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An empty movie theatre with red seats, red curtains, a broom and a dustpan.

Now Sweeping

A first-person cleaning game set in a movie theatre.

Coming to Steam

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Clean up after the crowd

You're the cleaner at the Lantern, a small movie theatre. When a movie ends and everyone leaves, you walk in and clean up what they left behind. You get paid for every piece of trash, and you spend that money on better tools.

Each showing gives you a few minutes. Whatever you miss is still there when the next crowd comes in, and they leave their own mess on top. Get the whole theatre 100% clean in one showing to win.

One showing, start to finish

  1. Rows of red seats after a showing, with popcorn buckets, cups and soda spills left behind.

    The crowd leaves

    Popcorn, cups, wrappers, gum and soda spills. Every movie leaves some mess of its own too.

  2. Pushing a broom down the aisle. The trash in front of it has rolled into a ball.

    Clean before time runs out

    Pick it all up, then empty your load into a bin to get paid. The clock only runs while you're in the theatre.

  3. The lobby, with the supply closet, the theatre doors, Melissa at her podium and the snack bar.

    Shop in the lobby

    Buy better tools in the supply closet, or hire a helper for the next showing.

  4. A soda spill with ice cubes and a napkin on the floor between seats.

    The next crowd comes in

    Anything you missed is still there. With better tools you clean faster and catch up.

You win when the theatre is 100% clean at the end of a showing. Your score is how many showings it took.

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Lost items, cards and helpers

Find what people forget

A phone, a coat, a plush fox. One lost item turns up in each of the first six showings. Hand it back and you get a tip.

  • A well-loved plush fox
  • A forgotten trench coat
  • A dropped phone
  • A purple handbag
  • A well-loved toy car
  • A jangly bunch of keys

Hire a helper

Melissa and Javier will clean with you for a fee. They use the tools you've already bought.

Melissa, a helper in a red staff shirt, sweeping a row of seats.

Pick a card for every item you return

You choose one of up to three cards. It changes the rules until the run ends, so every run plays a bit differently. There are 38 to find.

Admit oneNo. 009

★★★

Ejector seats

Flipping a seat flips its whole row and launches the litter and returns on the seats into the air. Catch them before they land for double pay.

Not in Freeplay.

Seats

Admit oneNo. 036

★★★

Litter magnet

Swap your vacuum for a litter magnet that pulls nearby litter and returns into your carry by itself.

Sweep

Admit oneNo. 014

★★★

Night owl

Everything pays 20% more, but the house lights are dimmed.

Lights

See all 38 cards

Pick a difficulty

Harder modes give you a bigger theatre and less time. You choose once, at the start of a run.

Difficulty modes
ModeTheatreTime per showingWhat it's like
Easy5 rows5:00The smallest theatre and the most time.
Standard8 rows4:00A middle-sized theatre. Most people start here.
Hard10 rows4:00A bigger theatre, and each seat leaves more mess.
Impossible15 rows3:00The whole theatre, the most mess and the least time.
Freeplay8 rowsNo timerStandard's theatre with no clock. A showing ends when the room is clean.

What's in the game

Questions

When does it come out?

On Steam, .

Can I lose?

No. There's no game over. If you don't finish a showing, the next crowd comes in and you keep going.

Is there a mode without a timer?

Yes. Freeplay has no clock. A showing ends when the theatre is clean, then the next crowd comes in.

Can I play with a controller?

Yes. Xbox, PlayStation and Switch Pro controllers work, and you can change any button.

Does it run on Steam Deck?

Yes.

Which languages does it support?

English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese.

Who is making it?

Innervate Games, a small game studio.