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Mortal Shell

Cold Symmetry · Playstack · 2021-08-18

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

172
playing now
68%
positive of 12k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,528
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (101 ratings)
15h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

172 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 172 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 10% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 234k–527k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,714 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 25 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

448452026-08-06 22:00 — 73 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 94 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 45 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 114 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 88 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 78 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 152 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 116 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 118 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 75 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 54 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 112 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 98 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 149 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 151 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 111 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 191 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 355 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 232 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 332 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 368 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 167 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 152 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 258 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 172 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.492020-08-182026-08-302020-08-18 — 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 $29.992026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5.1k982026-05-17 — 149 pageviews2026-05-20 — 98 pageviews2026-05-23 — 105 pageviews2026-05-26 — 144 pageviews2026-05-29 — 140 pageviews2026-06-01 — 130 pageviews2026-06-04 — 112 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,078 pageviews2026-06-10 — 462 pageviews2026-06-13 — 314 pageviews2026-06-16 — 286 pageviews2026-06-19 — 223 pageviews2026-06-22 — 193 pageviews2026-06-25 — 136 pageviews2026-06-28 — 134 pageviews2026-07-01 — 155 pageviews2026-07-04 — 153 pageviews2026-07-07 — 126 pageviews2026-07-10 — 350 pageviews2026-07-13 — 188 pageviews2026-07-16 — 280 pageviews2026-07-19 — 197 pageviews2026-07-22 — 172 pageviews2026-07-25 — 262 pageviews2026-07-28 — 207 pageviews2026-07-31 — 370 pageviews2026-08-03 — 419 pageviews2026-08-06 — 304 pageviews2026-08-09 — 316 pageviews2026-08-12 — 358 pageviews2026-08-15 — 504 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5,137 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3,959 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

21202026-08-26 19:15 — 47 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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…

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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