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Monster Mop Up
Developer Terahard Ltd
Rescue the scared little Ragamuffins from the human world and clean up all evidence of their existence. Mop stains, burn poop, and get rewarded with high tech gear and upgrades. Save enough, and you can even expand your home, decorate it, and live happily ever after with your fluffy little friends! From the Steam store page
147 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
49
Mixed
57 positive · 60 negative
95% range 40–58%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 57 | 60 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
61 of 122 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
49% recommend · 56 yes, 58 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 114 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (133 of 236 positive).
Many players find the game fun and cute, especially in co-op, but note it has bugs and lacks polish. [1][2][3][4] Several reviewers criticize the game for being abandoned by developers with unresolved bugs and no updates. [5][6][7][8] Some players say the game feels incomplete or lacks features found in similar cleaning simulators. [9][10][11][12]
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- [1]
Dang y'all this was a pleasant surprise. This game popped up out of nowhere, I wasn't even aware of it until today and I grabbed it as soon as I saw the description and the cheap price. I was not disappointed. If you like Viscera Cleanup Detail, Crime Scene Cleaner, or even Power Wash Simulator, this one is a nice little addition to the genre. Cute, vibrate spaces, satisfying cleanup, and plenty to unlock to keep …
- [2]
I like Monster Mop Up a lot, and had a lot of fun playing it, but it is so buggy. I'm heartbroken in that way, and I hope some patches will fix things and make it just better, as it has so much potential and the Ragamuffins are so cute! It has no missable achievements, but some of them don't work correctly at the moment. Approximate time to 100%: Around 10 to 15 hours Estimated achievement difficulty: 1/10 Minimum …
- [9]
It feels like a cleaning game made by a team of people who don't really understand the weird little dopamine hit you get while playing said game. I'm supposed to clean up evidence of the little fluffballs' existence, but you can't put physics objects back properly. This leaves the locations looking like a tornado blew through it, and makes the progress you get cleaning up the location feel hollow. You don't get to …
- [10]
I'd really avoid this game at launch... it's got so many problems that I likely can't list them all: - Tons of achievements either don't unlock or don't unlock properly (some early, some late) - Game hardlocked in co-op after I randomly teleported - Game hardlocked for my co-op partner after accidentally clipping out of bounds and falling forever - Many times, game gives an A or B rank, when it should be S, for …
- [8]
Good idea, fun game. HOWEVER, It appears to be poorly optimized and has many bugs. Also in need of a few QoL features. Allow it to cook for a bit and patch before getting this one. It is worth getting, just not at this time. Edit: Game Launched Aug 14. 2025, Last Patch Sep 24. 2025, The Devs have launched a broken, incomplete game, failed to fix said game, then abandoned it. DO NOT BUY under any circumstances. Such …
Summarised from 34 of the 144 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Monster Mop Up sits at 49% positive across 117 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 147 · most liked firstIt feels like a cleaning game made by a team of people who don't really understand the weird little dopamine hit you get while playing said game. I'm supposed to clean up evidence of the little fluffballs' existence, but you can't put physics objects back properly. This leaves the locations looking like a tornado blew through it, and makes the progress you get cleaning up the location feel hollow. You don't get to see a fully complete location reset to how it should be (e.g. Viscera Cleanup…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd really avoid this game at launch... it's got so many problems that I likely can't list them all: - Tons of achievements either don't unlock or don't unlock properly (some early, some late) - Game hardlocked in co-op after I randomly teleported - Game hardlocked for my co-op partner after accidentally clipping out of bounds and falling forever - Many times, game gives an A or B rank, when it should be S, for seemingly no reason... with multiple possible culprits (poop going out of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Promising game abandoned by devs to maximize the "cash grabbiness." -No update in 6+ months. -Asked for award noms for "better with friends" when multiplayer is still broken. -Old update and fix history was misleading and inaccurate. -Core mechanics still don't function properly, let alone complaints about no new content since release.