USD 2.99Version 1.1Tue May 12 2020
Updated for iOS 13
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
• “One Of 2017's Best Games” — KOTAKU
• “One of Polygon’s Best Games of 2017” — POLYGON
• “This is a beautiful game. It scared me. It moved me” — EUROGAMER (Recommended)
• “A thought-provoking meditation on life’s only certainty” — PC GAMER (82/100)
• “It might just change the way you think about death” — DESTRUCTOID (8/10)
A Mortician's Tale is a story-driven death positive video game where you play as a mortician tasked with running a funeral home. Take on the role of recent funeral direction graduate Charlie as she learns the ropes of the business and industry. Prepare the bodies of the deceased (via embalming or cremation), attend their funerals and listen to their loved ones' stories, and interact with Charlie's coworkers, clients, and bosses.
A Mortician's Tale is an informative, honest, and sometimes humorous look at the current state of and the future of the western death industry.
A Mortician's Tale, by Toronto-based indie team Laundry Bear, deals with death in ways decidedly unlike most action-packed video games that often dominate the...
CBC Wed Dec 27 2017
Videogames have always used death as a punishment. Indie title 'A Mortician's Tale' wants to change that.
WIRED Mon Nov 27 2017
In 2017, developer Laundry Bear Games released A Mortician's Tale, a game that approached death in an unusual way. Set in a funeral home,...
Polygon Mon Apr 27 2020
Dying in video games is nothing new. Dealing with the reality of bereavement and dead bodies is. A Mortician's Tale is a new independent...
Rolling Stone Thu Apr 27 2017
'A Mortician's Tale' is a contemplative video game in which players embalm and cremate bodies, and attend to the funerals of the dead.
Hyperallergic Wed Dec 27 2017
'A Mortician's Tale' wants to make you comfortable with mortality.
Inverse Fri Jan 27 2017
An interview with Game Developer and Artist Gabby DaRienzo, originally scheduled for publication on the now defunct website, The Grind,...
Game Developer Sat May 27 2017
What is it A simple mortician sim which aims to open up conversations about death. Expect to pay $15/�11.39. Developer Laundry Bear
PC Gamer Mon Nov 27 2017
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