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‘A universal human story’: Clean Start’s thought-provoking tidying sim tells immigrant’s tale
Playing as recent arrival Lena, your challenges include learning a new language and uncovering family secrets – its developer hopes it will spread ‘a little more compassion’
TL;DR
- Clean Start is a cozy house-sorting simulation game featuring an immigrant protagonist named Lena.
- Players must clean houses, tidy rooms, and learn a new language.
- The game draws inspiration from the developer's mother's experiences working as a domestic cleaner abroad.
- Language learning and discovering sentimental objects are central to the gameplay, revealing client secrets.
- The developer hopes the game promotes compassion and patience for immigrants.