Find the games you're looking for
CARRION
Critics Consensus (Play It)
Carrion’s unique concept and fantastic mix of puzzles and action will keep you engaged, but the weak narrative might not be enough to keep you invested.
Game Info
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.
0%
Recommended
0%
Average Score
Total Reviews: 90
Bronze TIER
46% of scored reviews fell within the range of 80 to 86 / 100
RELEASE DATES:
GENRES:
- Action, Platformer, Horror
DEVELOPER(S):
- Phobia Game Studio
PUBLISHER(S):
- Devolver Digital
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- n/a
GAME MODES:
- Single player
GAME ENGINE:
- MonoGame
Where to Play
WHERE TO PLAY
** VSG may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more.
RATING & REVIEWS
Ratings & Reviews
90
Critic Reviews
78
Average Critic Score
Where to Play
CRITIC REVIEWS
All reviews are from professional critics. Learn more about the critics VSG aggregates.
High Score
100%
Median Score
80%
Low Score
40%
What did you think of CARRION?
Player Reviews0 Votes
0
Mitchell Saltzman (IGN)
December 9, 2020
7/10
Carrion nails the power fantasy of being a horror movie monster, but makes exploration a chore that pads the adventure.
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (Eurogamer)
July 23, 2020
Recommended
A squirming body horror labyrinth whose mix of ability-gating and backtracking slightly cramps its matchless creature design.
Imran Khan (PC Gamer)
July 30, 2020
72/100
Carrion is a fun reverse-horror adventure, though it doesn’t push the concept to the heights of its potential.
VSG News
Embracer Group CEO Takes Responsibility for Restructuring, Announces Major Company Split
Assassin’s Creed Jade Release Likely Delayed to 2025 as Tencent Shifts Focus
PlayStation 5 Pro: Leaked Specs Reveal a Major Upgrade, Release Hinted for Holiday 2024
Xbox Games Hit New Platforms: Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded Coming to Other Platforms
Xbox Reaches Beyond Consoles: 4 Games to Rival Platforms, and What It Means
Score Ranges
Read the Reviews (90 total)
| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ars Technica | Sam Machkovech | Recommended | 07-23-2020 | Short, clever, blood-soaked: You have not played a pixelated Metroidvania like this. | Read review |
| Attack of the Fanboy | Dean James | 4 / 5 stars | 07-23-2020 | Carrion turns the horror genre on its head by letting you be the monster this time in a Metroidvania style game, which serves as the perfect type game to pick up and play between many of the other larger scale releases that have released this year. | Read review |
| AusGamers | Kosta Andreadis | 7.4 / 10 | 07-29-2020 | Carrion is ultimately fascinating, engaging, and short and sweet. By putting you in the role of the alien threat it imbues you with a strange supervillain-like sense of playing in an insect farm. | Read review |
| But Why Tho? | Cam Olmedo | 9.5 / 10 | 07-26-2020 | Carrion takes the formula of many of the great 2D adventures that came before it and repackages it with grisly body horror and the twist of being a monster on the loose. It doesn’t change up the formula too drastically with its basic genre mechanics, but it still manages to do everything that it does do near-perfectly in a short amount of time. | Read review |
| CGMagazine | Brendan Quinn | 7 / 10 | 08-12-2020 | Carrion is a very cool concept held back by frustrating map design and repetitive combat. | Read review |
| Checkpoint Gaming | Ashley Winters | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | All in all, if you love the likes of Alien or the Thing (which would make for a hell of a licenced DLC), you’ll want to buy this day one. On the other hand, if spooks like that make you want to duck under the covers, then maybe stick to something softer. | Read review |
| Chicas Gamers | Enrique Sanz | Recommended | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is a good title, perfect for those who look for a fun challenge that combines action and stealth mechanics and puzzles. | Read review |
| COGconnected | Tony Bae | 90 / 100 | 07-29-2020 | In our current market oversaturated media, there is something invaluable in a game that doesn’t waste your time. | Read review |
| Cubed3 | Justin Prinsloo | 6 / 10 | 08-14-2020 | Carrion embraces its identity as a “reverse-horror” experience, offering some viscerally violent action that is not for the faint of heart. Presentation here is top-notch: this is a polished title that Phobia Game Studio has taken a lot of care in crafting. Sadly, it stumbles in its core gameplay. The combat is poorly balanced and navigation can be a frustrating chore, but when Carrion does transcend these trappings, it does so with a sadistic glee that makes it unmistakable amongst its peers. | Read review |
