The Suicide of Rachel Foster

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  • Summary: Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 40
  3. Negative: 5 out of 40
  1. The Digital Fix
    Feb 17, 2020
    90
    The Suicide of the Rachel Foster is a masterpiece in atmospheric storytelling. The slow-paced unveiling of the truth is crafted meticulously, and whilst the ultimate ending is a little disappointing, that doesn’t make the journey any less thrilling. The game knows exactly how to manipulate emotions and does so throughout. Equal parts intriguing, frightening, disturbing, and thrilling, The Suicide of Rachel Foster sets a new high-bar for the already strong first person exploration genre.
  2. PC Invasion
    Feb 18, 2020
    80
    Anyone who likes walking simulators or solid mysteries will likely be satisfied with The Suicide of Rachel Foster. It's got a well-written story and is set in a convincing location. It's also very easy to blow through in a single evening in lieu of watching a similar movie.
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 6, 2020
    76
    Graphics aren’t up to modern standards, and you’ll visit the same locations over and over again – but it’s not all that bad. What really stays with you are finely written characters of this game and well-paced anxiety buildup. [Issue#243, p.56]
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  4. GAMINGbible
    Feb 17, 2020
    70
    Small issues aside, The Suicide of Rachel Foster is a truly riveting thrill ride. The story plays out perfectly in the first-person narrative video game medium. You owe it to yourself to discover the secrets of the Timberline Hotel - just make sure you've got a few hours spare, because you're not going to want to put it down once you've started.
  5. Hardcore Gamer
    Mar 5, 2020
    60
    Neat set design aside, The Suicide of Rachel Foster‘s middling, unremarkable progression (not to mention some odd characterization in parts) don’t quite gift the experience with the tension and unease it’s so obviously seeking.
  6. JeuxActu
    Feb 17, 2020
    55
    With inspiration taken from What Remains of Edith Finch or The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Suicide of Rachel Foster is clearly sub-par relative to those games, to the point where it's difficult to recommend it for any reason, even if the story isn't that bad.
  7. Riot Pixels
    Mar 21, 2020
    36
    A mediocre melodrama, awkwardly written into a shoddy walking simulator, its few bright ideas are poorly fleshed out and ultimately destroyed with a rubbish ending.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 33
  3. Negative: 9 out of 33
  1. Saem
    Feb 20, 2020
    10
    We really need more games likes this, and I'm really happy that some developers are taking it upon themselves to create videogames in order toWe really need more games likes this, and I'm really happy that some developers are taking it upon themselves to create videogames in order to express themselves rather than just videogames full of absurd features and banal gameplay. A true GEM!… Expand
  2. levitz1
    Feb 20, 2020
    10
    Nice sound and atmosphere! waiting for the next chapter.
    Absolutely recommended!
  4. Sir_Cane
    Feb 20, 2020
    9
    The game is really a little pearl to me... I loved the dialogues and the atmosphere it manages to create. I was touched by the storytelling soThe game is really a little pearl to me... I loved the dialogues and the atmosphere it manages to create. I was touched by the storytelling so deeply, I felt in need to hug my wife this morning a little more than usual. Love is the key.… Expand
  5. Espizh
    Nov 7, 2020
    7
    The story is cool, the game has the right amount of creepiness without the cheap frights, but it does feel like a walking simulator. it'sThe story is cool, the game has the right amount of creepiness without the cheap frights, but it does feel like a walking simulator. it's funto play it once.… Expand
  6. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 7, 2020
    6
    The Suciide of Rachel Foster
    Not what I expected…
    The suicide of Rachel foster is a 3 hour long mystery walking simulator game where you    The Suciide of Rachel Foster
    Not what I expected…
    The suicide of Rachel foster is a 3 hour long mystery walking simulator game where you play as Nicole, who was left a creepy abandoned hotel after the passing of her father.. a hotel that holds the past and pain of Nicole and her family… all of which revolves around the suicide of a girl named Rachel Foster… You go to check out the old place, and wouldn’t you know.. you get snowed in… youre able to talk with someone thanks to new technology known as a a cell phone… and they help you find the items you need to survive until help and come get your out of there…and this game is creepy… I wasn’t expecting to be creeped out at all.. I was expected a sad, depressing, narrative adventure.. but this wasn’t what I was givn.. I was given an unsettling mystery… things start happening and you begin to wonder if youre alone… if Rachel truly did commit suicide, is she was murdered.. if shes still alive as her family believes… and of course you set out to solve this mystery… day after day, gathering clues, equipped with a map, getting closer and closer to the truth…. And this game while is delivered very slowly, offers a really immersive mystery experience… The setting is creepy, full of mystery and intrigue… This is one of the most immersive games ive placed in a while, the story feels real, you feel as though you are in this world, especially playing with headphones…
    My only knock, though a major knock against this game is how little new this game does, nothing crazy happens, and the game hardly changes up…
    The beginning hour pulls you in, but the remaining two drag you along at a very slow pace.. if it weren’t for the mystery of it all, this would be a very hard game to get through, as it struggled at times to keep my attention..
    All in all though, The Suicide of Rachel Foster will surprise you, it’s a mystery that mystery fans would enjoy getting to the bottom of..
    I give the suicide of Rachel foster
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  7. folmas
    Oct 30, 2021
    4
    it had good atmospheric potential, but was tainted by the unmotivated actions of the characters, a million extra details that don't tell theit had good atmospheric potential, but was tainted by the unmotivated actions of the characters, a million extra details that don't tell the story. I don't know how it is possible to empathize with such flat and inadequate characters. Unsuccessful attempt to imitate the Edith Finch and firewatch.… Expand
  8. Bemazis
    Aug 2, 2022
    0
    Romatizing pedophilia, suicide and stalking of a little girl, i dont know wtf is worng with the developers

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