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A Mortician's Tale

Laundry Bear Games · 2017-10-18

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 18, 2017 (Mac), Oct 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2018 (iOS)

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 2017 Casual and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 1433 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
1.5h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

A Mortician's Tale is a management video game developed by Laundry Bear Games. Players take control of a mortician working in a funeral home. The game was released for Windows and macOS in October 2017.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 36k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,434 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2020-06-09) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.492017-10-182026-03-262017-10-18 — best price $11.992017-12-21 — best price $9.742018-03-20 — best price $9.742018-05-24 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-05-13 — best price $9.992019-08-29 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $6.492019-12-03 — best price $6.492020-01-10 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-05-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-05-01 — best price $9.992021-06-28 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $2.492021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-14 — best price $2.492022-05-06 — best price $2.492022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-09-07 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-06-29 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1812026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 12 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 13 pageviews2026-07-03 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 2 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2 pageviews2026-08-12 — 2 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1 pageviews2026-09-01 — 3 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 4 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 13 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews2026-10-11 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

3
achievements tracked
50.1%
earned "Rest in Peace"
41.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-10-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,23470%3

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkIndieShortCasualLGBTQ+RelaxingStory RichAtmosphericExperimentalSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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