Mouthwashing review scores
Mouthwashing’s critic scores in the sources used here: Metacritic 88 from 20 reviews, OpenCritic 92 percent recommend from 27 reviews with an average of 84, and IGN 9/10. Steam’s English reviews were 95 percent positive from 24,968 reviews.
Score quotes below do not retell the ending. The story pages do.
What I saw
I am not adding a score of my own. The job of this page is to put the published numbers next to the outlets and the sample sizes, then say who the game is for. Hardcore Gamer’s 3/5 is the dissenting critic note in the research log, so it stays in the table instead of being averaged away.
Critics
Metacritic: 88, 20 critic reviews, with the log also noting 95 percent positive and 5 percent mixed among them, plus a user score of 7.9 from 309 ratings. OpenCritic: top-critic average 84, 92 percent recommend, 27 reviews, player score 90.
IGN’s 9/10 verdict calls the game grimy, uncomfortable, and compelling, and says the shocks do not play like jump scares. That is a paraphrase of the review’s verdict line, not a new essay.
Players and awards
Steam, English: 95 percent of 24,968. Recent 30 days in the same log: 92 percent of 386. All-language recommendation total: 34,758. Those are three different counts. They are not one number.
Wikipedia records Horror Game Awards 2024 wins for Best Narrative and Players’ Choice, and Indie Game Awards nominations for game of the year and narrative. This site does not turn nominations into wins.
Checked facts
| Item | What the sources say | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Metacritic | 88 from 20 critics; user 7.9 from 309 | Research log citing Metacritic; one metric owner, dated 2026-10-28 · Source links |
| OpenCritic | Average 84; 92 percent of 27 recommend | Research log citing OpenCritic; one metric owner, dated 2026-10-28 · Source links |
| IGN | 9/10 | IGN review; one metric owner, dated 2026-10-28 · Source links |
| Steam English | 95 percent of 24,968 | Steam, research log; one metric owner, dated 2026-10-28 · Source links |
| Steam recent | 92 percent of 386 over 30 days | Steam, research log; one metric owner, dated 2026-10-28 · Source links |
Questions
What did critics score Mouthwashing?
Metacritic 88 from 20 reviews. OpenCritic 92 percent recommend from 27. IGN 9/10.
Is Mouthwashing worth playing?
Critics clustered in the high 80s. It is short, violent, and story-led. Read the age-rating page before you buy it for someone else.
What is the Steam score?
95 percent positive from 24,968 English reviews in the log, and 92 percent of 386 in the recent window. All languages totaled 34,758 recommendations.
Did it win awards?
Horror Game Awards 2024: Best Narrative and Players’ Choice, per Wikipedia. Indie Game Awards nominations are nominations.
Where is a full plot review?
This page stays on scores. The ending explained page is the plot one.
Keep reading
Sources
- IGN — 9/10 review
- Wikipedia — Awards and score summary
- Steam — Player reviews
- Metacritic: Mouthwashing — Checked 2026-10-28. 88 from 20 critic reviews; user 7.9 from 309. One aggregator snapshot.
- OpenCritic: Mouthwashing — Checked 2026-10-28. 84 average; 92% recommend from 27 reviews. A different metric, not confirmation of Metacritic.
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