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dang y'all this was a pleasant surprise. This game popped up out of nowhere, I wasn't even aware of it until today and I grabbed it as soon as I saw the description and the cheap price. I was not disappointed. If you like Viscera Cleanup Detail, Crime Scene Cleaner, or even Power Wash Simulator, this one is a nice little addition to the genre. Cute, vibrate spaces, satisfying cleanup, and plenty to unlock to keep you busy for at least 10+ hours (at least in solo play). I like the addition…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Typical AI generated 2026 game, except it's from 2025. Mouse sensitivity is overclocked to 999%; it's not only not set to borderless by default but there just is no borderless mode because they've never played a game in their lives; the mouse wheel goes through items in the wrong order; the refresh rates are sorted like "165, 60, 144". Out of the Viscera Cleanup clones I've played, this is the least inspired. It takes random mechanics from others and bumbles them together. To expand on the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Mop Up is a silly little clean up game that’s perfect for fans of Viscera Clean Up Detail or even Powerwash Simulator. Read Becca’s full review here:
neutral · AI labelView post →What do you get if you put together Power Wash Simulator and Ghost Busters? Monster Mop Up! Solo or co-op, the choice is yours in this chaotic cleaning adventure! #indiegame #gaming #game
neutral · AI labelView post →- Level design is subpar - One single looping sound track for the entire game will drive you insane - mechanics lack any real value - No "sniffer" to help you find the specks of dirt too hard to see Overall, this game doesn't push this genre forward, but backwards. It lacks many features that much older games like Viscera offer. While it's $10, you're better off spending it on another game in this genre.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like Monster Mop Up a lot, and had a lot of fun playing it, but it is so buggy. I'm heartbroken in that way, and I hope some patches will fix things and make it just better, as it has so much potential and the Ragamuffins are so cute! It has no missable achievements, but some of them don't work correctly at the moment. Approximate time to 100%: Around 10 to 15 hours Estimated achievement difficulty: 1/10 Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1, but you will have to repeat levels to earn…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most of the content is locked to solo play only (house, collecting pets, upgrades) and you can only play MP in the form of completing levels. You cannot do any progression through multiplayer, no one can join your house as a lobby, you cannot get coins, etc. This is a complete bait and switch. The game advertises all these things in the trailer as potentially available, but nowhere does it state multiplayer is only doing the levels. This is the worst case of false advertising I've seen. Shame…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cannot in good faith recommend this game. This feels more like a beta than a finished product -Game does not track the total dirt in a level but rather how much you've cleaned so if you've accidentally added any level of mess the level will finish itself once you've cleaned what it thinks is the total amount of dirt in the level but in reality you still had 3 rooms you were looking forward to finishing - No in game tool to help you find the last specks of dirt in a level or know what counts…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →abandoned in a buggy state, game I regret not refunding
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →> says bugs were fixed > bugs were not fixed > please actually fix the bugs thank you
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Working for the Ministry of Monster Concealment is a crappy job…literally. Good thing we brought along our trusty mop. The Story & Gameplay You work as a Custodian cleaning up messes left by Ragamuffins who have escaped into the human world. Think Powerwash Sim but instead of dirt…it is poop, and wow, they nailed the art of jiggle physics in this game. I have to give them props for making the poop look so…authentic. (I never thought I would be writing that in a review). You also have to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THE WATCH TELLS YOU WHERE THE MISSING DIRT IS LIKE A COMPASS AND THE GAME NEVER TELLS YOU THIS!!! IT ONLY SHOWS ON THE HAND OPTION!!! its okay but not great 3/5 Playable but the mop water will randomly explode or disappear. Monster don' t really need "catched" they will bounce their way to the closet on their own. the vacuum is no help, makes a bigger mess no reason to buy decorations. your monsters will just sit on the floor forever. no need to "clean" the furniture. it can be tossed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What's popular and upcoming in roughly 5 hours? 🧽 Monster Mop Up that's what! @terahard.bsky.social #gaming #indiegame #game
