A Mortician's Tale

A Mortician's Tale

Steam Deck Playable

Laundry Bear Games · Indie · Oct 18, 2017

Worth it for the right player.

At $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

72%
Mostly Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 169 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The music and the aesthetics are comforting and the story is nice.
169 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It's an interesting story, concept, art style, and a great look at the corporate capitalism of funeral homes (which is actually fascinating, check out Ask a Mortician on YT).
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
You'll spend a majority of its 1 hour playtime reading & experiencing the story of A Mortician's Tale through emails and speech bubbles while the fitting soundtrack plays in the background.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters169 reviews
Graphics35 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay87 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $9.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
3
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.