Janitor Bleeds is an exploration horror game in which the player is trapped in an abandoned arcade after becoming stranded in a car accident.
Proximity to the Entity creates visual effects, with the game ending if it is able to catch the player.
[4] Lor Gisalon of Horror Obsessive agreed, stating "the overall atmosphere is the perfect level of creepy" and "fits the theme well".
[5] Shaun Prescott of PC Gamer stated the "art style and environment design is really appealing".
In a negative review for Destructoid, Zoey Handley critiqued the game as "mediocre" and a "linear experience", stating that she found the game ineffective "in building atmosphere, tension, or its narrative", stating that "greater attention to the backstory would have gone a long way to making the arcade a terrifying place to be.