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CARRION
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
84 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game is genuinely tedious as ♥♥♥♥. You can't make a game where you can traverse a massive map and NOT have a map? Who's the dumbass who decided that? 80% of the game is just slithering around looking for an anus…”
“Gameplay-wise, it's really solid. A puzzle game for the most part, requiring some thinking but not hard or unintuitive enough to resort to guides. It's also weirdly refreshing to just... be the monster for once, no…”
“Carrion is one of those premises that sounds simple on paper but actually earns its concept. You play as the monster. Not metaphorically, not in a cutscene, you are a writhing mass of tentacles and teeth tearing through…”
20 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“More of a puzzle game then creepy man-eating corpse ball thing game, way too much backtracking between huge maps to find small tubes to progress. There are zero map or quest indicators so you just get lost. Cool…”
“Very very fun! short and sweet with a really nice aesthetic and fun puzzles. Navigation feels like getting hit in the head repeatedly with golf clubs by gnomes since there is no map but you'll only have to worry about…”
“As I'm writing this review, I'm undecided about whether it's a "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question "Do you recommend this game?". So maybe I'll have it figured out by the time I've finished writing... The Good...…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Carrion is one of those premises that sounds simple on paper but actually earns its concept. You play as the monster. Not metaphorically, not in a cutscene, you are a writhing mass of tentacles and teeth tearing through…”
“This game is honestly a must buy, even for the full 20 bucks. Such a cool, original concept, and these developers/animators have *mastered* fluid movement in the 2D pixel world. Only played it for a few hours but I feel…”
“Absolute banger. Carrion flips the script by making you the monster, and it absolutely nails it. The controls are slick and intuitive, letting you slither, grab, and tear through environments in a way that feels…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Gameplay-wise, it's really solid. A puzzle game for the most part, requiring some thinking but not hard or unintuitive enough to resort to guides. It's also weirdly refreshing to just... be the monster for once, no…”
“A fun experience. Easy to play, Feel like a movie horror monster”
“Absolute cinema ! Honestly there is no good reason for you to not give it a try. The only negative thing that I could say is that I would have liked to have a bigger variety of enemies and skills. Other than that the…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Very very fun! short and sweet with a really nice aesthetic and fun puzzles. Navigation feels like getting hit in the head repeatedly with golf clubs by gnomes since there is no map but you'll only have to worry about…”
“Its a pretty good side scroller get a cool power to eat more people take control of people to eat them 10/10 experience.”
“[h1][b]CARRION[/b][/h1] [b]Genre:[/b] Horror / Platformer [b]Perspective:[/b] 3rd Person (Side-Scroller) [b]My Rating:[/b]⭐⭐⭐⭐🔹 [i]In this game we play as a tentacle-like monster that breaks free from its imprisonment…”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is genuinely tedious as ♥♥♥♥. You can't make a game where you can traverse a massive map and NOT have a map? Who's the dumbass who decided that? 80% of the game is just slithering around looking for an anus…”
“More of a puzzle game then creepy man-eating corpse ball thing game, way too much backtracking between huge maps to find small tubes to progress. There are zero map or quest indicators so you just get lost. Cool…”
“Gameplay-wise, it's really solid. A puzzle game for the most part, requiring some thinking but not hard or unintuitive enough to resort to guides. It's also weirdly refreshing to just... be the monster for once, no…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I cannot say I didn't enjoy this game and I'm not saying this is a bad game, it is just not enough in my mind, I have 100% the game and it only took me 4.5 hours and after a few months I cannot remember anything…”
“Gameplay-wise, it's really solid. A puzzle game for the most part, requiring some thinking but not hard or unintuitive enough to resort to guides. It's also weirdly refreshing to just... be the monster for once, no…”
“One of my favorite games. So much so that I have now played it fully on three devices, first on xbox, finding it though gamepass. Then, I played on switch while traveling and now, I've finally played on computer. Pretty…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is genuinely tedious as ♥♥♥♥. You can't make a game where you can traverse a massive map and NOT have a map? Who's the dumbass who decided that? 80% of the game is just slithering around looking for an anus…”
“More of a puzzle game then creepy man-eating corpse ball thing game, way too much backtracking between huge maps to find small tubes to progress. There are zero map or quest indicators so you just get lost. Cool…”
“It's annoyingly hard to figure out a sense of direction or objective in this game. I honestly would like this game to be more linear and railroaded opposed to aimlessly wondering around looking for the hole I missed…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I cannot say I didn't enjoy this game and I'm not saying this is a bad game, it is just not enough in my mind, I have 100% the game and it only took me 4.5 hours and after a few months I cannot remember anything…”
“Gameplay-wise, it's really solid. A puzzle game for the most part, requiring some thinking but not hard or unintuitive enough to resort to guides. It's also weirdly refreshing to just... be the monster for once, no…”
“Very very fun! short and sweet with a really nice aesthetic and fun puzzles. Navigation feels like getting hit in the head repeatedly with golf clubs by gnomes since there is no map but you'll only have to worry about…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun horror puzzle game where you are the monster and need to use your brains and skill to break out of a containment facility. There's not much of a story going on, but you do get some backstory in as you progress. Fun…”
“AMAZING game and fun to replay, but the flashback scenes suck ass”
“I wish I understood more about the story, the monster is a former employee, I guess? Good game though”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“تقلب المفهوم بالكامل… أنت الكابوس مو الضحية تلعب ككتلة حية غامضة تهرب من مختبر وتبدأ بالانتشار، تدمر المكان وتبث الرعب في كل من فيه بأسلوب لعب ممتع جدًا تتنقل داخل الأنابيب والجدران بسلاسة وحرية تامة، تزحف، تتمدد، وتتعلق في كل شيء حولك مع تقدمك الإحساس بالنمو واضح بشكل مستمر…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“absolute masterpeice wake up in container escape container eat a man unlock new ability trap people in web then eat them 10/10 wish there were more games like this”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Pretty entertaining being the monster that hunts down everyone. It's fairly straightforward, though has a fair bit of backtracking, which may cause one confusion when trying to find solutions for the problem at hand. Overall it's a 7.8/10 for me. Definitely worthy of buying when…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
CONTAGION STATUS REPORT: 5-YEAR SUMMARY
\ STATUS: UNAUTHORIZED TRANSMISSION ORIGIN: UNKNOWN TERMINALIt has been 1,842 days since the “CARRION” security breach.We are still cleaning up the mess.5 YEARS. MILLIONS OF ESCAPE ATTEMPTS.What began
CARRION spreads onto PlayStation 5
: MUTATION ALERT! We failed to contain the PS4 samples of "CARRION" due to hostile actions of some individual who ignored all our safety precautions. The full spectrum of compromised consoles now cons
Illegally smol update
An update so smol it's actually illegal. Version: 1.0.5-RELEASE-643-g5c2bf631 Patch notes/changelog: Added: new controllers/gamepads support (SDL controller database update), including DualSense and X
Tiny Steam API update
Update so small most of you won't even notice it. Version: 1.0.5-RELEASE-624-g262b23e0 Patch notes/changelog: Fixed: some potential extremely rare Steam API issues.
Crash fixes
Crashes bad. Patches good. Version: 1.0.5-RELEASE-621-ga03a5f62 Patch notes/changelog: Fixed: rare crash involving splitting the monster under specific circumstances Fixed: custom mod menus crashing t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Villain Protagonist · Pixel Graphics · Gore · Action · Horror · Indie · Metroidvania · Violent · 2D · Adventure · Singleplayer · Blood (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.devolverdigital.com/games/carrion |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Processor: 2 core processor Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: compatible with OpenGL 3.0 Storage: 500 MB available space