| cublikefoot | Chase Ferrin | Recommended | 07-23-2020 | Definitely worthy of recommendation. It looks great, has some nice combat and exploration balancing, and, most importantly, is just fun to play. It never got old zipping around, eating dudes, and unlocking new abilities. Sure, it’s a shorter experience at just three hours, but those were some fun three hours and it’s still definitely worth a look. | Read review |
| Cultured Vultures | Jimmy Donnellan | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is a lean but undeniably fun reverse horror with plenty of clever ideas that will have you second-guessing meatballs. | Read review |
| DarkZero | Simon Lundmark | 7 / 10 | 08-01-2020 | Carrion is remarkably successful in so far that its visuals, sound design and interaction come together to create something truly horrifying, beautiful and engrossing, but its novelty wanes, and what you are left with is surprisingly superficial. | Read review |
| Destructoid | Jordan Devore | 8 / 10 | 07-22-2020 | If you’re looking for a cathartic pick-up-and-play game with little to no fat that you can slip in between this summer’s massive story-driven titles, that’s Carrion all the way. It’s a devilish snack. | Read review |
| Digital Chumps | Eric Layman | 8 / 10 | 06-20-2019 | Carrion excels at creating realistic tentacle locomotion in the shape of a bloodthirsty nightmare. It falls behind when it requests precision from a monster only capable of blunt violence. As mad science grants sentience to raw brutality, articulation must be sacrificed for overwhelming power. It leaves Carrion as a mesmerizing concept overcommitted to its code. | Read review |
| Digitally Downloaded | Matt Sainsbury | 4 / 5 stars | 07-23-2020 | Not everyone will be able to stomach Carrion’s atmosphere and gleeful violence. But those that can will find an experience that is beautiful in being so grotesque. | Read review |
| DualShockers | Charlie Wacholz | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is a bloody, intricate experience with a consistency problem that breaks the momentum that’s central to a game like Carrion. | Read review |
| Easy Allies | Michael Huber | 3 / 5 stars | 07-23-2020 | An intriguing and promising premise isn’t enough to keep Carrion from feeling like empty calories. | Read review |
| EGM | Michael Goroff | 10 / 10 | 07-22-2020 | Carrion doesn’t just flip the horror script—it’s the ultimate power fantasy, packed into a tight, uncompromising space. It might utilize some video game tropes, but it doesn’t seem too concerned with accepted video game values. It’s a 2D side-scroller without platforming, an action game where you dictate the action. The Doom Slayer might talk a big game about ripping and tearing, but Carrion’s meatball monster puts its money where its many mouths are. | Read review |
| Eurogamer | Edwin Evans-Thirlwell | Recommended | 07-23-2020 | A squirming body horror labyrinth whose mix of ability-gating and backtracking slightly cramps its matchless creature design. | Read review |
| Explosion Network | Dylan Blight | 9 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | It’s equal parts Metroidvania and player directed blood-bath and one of the best games of the year so far. | Read review |
| Game Informer | Andrew Reiner | 7.3 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | With the gameplay flow struggling to find a pulse, the novelty of controlling a monster doesn’t fully take shape | Read review |
| Game Rant | Dalton Cooper | 4 / 5 stars | 07-23-2020 | Carrion delivers on its unique ‘reverse-horror game’ concept, letting players wreak havoc as a massive, disgusting blob of tentacles and teeth. | Read review |
| Game Revolution | Paul Tamburro | 3 / 5 stars | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is a great concept that becomes repetitive in practice. | Read review |
| GameCrate | David Sanchez | 7.8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is a fun but flawed 2D horror game with a fun hook. It doesn’t play perfectly, and the controls are particularly hit-or-miss, but overall, there’s a lot of fun to be had when you get to be the monster and leave a path of destruction in your wake. | Read review |
| GameGrin | Alana Dunitz | 9.5 / 10 | 07-29-2020 | This a super fun immersive game that is a must play for not only horror fans but anyone looking for a unique gaming experience! | Read review |
| GameMAG | Александр Логинов | 5 / 10 | 08-11-2020 | Carrion has all the potential to become really interesting, but right now it feels like a technical demonstration of an incomplete concept. | Read review |
