Platforms
- PCJul 23, 20208.2playscore7.541 Critics9.416.7K Players
- PlayStation 5Apr 28, 2023NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.21.05K Players
- PlayStation 4Oct 22, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.2910 Players
- Xbox OneJul 23, 20208.0playscore7.618 Critics9.01.83K Players
- Nintendo SwitchJul 23, 20208.1playscore7.520 Critics9.855 Players
- AndroidNov 5, 2024NAplayscoreNA1 Critics8.613.6K Players
- iOSNov 5, 2024NAplayscoreNA1 Critics9.0664 Players
69 critic reviews · 10 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- My main critique is that the initial excitement of playing as the monster fades over time. The game’s emphasis on puzzles shifts the focus toward stealth and strategy rather than all-out destruction, which may not be what some players expected, although I quite enjoyed it.
WispyMammoth · Nov 28, 2024 Reviewed onRead full review - Despite the gameplay and level design being pretty middling, we still think this game is worth a spin. It’s all about the atmosphere, and the organism itself, both of which are rousing successes and worth the price of entry alone.
Graham Banas · Oct 31, 2021 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - There’s nothing left to eat. The roiling protoplasm is restless and impatient. It’s tempted to grow a foot just so it can tap it peevishly, but that would be too cheeky. It’s beneath a shoggoth’s dignity. So it waits while you lead it around and try to figure out how to open that door. Such an amazing monster, trapped in such a middling game.
Tom Chick · Aug 16, 2020 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Carrion is a fun one-and-done game and not much more than that. The concept of playing as the monster in the vents is a cool one, and Carrion executes the fantasy fairly masterfully. Unfortunately, it runs out of tricks before too long and is only saved from tedium by the short game length. It's worth a playthrough if you like the concept, but don't expect anything genre-defining.
Chris "Atom" DeAngelus · Aug 03, 2020 Reviewed on PCRead full review - For everything Carrion does right, momentum plays a big part in the enjoyment you get out of it. The lack of direction provided to players isn't much of an inhibitor when everything's fresh and you know where you're headed, but take a break from the game for a while and come back and it's not so easy to get started again. This leads to you backtracking and feeling like you're butting your head into the same areas over and over again without much progress until you find the one door you haven't checked yet. There's an echolocation system in place to help you find your next objectives to take over as you spread your influence throughout the labs, but the feature's not particularly easy to read and often just leads to more exploration on your part anyway.
Tanner Dedmon · Aug 01, 2020 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - It controls like a dream with an analog stick, and there's a fluidity to the monster’s movements that I honestly feel like I will be searching for in other games for years. It just falls short of greatness, settling quickly into its comfort zone as a series of interconnected puzzles, and then failing to surprise me much after that.
Imran Khan · Jul 30, 2020 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Carrion is a special thing in many ways, but its actual meat and potatoes structure is as formulaic as the genre gets. Thankfully, its core gameplay of tearing room after room of people into wet chunks of corpse never, ever gets old, and sustains the experience throughout. It looks superb, sounds great and is plenty of fun to play, despite some minor issues which just hold Carrion back from the upper echelons of the Switch library.
Stuart Gipp · Jul 29, 2020 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - In total, the game took me five hours to finish. I know this might be a deterrent for some of you, but rest assured, the five hours in Carrion is worth much more than the time spent in conventional games made to sink your time. Every piece of Carrion is polished and near-flawless. From the amazing visuals, heart-pounding sound design, to the organic gameplay, everything in this game serves a unified purpose.
Tony Bae · Jul 29, 2020 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Carrion does many things right when it comes to creating a feel for becoming the monster. The cinematic soundtrack is fantastic too, setting the tone and putting the player in the mindset of the beast perfectly. The way the monster moves under control is excellent, and massacring a room full of scientists and soldiers rarely ever gets old.
Darren Palma · Jul 28, 2020 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - I finished CARRION in a single 6-hour sitting in which I also grabbed the small number of hidden extras. To some, that will be a criticism in itself, but the important takeaway is that I was unwilling to break away from it for that entire period. Its stealth, action, and puzzle elements each have some room to grow, but they’re so cohesive with each other that, even if they’d only be moderately engaging individually, they elevate the overall product to greatness anyway.
Jordan Hurst · Jul 27, 2020 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origin. Stalk and consume those that imprisoned you to spread fear and panic throughout the facility. Grow and evolve as you tear down this prison and acquire more and more devastating abilities on the path to retribution.
Developer: Phobia Game Studio