The Suicide of Rachel Foster

 PC
Metascore
63

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 40
  3. Negative: 5 out of 40
  1. The Overpowered Noobs
    Mar 26, 2020
    40
    Though the atmosphere is beautiful and the sound design is immersively eerie, plot holes and disturbingly accepted character choices greatly hinder this walking simulator.
  2. Game Rant
    Mar 5, 2020
    40
    It's clear by its impressive visuals and polish that the developers truly put a lot of work into The Suicide of Rachel Foster. The game is mostly let down by plot, which robs the entire experience of any sense of tension, in turn making the game simply not effective as a horror experience.
  3. Edge Magazine
    Feb 27, 2020
    40
    A larger problem: the sense that The Suicide of Rachel Foster is messing around with borrowed ideas it never quite understands. [Issue#343, p.118]
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  5. PC Gamer
    Feb 24, 2020
    40
    The Suicide of Rachel Foster builds a haunting hotel, but fills it with an insensitive story ill-equipped to deal with the issues it covers.
  6. 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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  1. Eurogamer
    Feb 17, 2020
    The setting is elegantly eerie, but this Gone-Home-inspired first-person mystery struggles to overcome its tired, melodramatic story.
  2. Rock, Paper, Shotgun
    Feb 21, 2020
    The most glaring problem is how The Suicide Of Rachel Foster fails to meaningfully engage with its central themes.

Awards & Rankings

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#87 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 91 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 91
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 91
  3. Negative: 14 out of 91
  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!… Full Review »
  2. tedy20000bg
    Feb 22, 2020
    10
    Im really impressed i didn't expect it to be good i really like that kind of storytelling in games the atmosphere is good it's kinda likeIm really impressed i didn't expect it to be good i really like that kind of storytelling in games the atmosphere is good it's kinda like firewatch with the whole ur alone but not entirely cuz u stay in contact with someone all the time its really good :) we need more games like that… Full Review »
  3. PixelSapiens
    Feb 20, 2020
    8
    Great atmosphere and huge attention to environment and set dressing. Recommended if you like Firewatch, and similar narrative games.
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