| Gamer Escape | Josh McGrath | 7 / 10 | 07-22-2020 | However, frustrations aside, Carrion was still an entertaining playthrough. As one of Devolver’s major releases of the year it doesn’t quite hit the high mark I expected. It doesn’t need to be a breakthrough experience, though. It’s just plain fun, and I could see myself playing through again. | Read review |
| Gamers Heroes | Johnny Hurricane | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is undoubtedly a unique take on the survival horror genre. There are a couple of misses, but for the most part it works well for those with a few hours to kill. | Read review |
| Gamersky | 深夜诗人老阿吽 | 8.3 / 10 | 08-03-2020 | Acting as a monster and hunting human beings are exciting. Carrion definitely worth trying if you are interested in the reverse-horror games. | Read review |
| GameSkinny | Daniel Hollis | 8 / 10 | 07-22-2020 | Carrion is a beautifully orchestrated symphony of blood, guts, and dismembered limbs. | Read review |
| GameSpew | Chris Mc | 7 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | It’s a real treat for horror fans and one of the most original games I’ve come across. There were so many moments that left me with a grin a mile wide, from pulling a string of victims up into the ceiling to turning a soldier against their former friends. But if you choose to wreak your own brand of horror upon Carrion‘s hapless humans, just be prepared to step away when there’s no-one left to torment. | Read review |
| GameSpot | Alessandro Barbosa | 7 / 10 | 07-24-2020 | Carrion makes being a vicious monster satisfyingly simple and captivatingly gruesome, even if it doesn’t always capitalize on its strengths. | Read review |
| Gaming Nexus | Sean Colleli | 8.8 / 10 | 08-14-2020 | Carrion is a fascinating reversal of the typical Metroidvania. Playing as a hungry, tentacle abomination is fast, fluid and unnerving. My only complaint is that there is no mapping function, which can make progression a chore. | Read review |
| GamingTrend | Austin Fern | 40 / 100 | 07-22-2020 | There just isn’t a reason to play Carrion. There is little narrative, repetitive combat, limited puzzles, and almost zero horror elements. The atmosphere is okay and it reminds me of Alien but that’s about as far as it goes with horror. Just leave this monster stuck in the vent. | Read review |
| Geeks Under Grace | Maurice Pogue | 8.5 / 10 | 08-14-2020 | Carrion is a stellar example of how indie developers like Phobia Games Studio continue to provide unique fusions of video genres. | Read review |
| God is a Geek | Gary Bailey | 8.5 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion reverses the roles of the horror genre beautifully, and playing as a monster has never been so disgustingly enjoyable. | Read review |
| Guardian | Simon Parkin | 4 / 5 stars | 08-01-2020 | Inspired by a 1950s sci-fi horror movie, Carrion turns you into a malign marauding blob, swallowing scientists whole | Read review |
| Hardcore Gamer | Jordan Helm | 3.5 / 5 stars | 07-22-2020 | There’s plenty that Carrion gets right beyond the fluidity and attention to detail its horrific, blood-red monstrosity is given. | Read review |
| Hey Poor Player | Heather Johnson | 4.5 / 5 stars | 07-24-2020 | CARRION‘s greatest triumph isn’t the beautiful aesthetics or the extremely fun gameplay, however — despite it having both — but the game’s ability to make players own the identity of an amorphous creature discovering itself while finding a way out and feeding on the unfortunate. If that’s not immersion taken to the coolest extreme, I’m not sure what is. CARRION is a must-play; grab it before it grabs you. | Read review |
| Hobby Consolas | Alberto Lloret | 82 / 100 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is an interesting metroidvania that starts from a different and interesting idea (you’re the monster), that horror films lovers and metroidvania games fans will enjoy. Even with its wonderful pixel art, great ideas and wonderful progression, the final chunk of the game and some minor elements prevent the game from ending with a bang. | Read review |
| IGN | Mitchell Saltzman | 7 / 10 | 07-27-2020 | Carrion nails the power fantasy of being a horror movie monster, but makes exploration a chore that pads the adventure. | Read review |
| IGN Italy | Mauro “Nevade” Ferrante | 7.8 / 10 | 07-27-2020 | An anomalous metroidvania in the intent as traditional in the realization. The creature’s alien and brutal beauty is only partially supported by an equally good world to explore. It remains a fascinating title, made with care, that really lacks that extra flicker to excel. | Read review |
