The Mortuary Assistant Reviews
The Mortuary Assistant: Definitive Edition is everything I want from a horror game. It makes you feel uncomfortable and never allows you to relax, all while giving you plenty to do and learn along the way.
The Mortuary Assistant finally reaches home consoles, offering up a unique and tense work-horror scenario. Unfortunately, the controls implemented in this port hold back the console version a great deal. Inputs don't respond the way they should, and navigating menus proves cumbersome on practically all fronts. It's a game horror fans should check out, but maybe not on console.
Not since P.T. has PlayStation seen such an effective single location horror experience. With its simple setup, looping story, and inventive scares, Mortuary Assistant is borderline essential for genre fans.
Providing some high quality scares and morbidly curious gameplay, The Mortuary Assistant is a good horror game held back by an undercooked port to consoles that can create more frustration than fun.
The Mortuary Assistant may have some technical issues, but the gameplay is solid, scary, and perfect for horror fans.
The Mortuary Assistant's console re-release is the perfect excuse to dive into what's genuinely one of the scariest horror games in recent years.
Despite a clumsy jump to console, The Mortuary Assistant remains an incredibly effective horror game.
The Mortuary Assistant is a great game that can only be made better down the line with patches and quality of life fixes. Interruptive but brief bugs did not deter from the wondrous and horrific experience to be had. Deep, bone-chilling moments are aplenty, offering some of the biggest spooks I've experienced in a game ever. Narrative moments provide haunting and memorable imagery, making The Mortuary Assistant a must-play horror experience this year. So get dissecting, investigating, and hunting.
The Mortuary Assistant: Definitive Edition delivers an amazing experience from Start to finish that due to its design, offers a high reply value. That being said some technical issues may hinder your experience but all and all, it's still a great horror game nonetheless.
Review in Persian | Read full review
The Mortuary Assistant forces people to come face-to-face with the fear of mortality, as well as the real possibility of demonic possession.
Honestly, sometimes I don't understand how certain productions, not even very successful, can become huge hits on PC. That's what I thought while playing The Mortuary Assistant: Definitive Edition, which, despite offering peculiar gameplay, didn't feel as explosive as its PC fame suggests. Beyond a gameplay loop that quickly exhausts its tricks, the sense of terror diminishes once you realize you're never in real danger. The fragmented experience also dilutes the interesting story, requiring patience to repeat the same tasks.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The Mortuary Assistant is a horror title with an interesting and original concept that, given also the programming done by a single person, deserves a chance by fans of the genre. Unfortunately, the price to pay is a tangible repetitiveness of the actions and a less than excellent art section.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The Mortuary Assistant is a unique and disturbing horror experience that’ll keep players on the edge of their seat as they try to unravel the demonic threat. I haven’t played anything quite like it before, and, even as a long-time horror fan, I found myself constantly on edge as I dealt with the expertly executed scares that the game threw my way. It’s really fun to play, and when you do succeed? You’ll feel like you worked hard for it. It’s just a shame that the controls of the console port aren’t quite perfect, whilst it could be guilty of being a little repetitive over repeat playthroughs. But hey, with scares aplenty and a satisfying gameplay loop to be found, The Mortuary Assistant should certainly be on your radar with the Halloween season approaching.
Mortuary Assistant may not give off a great first impression visually, but the aesthetics and horror elements shine. They take a series of mundane tasks and overlay a series of jumpscares and a mood that really feels extremely well executed, even if the control on consoles doesn’t quite impress. Rebecca's past colors a lot of the game’s best scares, and her desire to reveal the truth of River Fields makes for a compelling narrative highlighted by a strong performance of its lead. It’s janky, and extremely clunky, but it is a shining example of horror done right.
The Mortuary Assistant is a very well-crafted horror game. The gameplay is surprisingly addictive and its use of sound and randomized scares make it a nerve-wracking experience to play. A few confusing tutorials and clunky story moments aside, this is a horror game that does a lot of things right.
DarkStone Digital has created a horrifying, wonderful experience with The Mortuary Assistant. Aside from the issue with some of the controls in the tasks, the move from PC has been seamless. The vibes are immaculate, the game is really intriguing and there is so much to uncover that I’m excited to play through everything all over again just to see the different endings. Even with the issues with the controls, this game was one of the best single player horror game experiences I’ve had in a while. Because of that, The Mortuary Assistant is receiving the Thumb Culture Platinum Award.
In the end, The Mortuary Assistant: Definitive Edition, two years after its original release, still accomplishes what it was made for: causing dirty underwear. The atmosphere is still incredibly intense, and when it comes to building suspense, The Mortuary Assistant in 2024 is unbeatable. DarkStone Digital almost turns it into an art form, keeping your brain diligently occupied with serious detective work while constantly distracting you with paranormal activity, so it doesn’t need to rely on predictable jump scares. In that regard, the developer deserves a lot of kudos. Unfortunately, I have to burn some of those kudos due to bugs, glitches, graphical errors, and clumsy controls. But still, I like it nonetheless.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
The Mortuary Assistant finally makes its ghastly appearance on PlayStation 5, and brings along a ton of hellish bugs and glitches with it as well. The controls are awful and navigation is a pain. Still, DarkStone Digital has created a unique and engaging horror experience that excels in plenty of refreshing ways and is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. But maybe play the PC version instead for now.
Being the Mortuary Assistant really is a scary experience.