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Cleaning Up! scored 75/100 on Steam Analyzer — Good for a Adventure capsule. Top priority fix: [title_readability] Thicken the script outline or add a subtle text stroke to maintain legibility at tiny capsule size without losing charm.

Capsule scores by dimension

• Genre Clarity: 8/10 — Clear casual cleaning adventure. The cartoon character with exaggerated smile and cleaning tools, combined with the vibrant whimsical setting featuring castle and robots, immediately signals a lighthearted casual game about tidying. At tiny size, the character's cheerful pose and tool silhouettes remain readable enough to convey 'cleaning simulator' without ambiguity. The genre is unmistakable—this is feel-good tidying gameplay, not an action or strategy title.
• Title Readability: 7/10 — Readable script logo with minor decay. The title 'Cleaning Up!' uses a curved blue and pink script font positioned centrally below the main character, which reads clearly at full and small sizes due to good spacing and solid color fill. At tiny size (120x45), the letterforms become thin and slightly soft but remain legible with the decorative outline technique helping separation from background. The cheerful script matches the tone but sacrifices a tiny bit of crispness at extreme reduction.
• Contrast & Color: 8/10 — Excellent value separation throughout. The warm orange-brown tones of the character and machinery contrast sharply against the bright sky blue background, creating strong silhouette definition that holds across all viewing sizes. The purple and blue accents in the title and UI elements pop cleanly without mudding. Even at tiny size, the figure and foreground elements separate clearly from the background in grayscale, and the overall warm-to-cool color split ensures quick visual parsing during a scroll.
• Uniqueness & Polish: 7/10 — Charming art style, slight template feel. The hand-drawn cartoon character with expressive features and the whimsical scene composition show genuine craft and personality that differentiates it from generic simulation covers. The art direction is cohesive and the character design is memorable. However, the overall layout and scene arrangement (character center-left, background scenery, title below) follows a fairly standard indie casual game formula, preventing it from reaching excellence without a more distinctive hook or composition choice.
• Brand Consistency: 7/10 — Consistent cartoon style, recognizable identity. The character's distinctive design with curly hair, wide smile, and colorful outfit establishes a clear visual identity that would be recognizable across other brand touchpoints. The warm color palette (oranges, purples, blues) and whimsical tone are internally consistent throughout the composition. The cartoonish rendering style is uniform across all elements, though without access to the 10 screenshots the full brand consistency cannot be fully verified beyond internal cohesion here.
• Composition: 8/10 — Strong focal hierarchy with balanced depth. The character occupies the primary focal point in the left-center area with clear visual weight from size and color saturation, while background elements (castle, machines, sky) create depth layers that support without competing. The title placement below the character is clean and doesn't interfere with the main subject. At small and tiny sizes, the eye naturally centers on the cheerful character first, then reads the title, making the composition resilient to Steam's cropping—critical elements remain safe within margins.

What works

• Vibrant color contrast against dark Steam background. The warm orange character and sky blue background create excellent value separation that pops immediately on the dark #1b2838 Steam interface even at glance speed.
• Expressive character design communicates tone. The wide smiling face and animated pose clearly signal a joyful, casual experience rather than stressful or dark gameplay.
• Coherent whimsical art direction. Cartoon rendering style is consistent across character, tools, and background scenery, creating a unified visual brand identity.
• Readable title placement with good spacing. The script logo is centered below the character on a relatively clean background region, maintaining legibility down to small capsule sizes.

What hurts the capsule

• Script font loses crispness at tiny size. The decorative curved letterforms thin out significantly at 120x45 resolution, approaching the lower threshold of comfortable readability.
• Generic composition formula for indie casual games. Character center-left with background scenery follows a well-trodden layout pattern that doesn't feel particularly distinctive or memorable compared to top-tier indie capsules.
• Busy background competes subtly with focal point. While the character remains dominant, the castle, machines, and scenery add visual noise that could be simplified to further strengthen the primary subject's hierarchy.

Priority fixes

1. [title_readability] Thicken the script outline or add a subtle text stroke to maintain legibility at tiny capsule size without losing charm.
2. [composition] Consider simplifying or de-emphasizing background elements or using selective focus blur to strengthen character dominance and reduce visual competition.
3. [uniqueness_polish] Add a signature visual hook such as a unique tool design, particle effect, or compositional choice that makes this capsule instantly memorable versus other casual simulators.

Store copy priority fixes

1. [uniqueness] Add a specific sentence articulating what makes this cleaning game mechanically or experientially distinct (e.g., 'Discover how each location reacts uniquely to your cleaning' or 'Each space reveals secrets as you restore it').
2. [hook_strength] Strengthen the short description's opening by replacing generic 'tidying' language with the most distinctive aspect of gameplay (e.g., lead with a specific tool mechanic or the ghost-avoidance element mentioned later).
3. [feature_communication] Clarify the relationship between puzzle-solving and cleaning—currently implies puzzles exist but are secondary; confirm whether they are optional, integrated, or narrative-framing only.

Related guides

• Steam page optimisation — Capsule, copy, screenshots, tags — the full Steam page conversion stack.
• Capsule design best practices — The six dimensions every Steam capsule has to win.

Steam app ID: 3835650 · Tags: Adventure, Simulation, Casual, Surreal, Cute