Big Jim calls in a favor. Kovalsky shows up to a bowling alley. Big Jim is not there to greet him. What is waiting instead: 8 bodies, 17 pieces of evidence, throwing stars lodged in walls, a katana in a corpse, and a secret room with a salt circle and a duck in the middle of it. Standard Tuesday.
Crime Scene Cleaner has been quietly building one of the more memorable mission rosters in the clean-up sim genre, and the Town Too Small level in Act 2 is a strong example of why the game resonates with players who like their mop-and-bucket routine mixed with genuine mystery.
What makes this mission stand out
The bowling alley layout is genuinely clever. The space is split across multiple rooms, including a public area with arcade machines and foosball, a kitchen, a party room, a maintenance section, and the lanes themselves. Getting between them is not always as straightforward as walking through a door.
To reach the bowling alley section at all, players need to climb a ramp and then a small ladder hidden inside a toilet cubicle, travel through a ceiling space past a coffin containing a mannequin, and drop down into the lanes from above. That kind of environmental puzzle is exactly what separates Crime Scene Cleaner from a simple cleaning sim.
The body of Amber is found in the bowling alley area with two bolts in her. Big Jim himself is lying in a lane with a katana stuck through him. The rusty key beside his body unlocks the office, which holds a file on the desk and a postcard tucked under a cushion on the blue sofa.
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If your evidence count is coming up short, check the walls. Throwing stars and blades are embedded in surfaces throughout the public space and are easy to walk past.
The four CDs and where the game hides them
The CD hunt is where Town Too Small gets creative. The first is in the party room alongside a Monopoly "Get Out Of Jail Free" card sitting under a unit. The second is on the counter in the bowling alley area before the lanes start. The third is inside the secret room accessed through a door that initially has no handle, with the white handle found on a workbench in the maintenance room behind the lanes. The fourth requires going outside through a door blocked by boxes and trash bags, then breaking open a vent on the left.
That fourth CD comes with another cryptic recording from the gardener character, continuing one of the game's stranger running threads.
The scope of the cleanup job
For players aiming for a perfect score, the full checklist breaks down like this:
The furniture restoration side is equally involved. The public space needs six blue chairs returned from various locations including the kitchen and toilets. The party room requires four red chairs, one of which is in the hallway and another in the kitchen. Getting the layout back to a presentable state after the carnage is a puzzle in itself.
Act 2 keeps raising the bar
Town Too Small lands in the middle of Act 2, which arrived on Steam on March 26, 2026 and brought President Studio's story expansion for Kovalsky to a significant chapter close. The mission design in this act has consistently pushed players to think beyond the mop, and the bowling alley level is the clearest demonstration of that philosophy yet.
For players working through Act 2 in order, the latest guides cover the other missions in the expansion as the community continues mapping out every secret the update contains. Make sure to check out more:
