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Mortal Shell

Cold Symmetry · Playstack · 2021-08-18

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 18, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 18, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Mar 04, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.

Mortal Shell is a 2021 Action RPG priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 12,029 reviews).

21
playing now
67%
positive of 12k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,528
twitch viewers (latest)
1528.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (101 ratings)
28
Nexus mods (34k downloads)
3.75★
PlayStation Store rating (17,568 ratings)
15h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Mortal Shell is an action role-playing video game developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. The game was released on 18 August 2020, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

Trailer

Mortal Shell trailer thumbnail

Mortal Shell - Official Announcement Trailer

≈428,222 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,044 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~131/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 241k–541k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,029 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-06-08) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 69 observed days · $28.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
91591520212026Week of 2021-08-01: 915 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 703 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 453 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

119152026-09-15 12:00 — 72 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 81 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 31 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 84 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 119 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 32 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 71 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 71 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 46 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 35 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 61 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 54 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 58 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 47 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
87415Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 874 · peak 1,930Oct 2021 — avg 62 · peak 211Dec 2021 — avg 130 · peak 308Feb 2022 — avg 56 · peak 155Apr 2022 — avg 15 · peak 42Jun 2022 — avg 20 · peak 69Aug 2022 — avg 136 · peak 573Oct 2022 — avg 49 · peak 155Dec 2022 — avg 65 · peak 206Feb 2023 — avg 33 · peak 69Apr 2023 — avg 157 · peak 720Jun 2023 — avg 32 · peak 143Aug 2023 — avg 36 · peak 71Oct 2023 — avg 62 · peak 171Dec 2023 — avg 58 · peak 162Feb 2024 — avg 39 · peak 90Apr 2024 — avg 34 · peak 74Jun 2024 — avg 78 · peak 253Aug 2024 — avg 63 · peak 184Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 67Dec 2024 — avg 26 · peak 52Feb 2025 — avg 22 · peak 47Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 48Jun 2025 — avg 363 · peak 1,485Aug 2025 — avg 54 · peak 108Oct 2025 — avg 32 · peak 72Dec 2025 — avg 30 · peak 63Feb 2026 — avg 30 · peak 62Apr 2026 — avg 79 · peak 203Jun 2026 — avg 80 · peak 212Aug 2026 — avg 154 · peak 499
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.492020-08-182026-10-142020-08-18 — best price $29.992021-02-25 — best price $29.992021-09-02 — best price $29.992021-11-29 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $16.492022-04-11 — best price $16.492022-07-02 — best price $13.492022-08-19 — best price $15.002022-10-18 — best price $10.492022-12-01 — best price $29.992023-01-06 — best price $23.662023-02-10 — best price $9.002023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-04-28 — best price $9.002023-05-26 — best price $24.392023-07-14 — best price $3.982023-08-25 — best price $29.992023-10-26 — best price $5.992023-12-11 — best price $5.992024-01-08 — best price $2.522024-02-09 — best price $29.992024-03-20 — best price $4.492024-04-13 — best price $26.112024-05-15 — best price $4.492024-06-19 — best price $4.492024-07-25 — best price $26.992024-08-20 — best price $3.392024-09-27 — best price $22.492024-11-01 — best price $13.052024-12-02 — best price $29.992025-01-01 — best price $29.992025-01-18 — best price $23.892025-08-15 — best price $29.992026-04-18 — best price $23.892026-08-28 — best price $29.992026-09-09 — best price $29.992026-09-21 — best price $29.992026-10-03 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.4k1052026-05-17 — 149 pageviews2026-05-21 — 136 pageviews2026-05-25 — 128 pageviews2026-05-29 — 140 pageviews2026-06-02 — 136 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,693 pageviews2026-06-10 — 462 pageviews2026-06-14 — 391 pageviews2026-06-18 — 269 pageviews2026-06-22 — 193 pageviews2026-06-26 — 156 pageviews2026-06-30 — 132 pageviews2026-07-04 — 153 pageviews2026-07-08 — 455 pageviews2026-07-12 — 213 pageviews2026-07-16 — 280 pageviews2026-07-20 — 146 pageviews2026-07-24 — 196 pageviews2026-07-28 — 207 pageviews2026-08-01 — 450 pageviews2026-08-05 — 322 pageviews2026-08-09 — 316 pageviews2026-08-13 — 371 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4,370 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3,959 pageviews2026-08-25 — 2,038 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,003 pageviews2026-09-02 — 774 pageviews2026-09-06 — 560 pageviews2026-09-10 — 345 pageviews2026-09-14 — 320 pageviews2026-09-18 — 249 pageviews2026-09-22 — 232 pageviews2026-09-26 — 218 pageviews2026-09-30 — 159 pageviews2026-10-04 — 218 pageviews2026-10-08 — 207 pageviews2026-10-12 — 170 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
84.4%
earned "Flesh And Instinct"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)34,1181%38
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)31,8281%37
PS4 (PlayStation)29,3331%38
PS5 (PlayStation)14,2492%38
Steam (Steam)9,1544%37
PS4 (PlayStation)3814%38
Switch (Nintendo)3040%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGGoreIndieActionViolentAdventureDifficultAction RPGOpen WorldSouls-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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