Games like The Cleaner
Games like The Cleaner include Sally Face - Episode One, Firework, Until Then, Finding Paradise, and To the Moon. We matched them by the tags players give The Cleaner on Steam (2D, Horror, LGBTQ+, Story Rich, and Romance): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Sally Face - Episode One
Shared: Story Rich · Horror · Indie

Firework
Shared: Horror · 2D · Indie

Until Then
Shared: Story Rich · 2D · Romance

Finding Paradise
Shared: Story Rich · 2D · Emotional

To the Moon
Shared: Story Rich · Romance · 2D

OMORI
Shared: Story Rich · Horror · 2D

DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Shared: Horror · 2D · Story Rich

Tiny Bunny
Shared: Horror · Story Rich · 2D

Mouthwashing
Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Atmospheric

Impostor Factory
Shared: Story Rich · 2D · Top-Down

KinitoPET
Shared: Horror · 2D · Story Rich

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Shared: Story Rich · Horror · Atmospheric

MiSide
Shared: Story Rich · Horror · Atmospheric

No, I'm not a Human
Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Indie

Fran Bow
Shared: Story Rich · Horror · Indie

The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
Shared: Story Rich · LGBTQ+ · Horror

Little Nightmares
Shared: Horror · Atmospheric · Story Rich

INSIDE
Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Atmospheric

DISTRAINT 2
Shared: Horror · Story Rich · 2D

The House in Fata Morgana
Shared: Story Rich · Romance · Horror

In Stars and Time
Shared: Story Rich · LGBTQ+ · 2D

The Cat Lady
Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Indie

Hollow Knight
Shared: 2D · Story Rich · Indie

SOMA
Shared: Horror · Story Rich · Atmospheric