neutral · AI labelView post →Legend says that the Ragamuffins in Monster Mop Up are descended from giants, here is a relic of evidence that this might be true 😱 #game #gaming #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Friday night is a great night for some Monster Mop Up shenanigans! Don't forget you can try the MULTIPLAYER DEMO of Monster Mop Up now on Steam 🔥 #gaming #game #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →I wanted to like this so much but it gave me serious vertigo!!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't recommend this, usually I like these sort of games because they scratch an ADHD itch, but this one is lacking. You can complete every level in a couple of hours, the only real incentive for me to keep playing further was to unlock achievements, several of which were bugged and couldn't be unlocked without exploiting another bug. For a game that's been out for almost a year, there's too many bugs and not enough content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not a bad game per se, but it's been launched and then abandonded almost immediately. game has several bugs which will prevent the player from completion, the multiplayer is very laggy. there's only like 10 maps and obviosuly no new maps coming in the future. basically just a money-grab on the basis of "friend slop" game type
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good idea, fun game. HOWEVER, It appears to be poorly optimized and has many bugs. Also in need of a few QoL features. Allow it to cook for a bit and patch before getting this one. It is worth getting, just not at this time. Edit: Game Launched Aug 14. 2025, Last Patch Sep 24. 2025, The Devs have launched a broken, incomplete game, failed to fix said game, then abandoned it. DO NOT BUY under any circumstances. Such actions should not be supported in any way. Much like its theme it is full of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Found a cute multiplayer cleaning sim/ creature collector/ house decorating game I've been vibing with. Just released 2 days ago.👀 It's called "Monster Mop Up"! On sale rn if these sorts of games interest you!
positive · AI labelView post →I didn't think this whole game would be about poop but it really is... It's only my fault for not reading thoroughly, I guess... I know it's in the game description, but my heavens - it's nothing but POOP! I only recommend this for poop fetishists and people who enjoy Viscera Cleanup Detail.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is full of bugs and lack of QoL. Sometimes you can clean *everything* in a level that you can possibly see and it will still not reach full completion, through no fault of the player. While playing with friends I joked that this game was coded using a cob of corn.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Congratulations to @seishirou.bsky.social @imminiman.bsky.social and @swyfte.bsky.social you are our Monster Mop Up giveaway winners! We'll be heading into your DMs soon to give you your copies of the game! Happy Launch day! 🧽
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023's shortlist. * BEST ACTION AND ADVENTURE GAME * Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun * Out of the Bit Ltd: Full Void * Pentakill Studios: The Occultist * Rain Games: Teslagrad 2 * Sloclap: SiFU * Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon: Call of the Mountain * Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök * Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me * The…
neutral · AI labelView post →As much as I am having fun with this game and trying to look over the bugs, it's incredibly hard to ignore them, maps are impossible to complete, stuff including players can fall out of bounds, money keeps resetting. this game while fun on paper in it's current state can't be recommended. Hope the devs give any update as to what is happening and if/when a bug fix is inbound as right now the game is quite unplayable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is really fun, but I absolutely cannot recommend this in the state it is in, even with the sale it currently has. As many others have mentioned in reviews there is a LONG list of bugs and issues this game has that makes it feel like an alpha or beta build and 100% not worth the price to play. - Some upgrades are given instantly when you haven't purchased them. - Some achievements either aren't given at all or given immediately, like the achievement for fully upgrading your mop…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not the best cleaning simulator out there and it has a few bugs which must be fixed but for what it's worth, I have enjoyed collecting all the objects in a map. I love throwing items in the fire, it is satisfying. The bucket and mop are quite glitchy and it reminds me of some annoying times like in Viscera Cleanup Detail and wish it was better. I will still leave a positive review because I also enjoyed collecting the little monsters 👹
