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The Mortuary Assistant

DarkStone Digital · DreadXP · 2022-08-02

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 20, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 02, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

The Mortuary Assistant is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 8766 reviews).

15
playing now
92%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,988
twitch viewers (latest)
4988.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
IGDB user rating (46 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (3.9k downloads)
5h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Mortuary Assistant is a 2022 American horror game developed by DarkStone Digital and published by DreadXP. Set in 1998 in a small town in Connecticut, players control a newly hired assistant at a haunted mortuary.

Trailer

The Mortuary Assistant trailer thumbnail

The Mortuary Assistant - Official Trailer

≈386,770 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 556 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,716 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 175k–394k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,766 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 7 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 1,538 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

108112026-09-15 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 44 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 74 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 39 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 45 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 69 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 34 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 65 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 44 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 108 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 35 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 72 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 43 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 100 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 48 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
56944Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 569 · peak 1,378Oct 2022 — avg 180 · peak 729Dec 2022 — avg 99 · peak 245Feb 2023 — avg 52 · peak 137Apr 2023 — avg 78 · peak 175Jun 2023 — avg 56 · peak 202Aug 2023 — avg 79 · peak 165Oct 2023 — avg 134 · peak 724Dec 2023 — avg 76 · peak 230Feb 2024 — avg 60 · peak 136Apr 2024 — avg 70 · peak 218Jun 2024 — avg 59 · peak 165Aug 2024 — avg 98 · peak 315Oct 2024 — avg 84 · peak 420Dec 2024 — avg 72 · peak 182Feb 2025 — avg 94 · peak 218Apr 2025 — avg 61 · peak 121Jun 2025 — avg 63 · peak 156Aug 2025 — avg 101 · peak 364Oct 2025 — avg 101 · peak 527Dec 2025 — avg 69 · peak 170Feb 2026 — avg 83 · peak 263Apr 2026 — avg 54 · peak 127Jun 2026 — avg 44 · peak 112Aug 2026 — avg 54 · peak 130
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$14.992022-08-022026-08-172022-08-02 — best price $22.492022-10-25 — best price $21.242022-11-01 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-10-27 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $18.742023-12-21 — best price $16.742024-01-12 — best price $24.992024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-25 — best price $24.992024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-07-29 — best price $24.992024-09-02 — best price $24.992024-11-04 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-09 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-03 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-18 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-17 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2931202026-05-30 — 293 pageviews2026-06-03 — 191 pageviews2026-06-07 — 276 pageviews2026-06-11 — 164 pageviews2026-06-15 — 163 pageviews2026-06-19 — 225 pageviews2026-06-23 — 196 pageviews2026-06-27 — 212 pageviews2026-07-01 — 165 pageviews2026-07-05 — 228 pageviews2026-07-09 — 166 pageviews2026-07-13 — 166 pageviews2026-07-17 — 231 pageviews2026-07-21 — 184 pageviews2026-07-25 — 184 pageviews2026-07-29 — 165 pageviews2026-08-02 — 175 pageviews2026-08-06 — 144 pageviews2026-08-10 — 195 pageviews2026-08-14 — 141 pageviews2026-08-18 — 166 pageviews2026-08-22 — 160 pageviews2026-08-26 — 120 pageviews2026-08-30 — 241 pageviews2026-09-03 — 180 pageviews2026-09-07 — 181 pageviews2026-09-11 — 177 pageviews2026-09-15 — 207 pageviews2026-09-19 — 164 pageviews2026-09-23 — 121 pageviews2026-09-27 — 218 pageviews2026-10-01 — 173 pageviews2026-10-05 — 170 pageviews2026-10-08 — 172 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
89%
earned "My First Body"
21%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-08-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,8793%25
PS5 (PlayStation)1,28212%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4244%25
PS4 (PlayStation)14313%26
Switch (Nintendo)210%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DDarkIndieDemonsHorrorMysterySurrealAdventureSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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