A Mortician's Tale
Skip · Short indie · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 0.9h
- Value
- $11.10/hr
- Reviews
- 72% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DirectX 9c. Runs on Windows, macOS.
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
What drives the score
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $2.49. That was June 2020. Its cuts run 60 percent off as a rule. There have been 43 in the 9 years tracked, about 10 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Grim Legends: The Forsaken Bride ($14.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats The Suicide of Rachel Foster ($17.99, scores 19).
2 of the 373 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to July 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 72 percent of the 627 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 82 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
this game is way too short, yet it carries such a deep meaning.. loved how it explores death and its impact on the people left behind.
The game is short but well done. Methodical and informative without being graphic. Respectful and also cozy, if that makes any sense. My husband died last year and this was a good tool to help work through some of the grief. I cried, in a good way, thinking of someone being there to treat him with such kindness and gentleness after he had passed. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but for me, it was good. And I think...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
A Mortician's Tale scores 22/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/578720/a-mortician-s-taleReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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