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer Loading Issue – Infinite Loading Screen (PC / Steam) Platform: PC Game Version: 20032082 Mode: Multiplayer – Host/Client Lobby Issue Summary: When hosting a multiplayer session in Monster Mop Up, the host experiences an infinite loading screen after pressing Start Game. Meanwhile, the friend remains in the lobby indefinitely and never transitions into the loading or game state. This issue occurs consistently regardless of which player hosts the session. Steps to Reproduce:…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game. Are there bugs, yes. Are there some things that need fixing, yes. How long has this game been out, 24 hours. Everyone bagging on this game needs to chill. The devs see the feedback and acknowledge that there needs to be some fixes. This game is cute and tickles my ADHD just enough to make it fun/challenge and not frustrating (looking at you powerwash simulator). Things that need improving: The monsters don't do anything back at your home and I would like to see them having…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't get it. Really. It disregards every quality of life item since Viscera Cleanup Detail and that's going on 10 years now. If I can't transport burnables in a box that can be supplied at anytime, you have failed miserably. Not to mention that even in that 10 year old game, the detector was kinda hard to get your head around, but you at least had one that was usable from word go. I remember going to the bottom of the store page just to check it wasn't ai, because it felt that amateur.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I.... don't know why this is a Full Game, it feels like Early Access. This feels unpolished for some reason and I don't know why. Also it crashed multiple times literally on level one. Refunded so I'll wait till later.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A ton of game/progression breaking bugs -Poop can be pushed out of bounds, forcing you to need to reload, and the save and quit option closes the application fully, no option to save and return to main menu, there is a 'main menu' option though but it's unclear if that saves the game -Many options just don't exist like rebinding, disabling blurs, accessibility options, etc -Everything, and I do mean everything, feels like it's got the mass of tissue paper -Moving stuff is extremely tedious and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a lot of fun with this game, S ranked everything and didn't experience too many bugs. The game definitely lacks polish, there are object in the tutorial that are not in the game and the vacuum just straight up breaks the game. Game still doesn't have stain vision which is a massive oversight, but it's cute and has potential. I only hope that it gets more polish and love.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →so anyway, Game: Monster Mop Up Clipped by: crayfishbait
neutral · AI labelView post →Eggs has a sudden question Game: Monster Mop Up Clipped by: Skeletinoo
neutral · AI labelView post →you know you're not off to a good start when the tutorial has a bug that required me to smack the monster to get it in to the cuboard as apparantly i cant pick up traps when its caught somthing, Immediatly afterwards i was faced with another bug where i was holding an invisble trap with no way to swap what i was holding, this bugthen progressed to being unable to go to the main menu and the HUD dissapering. And considering how long some of these levels look like they will take, im not going…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A worse version of Viscera Cleanup Detail AND it costs more by a couple bucks Doesn't feel anywhere near as good as Viscera does and the theme-ing just isn't as good
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as a cleaning game addict, did i enjoy this? sure. is it worth a single dollar as the bug riddled mess it is? not really. buy at your own risk
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun, but I don't think it's worth the money it's charging. It's a bit buggy, and there aren't a lot of levels. I also suspect, though this may be a skill issue, admittedly, that the mansion level is bugged or something. Combing this place top to bottom, twice, and I couldn't get above a B. Also felt like by the time I was well upgraded, the levels were over. Overall, it's cute, cosy and entertaining, but could definitely benefit from having more to do.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We need more clean up games but this game is too poorly optimized and missing some core QOL that could be implemented later, refunded for now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit: It would be nice to get updates or feedback. Seems they abandoned the game. I normally do not write reviews; however, I figured since I have hundreds of hours logged in this genre (e.g., Viscera Cleanup Detail (Original, Santa’s Rampage, and Shadow Warrior), Crime Scene Cleaner, Cleaner Company: Prologue, even PowerWash Simulator)) I would voice my current concerns to the games current state. Monster Mop Up seems to be geared towards casual play with expected grind and replayability.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't recommend it, but I don't blame you for buying it. Especially on sale. When the game locked up disposing of the tutorial poop I knew I was in for a rough time. Honestly the game is alright, but just alright. I'd give it a 6 or 7 out of 10. Knocking stuff over is annoying but it doesn't matter anyway just like so much of the game doesn't seem to matter. Annoying hikes to get to your refills, annoying sound loops, annoying physics. All minor things in a very cute game in a genre I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monster Mop Up released today and I bought it instantly, twice! I played the demo a while back, and liked it for all its adorable potential. It’s fun working together on cleaning a level, and reminiscent of the Viscera Cleanup Detail experience but cuter. Still room for improvement in terms of quality of life and jankiness, though overall a fun game with a lot of potential.