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A Mortician's Tale
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“I finished this game so quick... I'm kinda disappointed in a way. I wanted to play more. However, for what it was, I did enjoy it. A quiet, little indie game. So I will give it a thumbs up still!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I took about two hours to play this game. It is short and sweet. The premise is simple and in the name, you are a Mortician at your first funeral home. The game loop is easy, and you will get into the rhythm of it pretty quickly. It does become a pattern rather than a chore in…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I really liked the premise of the game, but it was way way way to short. There are so much potential here and i hope it will be updated or something. Tip of the day, when i first started the game I only heard sounds and had a grey screen with a cursor. After some digging I found…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2023-05 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Anniversary Sale!!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27907542/99a8ead9eede1fa1fbed178b6a2321bf11269eb1.png It's been exactly 1 year since A Mortician's Tale was released!! 💜💀 To celebrat
IGF Sale + Achievements Update
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/27907542/6f0b4d03205ea3fb53ca601fa71a7dd26e1df317.jpg We’re excited to announce that A Mortician’s Tale is a finalist in this year’s
IGF Sale + Achievements Update
We’re excited to announce that A Mortician’s Tale is a finalist in this year’s Independent Games Festival Awards at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC)! We’re super honoured to be nominated f
A Mortician's Tale launch price + soundtrack bundle!
A Mortician's Tale will be launching this Wednesday, October 18th for $14.99 USD with a launch sale of 20% off for the first week. We're also excited to announce that the Mortician's Tale original sou
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Casual · Indie · Female Protagonist · Short · Singleplayer · Point & Click · Visual Novel · Dark · LGBTQ+ · Story Rich · Relaxing · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 3 |
| Official site | http://MorticiansTale.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9c