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Mortal Shell

2020 · Cold Symmetry · ~12h to finish

Short and dense, and almost nothing in it is labelled — you learn what an item does by eating it and finding out.

soulslikeactionPCPlayStation 5Xbox SeriesSteam Deck
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty6.2PUNISHING

Sustained pressure. Progress is earned.

Price on Steam

$29.99

USD · United States · checked 2h ago

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Obscurity
7.8
Reaction
6.4
Learning Curve
6.2
Punishment
6.0
Execution
5.3
Strategy
3.4
Grind
3.2
Puzzle
1.6
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Assist options shave roughly 0.6 points off, if you use them.

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 8% · ~1hLearning Curve

    the defensive move the whole game is built on, which reads as a panic button and is not

    14

Assists & accessibility

0/2 SOURCED

MOTOR & INPUT

  • Fully remappable controls [unsourced]

HEARING

  • Full subtitles [unsourced]

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What it is

A compact soulslike where you possess the bodies of dead warriors, each with its own stats and one extra life, and can turn to stone mid-animation to absorb a hit.

Where to go from here

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