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the demo but was hesitant to buy the full version due to the mixed reviews. However, I got this for under 5 USD on sale, and it has been worth that price. It's a relatively short play with 16 levels of varying length and "difficulty". Steam says I played 15 hours but there are a few AFK moments in there. I'd say 12 is likely more accurate. It was a cozy cleaning game to pass a rainy weekend inside. I personally did not run into bugs that affected my game play. I found it quite easy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the moment i cant approve this game fo one very major technical reason With in 20 minutes of play the game pushes my CPU over 100C and will continue to rise if you can smooth out the demand on this *feature* id maybe give it a 4/5
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🫧 Live Right Now! 🫧 We're trying out a new game today called Monster Mop Up! I was given a key for playtest week and I'm great at breaking games so let's see what problems I can get myself into 😏 Thank you for the key! 💕 ❤️🧡💛 twitch.tv/katftwynn 💚💙💜
positive · AI labelView post →I'd prefer to leave a neutral review on this. First off: this is a clone of Viscera Cleanup Detail. No, not in a sense that it's similar in genre, there's a lot of cleaning games out there. It clearly copies VCD in most of its core features. Tools, physics, gameplay, minimal HUD, even level select menu, it's all VCD. You'll immediately feel it. This also means having VCD's idea of intentionally annoying mechanics, stuff going everywhere to dirty up the place, and general lack of clarity /…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Co-op not working D:
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →useless rover that blow stupid ♥♥♥♥ all over the way out of fireplace
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game but its just kinda boring. Most levels only last a about 20mins, The monster are super uninteresting most of the time it only take about 1-2 mins to capture all of them in a mission. The upgrades are nice but not super important. The game dose run well and i never had any performance issues. Thinking about my time with this game i really don't have anything interesting to say about it. Best thing i can say is it runs well and you can 100% this game in about 7ish hrs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one just isnt done cooking yet, the multiplayer is unplayable, I finished 2 levels across maybe 3 hours of trying before giving up, the single play works better but still just feels pretty flat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is way to broken with many bugs and out of bounds issues. you lose meta progression. it is a shame. there is a ton of potential, the devs need to get back to work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fundamental tool in this game, the bucket, is broken. When you save the game, it usually clips into the floor so if you leave a map and return to it later, the bucket will have disappeared and there's no way to bring a new one, unlike in Viscera Clean Up Detail where you have a machine to spawn as many buckets (and other tools like crates) as you want. If that and other bugs mentioned in the reviews and forums were fixed, I guess the game would be ok, but I really can't play this right…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had a great experience S-ranking every level with a full team online over the course of about four hours. We were left wanting for more levels and bigger levels afterwards, which I feel is pretty good praise for a game like this. The gameplay loop scratches that Viscera Cleanup Detail itch nicely, with less drudgery involved (aside from a *lot* of poop cleanup). There's a fair amount of bugs, but nothing I considered terribly annoying. Of note, the vacuum should be AVOIDED at all costs.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not a very complicated and I'd love to see a little more to it - but I played through this with 5 friends in its entirety and it was a blast. I don't understand some of the earlier reviews saying you can not earn coins or make progress in multiplayer. We literally played through the entire game with 6 players. To upgrade, you have to drop back to your own solo house to spend the currency but it's very easily done. There's a few clipping bugs but nothing that can't be squashed. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game with 5 other friends and we had a blast. Sure there were bugs and some of us got teleported to the void and started to vibrate endlessly. Some of us were purposefully trying to get out of bounds. It was funny and we had so much fun. We S ranked everything. We rescued all the ragamuffins and nearly all of us are fully upgraded. It was just a lot of chaotic fun for all of us. I hope more maps become a thing cause I want more. I can't speak of solo play as I have done none…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →poop explodes 10/10
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