| Impulsegamer | Hugh Mitchell | 4 / 5 stars | 07-31-2020 | Carrion is an excellent 2D action game that lets you unleash mayhem as a terrifying, destructive monster. | Read review |
| Jump Dash Roll | Jon Peltz | 7 / 10 | 08-03-2020 | Carrion’s sickeningly animated protagonist and distinctive playstyle will sate the desires of any player who has ever imagined being a monster from a horror film. It is also a blast to torture faceless government workers with a buffet of slimy powers. Bland level design and a narrative that has the complexity of a paramecium keep Carrion from being something truly memorable. | Read review |
| Kotaku | John Walker | Recommended | 07-23-2020 | Most importantly, Carrion’s smart. It’s an extremely finely crafted game, so much so that you’re essentially playing a meat-smeared Metroidvania without a map, and you won’t even miss it. That’s quite something. | Read review |
| Metro GameCentral | GameCentral | 6 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Playing as an alien monstrosity is a great idea, and at times works well, but the fiddly controls and awkward mix of gameplay ideas doesn’t gel together well. | Read review |
| MonsterVine | Diego Escala | 4 / 5 stars | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is the perfect marriage of John Carpenter and Cronenberg horror, with an almost unsettling glee as you careen through the game devouring all in your path. | Read review |
| New Game Network | Dylan Blereau | 80 / 100 | 07-27-2020 | Carrion is simply a great time. The metroidvania gameplay loop is addictive, while its sound design and highly detailed pixel-art look makes it a joy to hear and look at. An average story and lack of an in-game map sap some of the enjoyment, but Carrion’s ability to have you play as an unstoppable monster is gory grandeur. | Read review |
| Niche Gamer | Frank Streva | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | If you would like to spend five hours ripping and tearing your way through scientists and security guards as a bloodthirsty tentacle monster though, then you’ll probably have a lot of fun with Carrion. | Read review |
| Nintendo Enthusiast | Arthur Damian | 8.5 / 10 | 08-02-2020 | Regardless of the few gripes I have with Carrion, the title is such an original idea that it’s very easy to recommend. | Read review |
| Nintendo Life | Stuart Gipp | 8 / 10 | 07-29-2020 | 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. | Read review |
| Nintendo Times | Tony Matthews | 7.5 / 10 | 07-28-2020 | GOOD | Read review |
| NintendoWorldReport | Willem Hilhorst | 9 / 10 | 07-22-2020 | Even after the credits rolled, there were still a lot of optional power-ups to hunt down. Carrion feels familiar in its gameplay but unique in execution. The blood may still be freshly dripping from the wall, but Carrion is certainly one of the highlights in gaming from this year so far. | Read review |
| Noisy Pixel | Brian Lee | 8.5 / 10 | 08-23-2020 | Carrion is a unique game and one that is refreshing and fun to play. The gameplay is smooth, and the arcadelike aspect of hastily crawling around eating scientists is both humorous and satisfying. While there are portions of it that I found confusing and slow, the core gameplay was enjoyable enough to where I didn’t mind the negatives. Carrion has a little bit of everything, and I would recommend it to anyone who is tired of being the protagonist in distress. | Read review |
| NoobFeed | Bogdan Robert Mateș | 75 / 100 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion’s concept of playing the evil, inhuman creature that’s out to eat everyone is definitely interesting and, at times undoubtedly visceral despite its distant 2D perspective, letting you bloody up rooms and leave halves of corpses lying around for later consumption. Its movement enforces the foreign nature of its protagonist but frequent frustrations like repeated difficulty spikes during combat and getting lost in its unremarkable facility do chip away at its awesome parts. Nevertheless, if you can weather some frustration, you’re in for a lot of delicious dismemberment and many horrified screams as you take Carrion’s flesh beast on its bloody journey. | Read review |
| Oyungezer Online | Mert Köse | 8.5 / 10 | 07-31-2020 | Carrion delivers the ‘you’re the monster’ theme very well. Using new skills not only on combat, but on puzzles is very clever too. | Read review |
| Paste Magazine | Joseph Stanichar | 8 / 10 | 07-27-2020 | With Carrion, I wondered how Phobia Game Studio would be able to keep me interested without that dynamic. They managed it through the careful balance of giving you enough agency to feel powerful, while still requiring you to plan and act with precision to use that power effectively. The result is a razor-sharp campaign that fully put me in the amorphous shoes of its terrifying beast. | Read review |
