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Fun to play around in, the blood and guts and all, but not that compelling when you get into the thick of it. a funny idea though.

Nice little time capsule from 2013. Surprisingly fun little cleaning game.

I never got into or understood the cleaning gimmick games.


what if SANTA was VIOLENT????? certainly isn't winning any awards for creativity. Pretty much the same things I said about shadow warrior apply here, game is okay in a shut your brain off kind of way, using the radar sucks, game would be better in multiplayer but it's a hassle to set up. in a post-powerwash sim world, not a lot of reason to go back to this.

it is a yearly tradition of mine to play this game every christmas. asides from that it sure is more Viscera Cleanup Detail but only on a single map

Mesmo com meu PC rodando mal, nunca limpei nada com tanto gosto.

I mean, the game functions as intended, I'm pretty sure.

Fun stand alone DLC for the original game. Very fun to play with a group of friends on Christmas day.

This review contains spoilers

Fun extra DLC for Viscera Cleanup Detail

Viscera Cleanup Detail is all about cleaning stuff. Nothing more. You take your little mop and broom and get to work. This standalone DLC, Santa’s Rampage is normally included into the base game if you bought the complete edition.

Santa’s Rampage is so much fun. It is, as can be expected, completely Christmas themed and consist of a living/working room, an upstairs floor, and a reindeer basement. Every single elf has been murdered and is waiting for you to clean them up. The letters from children you find, as well as the overdue bills are fun to read and gives you an idea why Santa would go apesh!t. You can even find the nose of Rudolf the Reindeer and Santa’s double-barrelled shotgun. The fireplace acts as your incinerator. This is the only map where you can get a stick of dynamite from the water bucket slosh automatic, destroying your progress in the blink of an eye.

The game is intended to make you angry and make your life miserable with the chances of getting limbs and more gore instead of a bucket of water or a disposal bin, the chance of creating fires on the wall while welding bullet holes and of course, knocking over your blood-soaked bucket at the slightest touch. This is part of its charm. I am sure this game has a secret algorithm build into it that whenever you kick over a bucket, something nasty is coming out of one of the dispensers afterwards, just to remind you: “You screwed up and here is your punishment”.

The graphics in this game are fair, they are bright and colorful. The music from the boombox is good and works nice on the background while you are working your ass off. Except for the “Polka” soundtrack, that one is god awfully horrible.

The controls and physics in this game work quite well. Sometimes the game glitches like crazy because of two objects interfering to much but overall, it feels responsive and does what you want.

The game is easily played solo but is, like many other games a lot more fun when playing together. Especially because you can see the other players wobbling back and forth. The walk cycle of the janitor character models is hilarious.

I had a lot of fun with Santa’s Rampage and played it multiple times over.

Definitely recommend this game!

I actually finished a round yesterday with my friend but... 96% wasn't satisfactory for Santa, so I finished today with a 98% (I doubt I'll ever try and get all the achievements for this game.) But it's fun to play with friends definitely, I couldn't stop laughing

Every christmas season, coziest game.

This is a yearly tradition, yet not as fun as the main game.

"An Irritating And Pointless Cleaning Simulator"

Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage , and the other games within this series, are pretty pointless to me. They serve little else than being glorified cleaning simulators, and the humor within is very nonexistent. The first 5 minutes may make you say "wow there's some gruesome deaths I guess", and after that there is nothing else humorous nor very enjoyable about this title. The physics are clearly wonky, and while some may say it adds charm to the game, I think it provides a barrier. Finished cleaning up a massive pile of gory bits? Guess what?! Your box will flip out and send them flying everywhere. Additionally, the cleaning supplies will spawn random bits of gore, and in certain cases, LIVE DYNAMITE. Whoever believes this isn't anything other than a troll from the developers, one which is clearly designed to annoy and set the player back in progress, is mistaken. I didn't enjoy this title very much, and I can say the same for the other spin-off title, with the only reason for me trying the Shadow Warrior version being because a friend owned it and wanted to try it out.

I do Not Recommend this game, since it only serves as a time waster and provides little else. The only reason you should purchase this game is if you really want to spend your time gaming doing mundane chores.

Final Verdict: 3/10 (Poor)*

it's fine, worse than the main cleanup areas though