[6] In a positive review for AllMusic, James Christopher Monger remarked that Stage Four "delivers a near constant barrage of gut punches, both sonic and lyrical, but tempers the fallout with a healthy dose of empathy".

[8] At Drowned in Sound, Adam Turner-Heffer wrote, "Stage Four is quite possibly Touché Amoré’s best album yet.

: "The album is a passionately written and deeply moving meditation on loss, and Touché Amoré have never been better as a band.

[14] At Pitchfork, Zoe Camp focused on the band's sound, writing that the album's "vivid imagery, anthemic arrangements, and unsuspecting listenability position it as hardcore's Carrie & Lowell: an autobiographical tragedy that soars in spite of an overwhelming urge to succumb".

[15] Reviewing the album for Rock Sound, Gareth Pierce called it "intimate, impressive, and ultimately cathartic",[17] while The A.V.