The Mortuary Assistant
Games review
As of Jul 23, 2026, The Mortuary Assistant is rated 92% positive on Steam (8,654 reviews), and 73/100 on Metacritic (11 critic reviews). Each source is shown in its own units, never blended into one score.
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Is The Mortuary Assistant worth it in 2026?
A 92% positive Steam rating from over 8,600 players is a meaningful signal, and it's earned on its own terms: the randomized, non-cheap scares and the oddly meditative embalming routine create a horror experience that's genuinely distinctive rather than just another jump-scare factory. The 73 from 11 critics reflects a harder truth, this is a clever indie concept that doesn't fully escape its own loop, because once you've internalized the embalming steps and catalogued the scare types, both the routine and the horror lose their bite, a complaint that surfaces consistently even among fans. That divergence matters: Steam's audience bought in knowing exactly what they wanted and got it; critics measured whether the experience sustains, and it doesn't.
Horror fans who want atmosphere and dread built around an actual task-based routine rather than pure chase or combat mechanics, and who can accept a short fear window as the price of admission.
Scares are explicitly noted to lose impact after 8, 10 encounters, and the repetitive embalming loop will outlast them; compound that with clunky inventory and slow controls, and players sensitive to friction or repetition may find the experience collapses well before the second ending.
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Pros
- atmospheric horror and scares16
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- I would like to preface this review by saying that, deep down, at its core, this is actually a surprisingly cozy little game. Embalming fluid preparation. Careful documentation. Th...
- As a Proctologist you will poop yourself, jk. Since I was a kid I have experienced A LOT of paranormal activities even now being 37yrs old I’m desensitized to these things. The gam...
- 6 sonu bulunan doğaüstü bir korku oyunu ile karşı karşıyayız. Sonlara doğru cesaretimi toplamaya çalışsam da ışıklar kapandığı zaman ne yalan söyleyim gidip arabama kaçıyorum biraz...
- engaging embalming routine6
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- I would like to preface this review by saying that, deep down, at its core, this is actually a surprisingly cozy little game. Embalming fluid preparation. Careful documentation. Th...
- i surprisingly really enjoyed this game. it was interesting to go through all of the steps but it was super creepy as well. i liked the different modes available. i hope they ra...
- Absolutely LOVE this horror game, best part is you could use this as a learning simulator if its a career youre interested in by simply turning off the horror mode. You can also ch...
- multiple endings and replayability6
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- i surprisingly really enjoyed this game. it was interesting to go through all of the steps but it was super creepy as well. i liked the different modes available. i hope they ra...
- This game is an absolute GEM! Not only it´s really atmospheric and scary, the jumpscares being random, not cheap, different everytime you play, but many of them are subtle and you...
- Played this all the way through with a friend over Discord, took us a while to get all endings but it was worth it. This is the perfect indie horror game. It has seemingly endless...
- randomized and unique scares4
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- This game is an absolute GEM! Not only it´s really atmospheric and scary, the jumpscares being random, not cheap, different everytime you play, but many of them are subtle and you...
- Played this all the way through with a friend over Discord, took us a while to get all endings but it was worth it. This is the perfect indie horror game. It has seemingly endless...
- bought after seeing many people playing on tiktok its very spooky interactive game with a good difficulty level and even with the objective being repetitive its give different haun...
- creative story and characters4
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- Fantastic story with lots of hidden details, creepy scares, and plenty of chills
- This game is an absolute GEM! Not only it´s really atmospheric and scary, the jumpscares being random, not cheap, different everytime you play, but many of them are subtle and you...
- So fun to play and the story is great, I would highly recommend that you play this! If you don't like getting chased or followed like other horror games, this one is definitely mor...
Cons
- repetitive gameplay loop5
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- I wanted to like this game, but it ended up being a disappointment. The gameplay became repetitive very quickly. Most of the time, you're just repeating the same routine, and th...
- Played this because i saw CaseOh on YouTube. I genuinely watched his whole playthrough and didn't even feel spoilered or bored, i still came here to buy the game and play it on my...
- 7/10 for the dev's effort. It was scary and interesting for the first 30 minutes, basically until you understand what the game is about and what you have to do. After 8-10 jumpscar...
- scares lose impact over time3
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- 7/10 for the dev's effort. It was scary and interesting for the first 30 minutes, basically until you understand what the game is about and what you have to do. After 8-10 jumpscar...
- This is not the type of horror that works for me, sadly. Mood is great until the demon shenanigans start to happen at which point the game becomes silly and corny. Doesn't help tha...
- Real spooky! i think ive played through every programmed scare though...
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