Black Friday Janitor: Clean the Whole Mall

amazingly satisfying, scratched that itch by combining sorting and cleaning games into one, and the map is huge!

Enjoying the format so far

After playing for an hour I can already say this game is super fun. The controls are easy to pick up and the progression is super fair.

10/10 Organizational and cleaning game. This left me completely satisfied. Items auto-sort when you are putting things on shelves while holding multiple different types of items so you don't have to constantly switch them around. The abilities are genuinely helpful, and you can't speed-run the skills with your levels because some of them stay locked behind leveling progression. Please, please, PLEASE make more maps. I would be forever in your debt! 12 real life hours is what it took me to complete one run-through! Time to run it back!!!

I've played a lot of games in the cleaning and sorting genre, and this is a solid entry. I'm still in the middle of my playthrough, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. There are a ton of items, but it isn't bloat like other games, but rather a massive space with a wide variety of items. The mall is incredible and nostalgic in many ways, the music is soothing and solid, and the abilities and mechanics are familiar yet distinct. I do have one small gripe with the game. Many of the items have color variety. Say, for example, you're stocking shoes, there are 32 pairs and 4 colors, and 8 fit on a shelf. Naturally, you'd have 8 of each color. But no, in this game, it's 10, 10, 6, and 6. Now my shelves feel all wonky. I tried to find patterns that worked, but eventually gave up and just started dumping items onto the shelves without ordering them. If they fixed this issue, it would be one of the most perfect entries in the genre.

I thought the concept was silly but genuinely, if you want a game to relax and get a break from the constant overstimulation of every day life and social media. This is an enjoyable use of some leasure time to lower that cortisol right down. Would recommend.