Crime Scene Cleaner sold over 100,000 copies within 72 hours and generated gross revenue of $1.4 million on Steam

PlayWay has released its new simulation game, in which players this time take on the role of a crime scene cleaner. The title performed well on Steam and was another success for the Polish company.

• Krzysztof Kostowski, CEO of PlayWay, shared the news on social media, saying that Crime Scene Cleaner sold 103,000 copies in the first 72 hours of release.
• The game also generated gross revenue of $1.4 million (before Steam's 30 percent discount and taxes), meaning it has already recouped its budget of PLN 1.4 million ($361,700).
• The three regions with the highest sales were the USA, Germany and China.
• Crime Scene Cleaner was launched with 580,682 wishlists, with China, the United States, and Germany being the top countries.
• According to Kostowski, the average playing time of the game is 5 hours and 29 minutes.

Crime Scene Cleaner was released on August 14 and currently has an “overwhelmingly positive” rating on Steam, with 97% of the 2,793 reviews being positive. Players praised the fun and addictive gameplay, with some calling it a “powerwash simulator, but with lots of blood, collectibles, and hidden secrets.”

Crime Scene Cleaner also peaked at 13,577 concurrent players (via SteamDB), making it the fifth best-performing game in PlayWay Publishing's portfolio by peak CCU, behind House Flipper (15.9k CCU), House Flipper 2 (18.1k CCU), Infection Free Zone (19.3k CCU), and Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 (22.5k CCU).

President Studio, developer of Crime Scene Cleaner, is a Polish studio founded in 2018. PlayWay holds a 67.5% stake in the company, making it the majority owner.

Kostowski noted that the team will support Crime Scene Cleaner with DLCs and a console version is planned. President Studio is also currently working on city-building game Celestial Empire, open-world survival game Ship Builder and action-strategy game My Little Army.