Mortal Shell

Mortal Shell

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Cold Symmetry · Souls-like · Aug 18, 2021

It depends on what you're after.

At $29.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

68%
Mixed
12k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 133 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 46 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 12k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise11% are divided56% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
You not just level or invest points in skills, you do not really change yet you do - you invest and recognize your hero, you begin to know him unlocking new of his abilities as you learned his story.
55 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals are just beautiful - the wet bogs, the wet black frogs, the wet stones, the giant wet stone temples...
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
*NOW The Game it self is Good, unique mechanics and great voice acting and character,
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters55 reviews
Graphics45 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay62 reviews
55%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat133 reviews
62%
Difficulty46 reviews
59%
Bugs14 reviews
50%
Interface11 reviews
36%
Crashes8 reviews
25%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $29.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
37
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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