-11-22 — best price $6.492024-04-23 — best price $10.282024-08-10 — best price $12.992025-01-13 — best price $10.282025-07-25 — best price $3.542026-02-21 — best price $10.282026-08-24 — best price $4.41
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

62162026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-04 — 27 pageviews2026-06-07 — 40 pageviews2026-06-10 — 30 pageviews2026-06-13 — 38 pageviews2026-06-16 — 31 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 25 pageviews2026-06-25 — 35 pageviews2026-06-28 — 53 pageviews2026-07-01 — 45 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 54 pageviews2026-07-13 — 36 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 43 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 50 pageviews2026-07-31 — 30 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 33 pageviews2026-08-15 — 23 pageviews2026-08-18 — 28 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-24 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
47.1%
earned "Big Banger Burnout"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards3 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)34,4563%85

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreBloodCo-opFunnyIndieSpaceCasualComedyHorrorSci-fi

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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