| PC Gamer | Imran Khan | 72 / 100 | 07-30-2020 | Carrion is a fun reverse-horror adventure, though it doesn’t push the concept to the heights of its potential. | Read review |
| PC Invasion | Steven Wong | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Although Carrion is a relatively short game with little replayability, its quirky theme and ravenous flesh monster make for a fun feeding frenzy. | Read review |
| Polygon | Toussaint Egan | Recommended | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is a body horror masterpiece | Read review |
| PowerUp! | James O’Connor | 8.5 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | The game is pure power fantasy, a reverse-horror game where you can’t help but root for the monster. It’s also an indie game where it feels like the developers have created the exact experience they wanted to make without compromise | Read review |
| Press Start | Brodie Gibbons | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Devolver’s seal of approval is more than ever evidence of a classic as Carrion’s credentials as an incredible Metroidvania title as well as an inverse horror experience will never be in question. | Read review |
| Rectify Gaming | Christian Bianchi | 9.2 / 10 | 07-27-2020 | Carrion is both a beautiful and grotesque nightmare that flips you into the role of the monster. | Read review |
| Rely On Horror | Rourke Keegan | 6.5 / 10 | 08-01-2020 | Does the the disturbing “reverse horror” of Phobia Games Studio’s Carrion live up to the concept, or does it miss the mark? | Read review |
| Rock, Paper, Shotgun | Graham Smith | Not Recommended | 07-28-2020 | The result, for me, was anxiety. A low background hum of “did I miss something”, combined with the high notes of being unable to find the next new area. It was enough to shade my entire experience with Carrion, turning a pleasant enough Metroidvania with a one-of-a-kind protagonist into something I felt like I was struggling to escape from. | Read review |
| Rocket Chainsaw | Andrew Cathie | 4.5 / 5 stars | 08-05-2020 | It perfectly encapsulates the terrifying monster horror the game Is based on, and is filled with mayhem, gore and one hell of a power fantasy. | Read review |
| Saving Content | Evan Rowe | 4 / 5 stars | 08-06-2020 | Carrion is a short, focused experience, which is something I really appreciate. It is deliberate in its purpose, and it does a small set of things particularly well, rather than sprawling out in too many different directions. The result is a tight, well-paced romp through a unique take on an action horror game that feels like the take-home version of a pulpy 80’s popcorn monster flick. The story is fairly light, but it doesn’t need much to be successful, and the game ends on a fun, surprising note that’s a pitch-perfect end to the messy journey of destruction and devouring that has come before. There are a lot of fun ideas on the table, most of which are used well (if not to their full potential), and the experience of playing Carrion is equally delightful, disgusting, and satisfying to engage with. You’ll probably never get over the unsettling aspect of controlling a writhing mass of angry flesh, but you’ll undoubtedly also have a lot of fun with all of the destruction its capable of. | Read review |
| Screen Rant | Alex Santa Maria | 5 / 5 stars | 07-30-2020 | Carrion is a superb actioner staring an alien mass. | Read review |
| SECTOR.sk | Peter Dragula | 8 / 10 | 08-07-2020 | We do not like backtracking, but we love role of bloodthirsty creature and gameplay. | Read review |
| SpazioGames | Domenico Musicò | 7.5 / 10 | 08-02-2020 | Carrion is brilliant take on the metroidvania genre, a game where you control a creature that feasts on human bodies and grows as it develops new and deadly skills. It is another incredibile and crazy Devolver Digital game. | Read review |
| Stevivor | Steve Wright | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Despite its flaws, Carrion is immensely enjoyable, though I would imagine its grotesque nature will turn some away. | Read review |
| SwitchWatch | Jason Capp | 9 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | CARRION is a masterful experience in reverse horror where you play as the monster and ultimately a threat to humanity. The story is simple yet intense, the gameplay is loads of fun despite its quirkiness at times, and sound and visuals are top-notch, and I am finding it rather difficult to not recommend this game. With 2020 going the way it is, now is the time to cheer for the monster. | Read review |
