A Mortician's Tale

A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

A Mortician's Tale is a indie, casual and female protagonist game developed and published by Laundry Bear Games.
Released on October 18th 2017 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 1,342 reviews of which 955 were positive and 387 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified A Mortician's Tale into these genres:

Indie Casual Female Protagonist Short Singleplayer Point & Click Visual Novel Dark LGBTQ+ Story Rich Relaxing Atmospheric Walking Simulator Silent Protagonist Experimental Cute Colorful Stylized Great Soundtrack Interactive Fiction

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9c

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.11+
Memory: 2 GB RAM

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

This game presents death from a unique perspective—not as something dark, sad, or fearful, nor as a curiosity or an object of fascination, but rather in a calm, realistic, and serious way. A work that directly addresses the subject of death could even be seen as original and innovative. Honestly, compared to the themes and objectives the game seeks to explore, its structure is simple, its length is short, its content is limited, and the gameplay experience might feel inadequate to fully capture the gravity of death. Even so, I still think it’s worth experiencing.

Oct. 2024

Considering the subject matter of this game I thought it was handled particularly sensitively. The pink/purple theme the game has takes away the squeamishness you might have and I thought it was a pretty stellar way of drawing a attention to a job that frankly a lot of us try not to think too much about.

Sept. 2024

This is less a game and more an interactive educational presentation about the death industry. I can't really say this game is "fun." The gameplay aspect is minimal and repetitive, except for the optional, extremely hard Minesweeper-type puzzle. But the game is interesting, and you learn a lot about the death industry that you probably didn't know. It's generally presented well and is good for making you think a bit. I don't think it's a masterpiece, but I don't think it's bad, either. It's expensive for what it is, but you can just get it on sale.

July 2024

A Mortician’s Tale doesn’t really feel like a game, instead it functions more as an informative vehicle about the funeral industry. Its biggest strength is its ability to have you think about mortality in a constructive and comfortable way. Instead of spending time trudging through the pain of loss it instead focuses on attempting to honor someone’s life. The game feels a smidge over priced and may not be a great game to play if you are currently in a rough spot regarding your mortality, but I still enjoyed this title.

June 2024

Yes this is a VERY short game. It is however, one of the best short experiences you'll find on any platform. If you appreciate thoughtful tales, particularly ones that explore a variety of views on death and dying, do yourself a favour, get this and set aside the whole hour it will require at most to enjoy.

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8.19€

6.9

955

387

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Developer

Laundry Bear Games

Publisher

Laundry Bear Games

Release 18 Oct 2017

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