| TechRaptor | Cody Peterson | 8.5 / 10 | 07-22-2020 | Carrion is a delightfully gruesome game that has just as many puzzles as it does action. | Read review |
| The Digital Fix | Seb Hawden | 8 / 10 | 07-31-2020 | Carrion is very entertaining and extremely unique. Making humans whimper in fear never gets old and killing them is even more fun. I wish some of the areas were more distinguishable from each other but that’s a very small issue really. If you want to play something a bit different then you won’t go far wrong with this one. | Read review |
| The Games Machine | Stefano Calzati | 8.3 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Inspired by Carpenter and the 80s body horror, Carrion reverses the roles and puts us in the shoes of a formless and lethal creature, in a fluid, fast and extremely choreographic metroidvania. Some AI problems and a not always inspired artistic direction do not compromise the result of one of the surprises of this 2020. | Read review |
| The Outerhaven Productions | Karl Smart | 4 / 5 stars | 07-30-2020 | CARRION is a game that only someone associated with the madhouse publisher that is Devolver Digital could create. | Read review |
| TheSixthAxis | Stefan L | 8 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Turning the horror game genre on its head, Carrion is a gory delight for you rip and tear your way through. | Read review |
| Twinfinite | Jared O’Neill | 3 / 5 stars | 08-04-2020 | As it stands, Carrion is an impressive, creative, and inventive game on paper. In practice, it ends up being a rather middle-of-the-road experience, with unfulfilled promised of potential greatness. If you’re looking for an inventive new take on the Metroidvania genre, Carrion might be what you’re looking for –but don’t go into it expecting it to be Super Meat-troid. | Read review |
| Use a Potion | Rob | 8.2 / 10 | 07-27-2020 | CARRION is gloriously gory and playing as a tentacled monster is fun from start to end, even if the main gameplay loop could grow a little repetitive in places. Slipping your way through the laboratory and pulling off all sorts of gruesome kills was always an absolute blast though, whilst unlocking new abilities always felt rewarding – especially when they had to be utilised in some of the environmental puzzles or when stealthily sneaking past some of your deadlier prey. | Read review |
| USgamer | Hirun Cryer | 3.5 / 5 stars | 07-23-2020 | Carrion is an energetic and taut game that flips the tables on The Thing, putting you in command of the alien creature and tasking you with simply going to town on the hapless humans surrounding you. The loose physics-based gameplay is satisfying to play, and the enigmatic creature’s bloodlust is crucially never too powerful to render the armed humans that challenge you entirely helpless. Although Carrion’s story falls largely flat, it’s a very satisfying slaughterhouse of gnashing teeth and tentacles. | Read review |
| VGChartz | Stephen LaGioia | 7 / 10 | 08-04-2020 | Phobia taps into a very visceral sensibility with Carrion’s fluid, action-based mechanics, which are both simple and fun to execute. | Read review |
| Video Chums | Ross Smith | 5.5 / 10 | 08-26-2020 | Carrion is a game that I would love to play through in one night with a group of friends as long as I’m not the one playing it. While it’s not the best Metroidvania to navigate, it’s a joy to watch. If you love horror, especially old monster movies, this is worth checking out for the atmosphere alone as it makes for a rather spook-tacular night. | Read review |
| VideoGamer | Josh Wise | 7 / 10 | 07-23-2020 | Carrion abounds with the thrills of being the monster, then, but, less common and more cosy, with the kick of being in a monster movie—of slithering in celebration over the tropes of the genre. The good news is that, for a while, it works. | Read review |
| WayTooManyGames | Jordan Hawes | 9 / 10 | 07-22-2020 | Carrion is a fantastic game that flips horror tropes on their heads and allows you to be the one slaughtering the ignorant and incompetent humans. There is actually a lot more depth to the gameplay than I anticipated, which never led to a dull moment. | Read review |
| We Got This Covered | Jordan Hurst | 4 / 5 stars | 07-27-2020 | CARRION mixes familiar and alien elements to produce a memorably brutal inversion of the horror genre. | Read review |
Developed by Phobia Game Studio. All titles, content, brand names, trademarks, logos, artwork, and associated imagery are trademarks and/or copyright material of their respective owners. © All rights reserved.
